5 things Kunle Afolayan wants you to know about ‘Ijogbon’

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Written by Tunde Babalola, other cast includes Gabriel Afolayan, Adunni Ade, Manuel Bimbo, Yemi Solade, Sam Dede, Gregory Ojefua, Saeed Mallam, Femi Branch, Femi Adebayo and Dorathy Bachor.

Here are five interesting things about the production of Ijogbon:

The one hour and 55 minutes feature is a multilingual film featuring seven languages spoken by its cast. The languages are English, Yoruba, Mandarin, Igbo, Igbirra, French and local Beninois language.

  • Ebiesuma Oluwaseyi, who played Ranti, one of the four teenagers, is an alumnus of KAP Film and Television Academy.
  • Jamie Lee, who played Ming Ho, a Chinese investor, is in fact a trader.
  • Aisha Alabi, a US-based YouTuber, played Latifah, one of the indigenes of Oyo-Oke.

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Ijogbon was inspired by two specific locations: a church in Komu and a mining site near the Cotonou border on the outskirts of the town.

Funky Mallam, a Hausa-speaking actor, who played the role of Kafanchan, a mercenary sent to Oyo-Oke, learnt how to speak Igbirra language for the film.

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