Anikulapo (2022)

Directors

Kunle Afolayan

Cast

Adebayo Salami, Adebowale Adedayo, Aisha Oladunni Lawal, Bimbo Ademoye, Dele Odule, Fathia Balogun, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Kareem Adepoju, Kunle Remi, Mr Macaroni, Ronke Ojo, Samson Eluwole, Sola Sobowale, Sunday Omobolanle, Taiwo Hassan, Yemi Elebuibon, Yinka Quadri

The story

Aníkúlápó narrates the story of Saro who has recently arrived in Oyo as a stranger and a traditional textile weaver who uses the "aso-ofi" loom and technique. Saro has an illicit romance with Queen Arolake who has an unhappy marriage because she is hated by the King's wives and is also uninterested in the king, but it is her duty to lay with him. She is also young and uninterested in the older king's constant attention.

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