Oh My God! This divorce story will shock you beyond your wildest imagination

This divorce story is shocking and it will leave you intrigued and spellbound down to the last letter.

This divorce story is going to shock you!

In the Nigerian society, divorce cases are plenty but some of them are shocking to say the very least. This divorce story you about to read is probably the most shocking thing you will read.

The Twitter handle Jaruma Magazine,  tweeted a divorce story from a woman who identifies herself as Sadiya Lawal on Friday, March 16, 2018.

The lady question narrates how she fell in love with her ex-husband at first sight. Her story started off as fairy tale but quickly descended into a horror story.

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You can read the shocking divorce story below;

"MY NAME IS SADIYA LAWAL. I AM 29 YEARS OLD. I AM FROM BAUCHI STATE. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY DIVORCE DIARIES WITH YOU.

For me, it was love at first and Hamisu was the one.

I met my husband when I was a Corper. I was serving in Abuja at the time. It was a beautiful time in my life and I quickly fell in love with the tall handsome charming stranger I met at Dunes Centre. His name was Hamisu Mohammed. It was love at first sight.

I was at the restaurant when he walked towards the aisles. Our eyes met for a moment and that was it. It felt like electricity and my heart was almost beating out of my chest when he smiled and started walking towards me.

I tried to look away but his pull was too magnetic and I found myself smiling back at him.

‘Hello lady, you look like you are having a good time’ he said and my heart stopped for a minute as all my senses concentrated on listening to him.

I just kept smiling like a fool as he kept smiling back. I don’t even remember what my reply was. We ended up sitting down and talking for like 3 hours that day. The rest, as they say, is history.

A year after that fateful meeting we got married. It was a most beautiful day that I will cherish forever. I was so in love with him, he was everything.

As any typical northern girl, I excitedly prepared for my wedding night with a lot of gyaran jiki and Kayan Mata.

The weeks before my wedding were filled with all sorts of skin treatments, consumption of aphrodisiacs and vaginal steaming all in anticipation of the big night. I looked forward to consummating our love on that special night.

On that special night, when all the glitz and glam of the wedding was done, it was just the two of us. I was so nervous and excited but Hamisu did not look interested. We talked for a while and then he fell asleep.

Yes! My husband fell asleep on our first night. I did not know what do, whether to wake him up or to allow him sleep. I couldn’t hold myself I had to wake him up.

‘Honey, I don’t think we should be sleeping tonight. It is our first night, it is the Sunnah….’

He cut me off with a kiss and we made out for a while; then he told me he couldn’t do anything that night because he was so tired from the activities of the wedding. Fair enough… so we slept off.

Two weeks later we were still sleeping together…that is we were only sleeping. At this point, I became fed up. No matter how hard I tried to get him in the mood my husband did not seem interested in making me a woman. He would rather go to sleep.

Three months after my wedding and I was still a virgin. My husband was not interested in that part of our marriage though he was a wonderful husband in other areas.

He was very supportive of my career, he took care of me, he cooked and cleaned up after himself, he made me laugh, he was affectionate but that was the end of it… after a while, I gave up trying.

There were a lot of rumours swirling around our social circles about my husband and his sexual preferences, but every single time he assured me he was working on being a lover I would cherish… eventually he always said.

The months were followed by a year then 2 years then 3 years and still our marriage remained unconsummated. I did not know what to do next. Friends told me to try and get his attention, to be uninhibited to be sexy blah blah blah.

I was sick and tired of hearing it was up to me to get my own husband to fulfil my marital rights. I was reaching my breaking point.

It all became worse with the pressure and questions from our families about why we had not had children yet. How could we have children when we were living like roommates instead of husband and wife?

I confronted him and he told me he had been molested as a boy and he was working on being sexual for me. My heart went out to him and I left it at that, I prayed for him every day, to overcome his experience.

One day I went to work and suddenly my period came so I had to rush back home to clean up; as I lived just fifteen minutes away from my office. I walked into my living room to find my husband being sodomised by another man who was on top of him.

He had sweat beads on his face and his eyes were closed. They did not hear me open the door; neither did they notice me standing directly opposite them. Hamisu opened his eyes. He looked at me and I looked at him.

He pushed the man off him and that is when I recognised who he was. The man that was sodomising my husband was my father.

What the hell was my father doing here? With my husband?

I ran to the kitchen and took my largest knife. The rage inside me was like red hot lava in a volcano and it was threatening to erupt and consume all of us. The betrayal! He would not touch me but he could sleep with my father! 

I was confused about my father, No maybe my mind was playing tricks on me… my father was gone by the time I returned from the kitchen.

Hamisu was naked and struggling to wear his trousers when I stabbed him, I missed and a chase ensued. I wanted to send him to hell where he belonged.

Finally, I got his hand; the knife sliced through skin and flesh and came out with blood spraying everywhere staining the white carpet. He groaned in pain: Sadiya!

I raised the knife again; I wanted to stab him in his heart, just like he had done to me. I wanted to damage him with all the rage inside me.

He was begging me and I was charging towards him to finish him off when I tripped and fell; the knife slipped away from my hand and in that moment the powerlessness of my situation hit me.

What could I really do? Who would even believe me? What type of daughter would I be to accuse my father of homosexuality? How could I face my mother with the news that my father and my husband were lovers? Inna Lillahi what could I really do in this situation.

I broke down; I just crouched and broke down in tears, the blood from my period further staining my white carpet… I did not care, let the carpet stain I thought- as I watched it turn a dirty red colour…

He crawled towards me, ‘Sadiya I am sorry’ was all he kept saying. I had so many things I wanted to say to him but I just could not open my mouth. It was as if the weight in my heart had pulled my mouth shut. I heard him talk.

He said he had always been a bottom (other men did it to him), since his days in secondary school. He said a senior boy had taught him and somehow it had become his habit. He said he preferred that to being with a woman.

‘I really do love you Sadiya, just not in that way you know! When we met you accepted me, without any questions. I love you but I just could not be a lover to you. And I saw that you liked being married to me. I always assumed you knew…

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This was a mistake, it will never happen again. Your father is the senior boy who first molested me back in secondary school. I had not seen him since secondary school until the day I went to greet him before we got married. We rekindled our relationship and… .’

I slapped his dirty mouth. How dare he? Three years in a sex less marriage and he had the audacity to tell me he assumed I knew?

Why would a woman assume her husband was a perverted homosexual pig? Why? Why did he marry me? He just used me to kill the rumours ko? Shege tsinnanne!

He continued to talk but I went to the bathroom and cleaned myself up."

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Homophobia in Nigeria

Homophobia is rampant in Nigerian society. On Thursday, August 3, 2017, a magistrate court arraigned 42 suspected homosexuals who were arrested at a hotel located at Owode Onirin.

Among the accused were 12 minors who appeared before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, while the remaining offenders had hearings at the Yaba Magistrate Court.

A court statement confirmed that the group were on July 29, 2017, caught in the act of homosexuality, punishable under the Lagos State criminal law.

 

“On or about 29th July, 2017, at Vintage Hotel, No. 999 Ikorodu Road/Toyin Close, Weigh Bridge, Owode Onirin, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did engage in gay activities by permitting male persons to have canal knowledge of themselves against the order of nature and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The presiding judge, Chief Magistrate Adewale Ojo granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 following their not-guilty plea.

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Arik Air: Airline operates PH flight from MMA2, ending 10-year dispute

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MMA2 terminal is operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).

An Arik Air flight to Port Harcourt on Saturday took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, (MMA2) Lagos, signalling the end of a 10-year rift between the airline and operators of the MMA 2 terminal.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MMA2 terminal is operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).

Arik had since February 2008 shunned a directive to move its domestic operations to MMA 2.

This led to litigation between the airline and BASL until a recent agreement brokered by the new management of the airline appointed by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).

Mr Murat Ozcan, Vice President, Ground Operations, Arik Air, said on Saturday that the airline was delighted to move its daily Port Harcourt flights from the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) to MMA 2.

According to him, the decision to move all outbound and inbound Lagos-Port Harcourt flights to MMA2 is informed by the need to enhance passenger flying experience.

“The MMA2 offers spacious ticketing and departure experience, modern and functional escalators and lifts.

“The terminal also has automated check-in, generous waiting space, lounges, restaurants and shops.

“We are daily reviewing our operations in order to give customers value for their money and enhance their travel experience.

“By moving some of our operations to MMA2, we are delighting customers with seamless travel,” Ozcan said.

Also, Capt. Abdullahi Mahmood, Chief Pilot, Arik Air, said the passengers of the airline were guaranteed better services because of the facilities available at the MMA 2.

“As an experienced pilot who has flown to a lot of countries across the world, I can say the MMA 2 is a very standard and modern airport and Arik Air is delighted with this partnership, ” he said.

On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of BASL, Capt. Jari Williams, assured the management of Arik Air of seamless passenger facilitation at the terminal.

“MMA2 remains a safe, secured and efficient passenger-friendly terminal to provide exceptional services to Arik’s guests to Port Harcourt and the best destination for other flying passengers and shoppers.

” We want to assure all the passengers who will be flying Arik Air from this Saturday of seamless facilitation as we welcome all of them to our terminal,” he said.

Williams, represented by the spokesperson for BASL, Mr Steve Omolale, said with this move, Arik Air had joined Dana, Aero, Med-View, Azman and First Nation airlines, which had been operating scheduled flights from MMA2 over the years.

NAN reports that the high point of the ceremony was the presentation of 15 Economy and five Business Class Tickets to the first set of passengers who checked in for the three flights scheduled for the day.

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Sports: Inside the most inspirational group text in the NFL and how it got started

A group text message started to relay logistics for the ATU business combine took a life of its own and become the bond for 29 NFL players.

• In February and March, 29 NFL players took part in the ATU business combine, a week-long event designed to help them find post-playing careers.
• In the midst of attending panels, conferences, and networking events with CEOs and business leaders, the players formed a bond through a group text.
• Weeks later, the group text is still going strong, with players sharing business ideas, deals, and contacts, as well the occasional jokes and GIFs.

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In late February, Kaleb Thornhill sent a text to 29 NFL players informing them of the plans for the week.

These 29 NFL players would soon descend upon New York City for the Athletes Transition U (ATU) business combine, a week-long event designed to help players find interests outside of football and make contacts for possible post-playing careers.

Thornhill wanted to keep everyone in the loop for the week. New York can be overwhelming on its own, let alone when organizing a packed schedule with a massive group of players. But that text designed to lay out logistics would soon evolve into something more significant — a bond amongst the players, many of them usually competitors.

"Kaleb started it. Just kinda linked everybody up so we could have a place where we could all receive information and talk things out, let everybody know where everyone's going or schedule's gonna be," former NFL running back Justin Forsett said, adding, "It kinda took a life of its own."

The group text and friendships blossom.

Thornhill, the director of player engagement for the Miami Dolphins, ran a similar business combine last year with the franchise, initiated by the team owner Stephen Ross. The combine was popular among players who participated.

Chicago Bears cornerback Prince Amukamara first heard of the combine from former Dolphins linebacker Spencer Paysinger, who raved about the experience.

"I really brushed it off like, 'Yeah, yeah, okay, cool,'" Amukamara said. But when former Dolphins defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh similarly glowed about it, Amukamara took note and wanted to participate in this year's combine.

Thornhill formed ATU as an umbrella for the combine and this year, expanded the model to include players from all NFL teams. He packed a morning-to-night schedule with speakers, panels, conferences, exercises, and networking events with CEOs, founders, and companies in finance, tech, real estate, marketing, media, and more.

The 29-man roster included players like Tennessee Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril, Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry, New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham, Oakland Raiders quarterback E.J. Manuel, Forsett, Amukamara, Suh, Paysinger, and many others.

Because of the program's infancy, players had to pay a $5,000 fee. Thornhill hopes that one day it'll be fully funded.

As the itinerary unfolded, the group text sprouted legs. Players shared photos and videos from events that they liked, such as a session on athletes' branding, with speakers like Uninterrupted CEO Maverick Carter. There were also panels about venture capital and investments, real estate events with companies like Compass Real Estate, and "deep dives" in which the players job-shadowed different companies and took part in one-day internships.

"I would say Wednesday, Thursday is when we broke loose and were going back and forth, chatting about jokes or contacts or 'What's next?' or 'Man, I'm really interested in this,'" Thornhill said. "That's really what we wanted to create is its own ecosystem that lives and breathes and has its life of its own."

After events, players would share the contacts they made, aiding participants who might have failed to secure a number or business card of someone they wanted to talk to.

Thornhill said it was fun for him to see players break off into different sub-groups with their group chats. The players who took part in the "deep dives" together formed groups, sometimes relaying pictures and videos from their experiences back into the main group text.

Morgan said having 29 business-centric athletes in the same group had its benefits. They share ideas and "deals" with each other, with different players weighing in and lending their expertise.

"If somebody's presented with a deal," Morgan said, "just shoot it in there. 'Hey I got this real estate deal, are you interested in that?' Boom, open it up, whatever it is. I think that's the purpose of it moving forward."

Of course, the group also strayed from strictly business as they it closer. Forsett drew laughs when he sent a picture in the group chat mocking Avril for wearing Louis Vuitton slippers with his suit.

Amukamara gained a reputation as one of the most vocal and funny members of the group, known for cracking wise and sending timely GIFs.

The group text didn't stop at the end of the combine. Two weeks later, players say it's still going strong.

"It's just nonstop blowing up each other with ideas and talking," said Suh. "It's super cool, and I never thought I'd have the opportunity to really see some of the other guys that are interested [in business]."

This past week all of the members of the group spoke up to wish Houston Texans linebacker Jelani Jenkins a happy birthday, sending more GIFs, photos, videos, and well-wishes.

"I've been in a whole bunch of group texts, and it dies down for a little bit," Amukamara said. "But this one is like fully alive."

More than just a group chat.

While players enjoyed socializing with one another, the combine was much more than a group text.

Amukamara said early in his career when he played with the Giants, that veteran players encouraged him to network with local business and community leaders at team events. He followed their instructions but was never quite sure where to go from there.

"Once I got those business cards, I never knew what the next step was," he said. "How do I follow up? What does my follow-up look like? Do I call them, do I email them, what do I say?"

He added: "I think the combine for me, it really just affirmed that I was on the right track and that what I was doing was pretty good. Of course, I learned a lot. Even though it was like information overload within those five days, it was definitely information needed."

Forsett was particularly attentive at the combine, as his football career is already over. Forsett has ingrained himself in the business community since retiring, appearing on "Shark Tank" in 2018 to pitch his business, Shower Pill, a disinfectant wipe. Forsett said he focused on what would come after football throughout his career, motivated, in part, by being cut six times during his playing days. The end of football was never far away.

Forsett enjoyed listening to Jesse Itzler, an entrepreneur, co-founder of Marquis Jet, and part owner of the Atlanta Hawks, speak at the combine. Forsett hit it off with Itzler — another favorite among the players — and according to Thornhill, plans to re-connect with Itzler over dinner sometime soon.

"There are so many takeaways just as a businessman, as a husband, as a father," Forsett said of the combine experience. "I was able to grow from this event."

Morgan appreciated the opportunity to network with business leaders after the events. He also benefitted from meeting like-minded players around the league. He and Suh share an interest in real estate and have some future projects planned.

"The more and more I'm in this league, I'm realizing how important your network is and how valuable that is," Morgan said.

"We can really create something with purpose."

The ATU business combine is a passion project for Thornhill with real stakes. He believes the program, which he hopes to expand to all 32 NFL owners and their teams, and possibly to universities, can be life-changing.

"I just don't want to get another phone call with a guy either saying he's held a gun to his head or he's staring at the wall aimlessly with nothing to hit every day he wakes up," Thornhill said.

"They haven't been given the skills to bridge the gap to be able to attain that next purpose in their life. I think that drives me is knowing that I can help people find their passion potential and really their earning potential within that. We can really create something with purpose. And I think that if you create purpose, they have their finances intact, that gives you options."

Thornhill said when the combine ended, a player whom he declined to name approached him in tears.

"It was almost like an 'ah-ha' moment in his life where he was just so thankful for the opportunity and really didn't know what was next but knew there was a possibility … He no longer had to be stressed about what was gonna happen after [football] because he knew the process of what he needed to do right now," Thornhill said.

Morgan noted that good football careers typically only last 10-12 years. A typical career only lasts three years. "Even if you fall somewhere at the end of that spectrum, you're still gonna be 31, 32 years old." He has been active in trying to prepare for life after football.

Said Forsett of his post-playing career, "I wanted it to be a smooth transition after hearing some of the horror stories."

The participants are like a fraternity now, linked through a group text that's still going.

"I actually feel like it's like a team of our own in a sense," Amukamara said. "And yeah, guys are throwing ideas left and right, and I think that's more what it was about. Even though we were networking with the CEOs and other people from the companies, this also helped us network with each other. Guys that we wouldn't necessarily know or be talking to."

"That was what we really wanted to create was just a team beyond the team," Thornhill said. "This team will never go away. This team will be an infrastructure that will support them."

Forsett called the five-day event "life-changing."

"That event was a game-changer for me," he said. "I'd even say just a life-changing event, just in terms of the relationships, the type of information that was given to me.

"I feel like every pro athlete needs to go through something like this, go through this program."

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World: With a Nevada senate candidate's exit, the Bannon revolt fizzles

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump persuaded a conservative businessman in Nevada to drop his primary challenge to a sitting Republican senator Friday, effectively ending a populist revolt that Steve Bannon once promised would scorch establishment Republican senators from coast to coast this year.

Danny Tarkanian, a perennial candidate who had Bannon’s backing, withdrew from his race against Sen. Dean Heller after a tweet from the president.

At Trump’s suggestion, he said he would run for an open seat in the House instead. His decision to drop out gives a significant boost to Heller, widely considered one of the most vulnerable Republican senators on the ballot this year.

Earlier this week, another Bannon-backed candidate, state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Mississippi, dropped his challenge to Sen. Roger Wicker, opting instead to run for the seat left open by the retirement of the state’s senior senator, Thad Cochran.

By making clear he would support Heller and Wicker in their primaries, Trump effectively starved their challengers of the political oxygen they needed to win over conservative activists. In his tweet, Trump said it “would be great for the Republican Party of Nevada, and it’s unity” if Heller could run unopposed.

In an interview, Tarkanian said he at first resisted Trump’s entreaties, which were conveyed to him by the president’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale. He said Trump had reached out to him by telephone last week, but the two never connected; he later told Parscale that if the president wanted him out, Trump should say so. So the president did, on Twitter.

Tarkanian, whose father, Jerry Tarkanian, was a legendary basketball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said he “did not think it was the right decision,” but he added: “I grew up in an athletic family. When the coach tells you to do something, many times you don’t agree with it, but it’s your responsibility to do it.”

It was a striking illustration of how much Trump has tightened his grip on the Republican Party: It is difficult to take on the party establishment when the face of the party is a president beloved by primary voters.

“This is one of those moments where the president of the United States has correctly and fully utilized the influence he has as the titular head of the Republican Party,” said Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist who is close to Sen. Mitch McConnell, the majority leader. “It’s the hand of Donald Trump, recognizing that we cannot afford to lose Senate seats because we are fighting with ourselves.”

By ending their primaries against the two senators, McDaniel and Tarkanian snuffed out what was left of Bannon’s vision for remaking Congress with candidates in his populist mold. At one time, Bannon envisioned primaries in Mississippi, Nebraska, Arizona, Wyoming and Nevada.

Now he has none.

With Bannon exiled by the president and Trump getting along with congressional leaders and taking counsel from largely mainstream Republicans in the post-Bannon White House, there is little political space for right-wing insurgents to oust incumbents.

Perhaps no one is happier about that than McConnell, whom Bannon had once threatened to unseat. Chris Pack, spokesman for the Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee McConnell helped found to ensure the re-election of incumbents, was succinct Friday.

“Who is Steve Bannon?” Pack asked wryly.

Bannon declined to comment.

Democrats said Friday that the dynamics of the Nevada race had not changed much and that they remained optimistic about their chances to pick up a Senate seat in a state won by Hillary Clinton. Tarkanian, party strategists said, has already caused lasting damage to Heller by forcing him into positions he will later regret in his campaign against Rep. Jacky Rosen, the Democrat whose seat Tarkanian is now seeking. (Tarkanian lost to Rosen by about 1 percentage point in 2016.)

Last year, for instance, Heller agonized for weeks over Republicans’ drive to repeal the Affordable Care Act, before finally siding with party leadership and voting to undo President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Tarkanian pounced, accusing Heller of having “no convictions.” And Democrats are still reminding the senator of that vote.

“Nevadans learned today what Senator Heller got for selling out their health care and putting himself and his party first,” Lauren Passalacqua, spokeswoman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said Friday, adding that “no amount of Trump tweets” could save him.

While Trump is often described as the ultimate insurgent, he is driven far more by personal interaction and whether he feels respected than by any ideological impulses. Wicker and Heller have spent months courting the president and taking care to note, publicly and privately, that they are in his corner.

Their lobbying paid off. Trump reiterated his support for Wicker when McDaniel got in the race late last month, and on Friday the president showed Tarkanian to the door. McDaniel and Tarkanian had little choice but to give up their primaries: They were trying to carry a sort of pre-Trump message that was focused on purifying the Senate of moderation, hoping to link the incumbents to a flaccid establishment embodied by McConnell.

This approach proved effective at times during the Obama years and was nearly enough to lift McDaniel in 2014, when he came close to unseating Cochran.

But while McConnell is deeply unpopular among rank-and-file conservatives, he is not the animating force in today’s party — Trump is. While the challengers could easily persuade primary voters to oppose McConnell’s preferred candidates, it is a far more difficult task to get them to oppose their president.

The one Republican senator who may have lost his seat in a primary this year was the one who has become one of Trump’s most outspoken critics: Jeff Flake of Arizona, who is retiring. In that race, the establishment Republican, Rep. Martha McSally, is facing a primary challenge from Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, and Kelli Ward, an osteopathic physician and former state senator who drew backing from Bannon last fall.

Yet in another sign of how he is veering closer to the congressional leadership, Trump has not offered support to either of the hard-liners, something White House officials assured McSally he would not do before she agreed to enter the race.

And more recently, in another sign of Bannon’s diminished influence, Ward disavowed him. “I am distancing myself from Steve Bannon,” she told CNN in an interview in January, adding, “I support the president.”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JONATHAN MARTIN © 2018 The New York Times

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After Black Panther movie grossed over $1bn, Nollywood has now made its own version of Wakanda forever

Four weeks after the release of the Black Panther sequel, Nigeria has produced its own version of the game-changing movie.

Marvel's introductory film to Wakanda superhero Black Panther continues to break records, recently crossing the $1 billion mark in worldwide sales, the studio is confirming that a sequel is definitely on-track to happen.

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is also a cultural powerhouse that boasts the continent’s biggest film industry, known as Nollywood. Lagos is the country’s filmmaking hub.

Just two days ago, Nollywood’s Wakanda Forever was released.

The Nigerian version of Wakanda Forever 1&2 is set in a village in Nigeria and weaves traditional storytelling with juju/voodoo and comedic special effects to explore family and lineage in an African society.

It has already garnered thousands of views on YouTube, winning the attention of a global audience desperate to connect with the African continent.

The superhero Black Panther has received global attention not only for its spot on acting or storyline but also it represents a symbol of black power and solidarity.

Film fans, actors and comic enthusiasts around the world keep flocking to screenings of Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther” which opened in Africa’s most populous country.

 

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