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Bukas and joints returns for second season

By Chuks Nwanne
06 August 2016   |   2:23 am
After a success debut, Biola Alabi Media has unveiled plans to start airing for the second season of the TV show Bukas And Joints. The show, which has been an instant hit, follows the host Olisa Adibua, as he travelled around the country and beyond, exploring the culture of Nigerians through our unique foods.
Jonathan Adegbite of Heritage Bank (left); Olisa Adibua, Producer of Bukas and JointsBiola Alabi and Ozena Utulu, Brand Compliance Officer, Heritage Bank

Jonathan Adegbite of Heritage Bank (left); Olisa Adibua, Producer of Bukas and JointsBiola Alabi and Ozena Utulu, Brand Compliance Officer, Heritage Bank

After a success debut, Biola Alabi Media has unveiled plans to start airing for the second season of the TV show Bukas And Joints. The show, which has been an instant hit, follows the host Olisa Adibua, as he travelled around the country and beyond, exploring the culture of Nigerians through our unique foods.

It comes with humour injected by Olisa and some strange never seen before meals, viewers were soon waiting by their TV sets every Sunday at 7pm to see what Olisa will be eating next.From the pacesetter city of Ibadan to the Centre of excellence, Lagos and to the heart of London, the 13-episode, 30-minute production of Biola Alabi Media, not only dazzles in its central narrative which is an expose on the richness of the African culture and its diverse cuisines, it also serves to usher business owners into the spotlight.

For the second season, Adibua returns as show host and this time around, he is taking on joints beyond our borders, sharing the richness of African cuisines at home and aboard. The show will allow everyone from Africans to Europeans from every culture and in-between to explore the wide range and diversity of the African palette.

“Here at Biola Alabi Media, we are committed to showcasing the richness of Africa’s cultural heritage and communicating that narrative to the world. With Bukas and Joints, we have found the voice to tell the world about the awesomeness of our culture through our cuisines,” said Biola Alabi, creator and executive producer of the show.

She also explains that the new season will have a wider reach than the first. “The second season of Bukas and Joints is expanding its reach beyond the confines of our continent. There are a lot of untold stories behind the evolution of our cuisines over time, and we are looking to get a global perspective on the imprints our cuisines have made over different cultures,” Alabi said.

She thanked partners and sponsors of the show for their resolve to help showcase the African culture through our unique foods. The sponsors of the show are Coca Cola, Heritage Bank, UAC Grand Oil and Nestle Maggi.

Biola Alabi, the show’s creator and executive producer, oversaw the production of some of the most successful shows in Africa like Big Brother Africa, Face of Africa and the first ever Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards, while serving as the managing director of MNET Africa.

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