Akinola Davies
My Father's Shadow
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
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Lizard
After 8-year-old Juwon gets removed from bible class by her Sunday school teacher, she follows an agama lizard into the bowels of the “Heaven’s Gate Ministries” mega-church. Her journey into the labyrinth exposes the financial inner workings and the hidden activities behind the scenes. Plunging her deeper until she is confronted by a spellbinding sermon and a congregation worshipping in a hypnotized frenzy. Magical interactions with an alarmingly larger lizard and a sturdy gateman serve as metaphors for the preceding incidents. As her family proceeds to leave the church they are intercepted by the dramatic confrontation with a gang of holy armed robbers.
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