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Why I Hate Tuesdays
When Nwakaeogo meets Onuwa, a wealthy, good-looking young man, she is swept off her feet and her life changes for the better. Their love blossoms and they decide to spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife. However, the fairytale comes to an end sooner than she imagined and she is made to deal with a reality that she never thought was possible.
Echoes of October, 7, 1967
Desperate fear grips Oluchi’s village as the Nigerian Civil War intensifies. On the brink of an attack, a terrible choice looms: seek a common solution or face death alone? As the villagers march forward with a desperate plea for peace, young Oluchi witnesses a tragedy that will forever echo the pain and loss of October 7, 1967.
Medley for All Seasons
A visit to his hometown opens up old wounds for an abandoned son. An impending tragedy forces him to confront the past he thought he had left behind and he finds he must deal with it before it’s too late.
Stop my Mind from Wandering
Troubled by uncertainty, depression, and a curious mind, Bola struggles to make sense of her life. She struggles more with the seemingly blissful ignorance of both society and her parents. With her true feelings shrouded under the cloak of 'normality', she is forced to bury her darkest thoughts, but for how long?
Zimba
In an era of blockchain technology and advanced robotics, the Eyo Festival is set to hold in Lagos, and the festival’s theme borders on the convergence of magic and technology. An innovative bot app, a genius product in the line of human invention and the best of both worlds, quickly becomes man’s best friend until it all goes wrong.
ÙLÌ
In the aftermath of Nigeria’s second civil war, the country is split into three provinces with the City as its utopian capital. Groomed with the backdrop and confluence of native culture, technology, and superstition, a young girl on a quest for discovery and exploration may find that she is the solution to someone’s problems.
The Child who Beat his Mother
Eight months after completing his NYSC, Osaze still has not found a job. Under immense financial and societal pressures, he eventually snaps—and at the wrong person. Sparks are flying as everyone from the village chief to their neighbors try to prevent disastrous escalation. Will Osaze choose peace before his community uses violence to put him in his place?
NK’s Diary
Living a life of financial and sexual freedom, every young woman’s dream, an attractive and well-off spinster with the world at her feet finds herself in a dilemma when her close friend resurfaces married to her ex-lover. Faced with a chance to rekindle old flames, Will NK let sleeping dogs lie or will she succumb to her innate desires?
A Slow Burning
Ayanda's life has been shaped by the decisions of his relatives; his father's absence to his grandmother's kindness shape him into a top student at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. However, he encounters difficult lecturers and increasing family pressures which prolong his stay in school. Will he ever overcome them and graduate?
Somtochukwu
Somtochukwu’s parents reluctantly send her to secondary school with the “lazy girls” in Amankalu. When the time comes, she informs them that she has decided to go to university in Enugu, but they bitterly object. With time, their bitterness brews into disengagement until Somtochukwu decides to visit them one day. Will her parents take her in again, and, just as importantly, will she forgive them?
Taiye
A young boy in Lagos disappears. Years later, his parents are looking to investigate his mysterious disappearance, but their now grown-up daughter is strongly opposed to it. Will the parents ever be reunited with their child? And, just as importantly, will their daughter ever see her brother again?
Abolition
The Anglo-Aro war was started “to put a stop to slave dealing and the slave trade generally”
Church under the Bridge
Tell me you can feel it.
The cold breeze straight off the top of the lagoon lifting hairs to stand in salute to the falling letters of the bridge.