Nigeria / 2002 / 100mins / Drama / Yoruba

In Kelani's prize-winning sequel to Saworoide, Jogbo's new ruler surprises the corrupt chiefs who install him by leading a charge to return fairness and honesty to the government. The chiefs respond by trying every underhanded trick in the book to end his reign in this thinly veiled allegory of Nigerian politics.

Tunde Kelani

Tunde Kelani, born in February 1948, popularly known as TK, is a Nigerian filmmaker, storyteller, director, photographer, cinematographer and producer. He was introduced to Yoruba literature from an early stage in his life and was also greatly influenced by theatre as the Yorubas had a very strong traveling theatre tradition. He holds a diploma in the Art and Technique of Filmmaking from the London International Film School. In the 1970s, Kelani worked as a BBC TV and Reuters correspondent, and in Nigerian TV. After working many years in the Nigerian film industry as a cinematographer, he founded Mainframe Film & Television Productions, a company formed to document Nigeria’s rich culture. Some of his most successful films are literary adaptations and they include: Koseegbe, Oleku, Thunderbolt (Magun), The White Handkerchief, The Narrow Path, Maami and more recently Dazzling Mirage. He maintains this model for films. Learn More