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

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:

Ijogbon’s principal photography took 21 days in four locations but spent three months in the pre-production phase. The four locations include Bab’ode, Komu, Ibadan and Igbojaye.

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.

Another interesting thing to note is the fact that Ijogbon’s cast is comprised of three people who made their acting debut. They are:

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.