Movie Review of Afamefuna: An Nwa-Boi Story

Wow! Just wow!
This is a must watch for every Nigerian particularly the Igbo tribe.

The movie features how the tribe rose again after the war dealt with their business structure destroying everything they had as they were given just 20pounds despite whatever amount you formerly had in your account.

The Igbo is known to practice Stakeholder capitalism (and this is what the movie is all about)

Afamefuna Okoli and Paul Obiajulu who are both apprentices under the tutelage of Odogwu, a great business man.

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It's a system of business whereby the owner develops his business to a very great extent, then takes in men who are willing to be apprentices where they learn about the business, gets settled with an amount at the discretion of the owner, but, most times big enough to start off their own business which is the business they learnt from their master.

Upon starting, they're allowed to buy goods from their master and soon expand to get big enough to take in some other persons for apprenticeships also and the cycle continues.....

This was the way the Igbo tribe kept on developing till their business got back to the level it is now.

There's a popular saying, to always leave a place when you come and didn't see an Igbo man there in view that the area might not be a good place for business, lol.... I for one believe it's just a saying to buttress the fact that igbo men really love business and are blessed with the keen sight of knowing where businesses will thrive.

Watch the movie to find out more!

What I Love About The Movie

• Language Used

I won't even lie about it, the very first reason that attracted me to watching this movie was because just like the name was in my mother's tongue, Igbo Language, the same language was used in the movie and it gave me so much joy.

I always envy the Korean dramas because you won't ever see them speaking any other language in their movies asides their native language and this was a great way to promote our culture so I was happy we replicated that.

• Very Realistic

Yep! The movie pictures exactly what happens in full without trying to spice it up in many ways to make it appealing to anyone but rather, they sticked with the way things play out atleast for most of the times.

• Obedience Is Still The key

Just immediately Afamefuna came for his apprenticeship, he was given some laid down rules and he sticked to this.
The good aspect of life remains that even when you're doing good and thinks no one is taking note of them, someone is actually taking note and might reward you one day for it.
Obedience they say is better than sacrifice.

• You Can Stand Out!

Even in the midst of vultures, you could be the dove.
Just because everyone around you isn't getting it right doesn't mean you should automatically do the wrong things because we all know the rights from the wrong.

• Easier Said Than Done

Paul always said God's time remains the best, but then , when it was time for him to place his money where his mouths was, it became difficult for him to accept and in response he left the enterprise only to ruin his life.

Few Criticism From My End

• Police Brutality!

We've kept doing this that they can't even hide it anymore because we've adopted it as a norm whereas it's very bad.

Just like in real life where you're been manhandled at any tip of accusation even without investigation, it also happened here with the leading questions not to talk of the way they take laws into their hands.

While Afam was arrested and was trying to defend himself that he wasn't responsible for the death of his friend, Paul, the policeman made a comment I can't forget...
"I am the law" and that's the honest truth... .

The constitution means little in this country because whatever the policeman wants is the law regardless of whatever was written there.

It's just to say that here in Nigeria, it's rather "Guilty until proven otherwise instead of not Guilty"

• The Sad realization

Just as I was happy that my native language was used in the movie, In that same way, I was made to realize that it's gradually fading away; it's gradually going into extinction.

This is because there was constant mixture of English in the middle of using the language especially when it came to when the young men (Afam, Paul and others) were talking but when the older man, Kanayo who acted as Odogwu was speaking, you could see the free flow of the language.

Not to even talk of how fluent their English was the few times they spoke it rather than their Igbo where they were picking their words one by one...
It saddens me😢

All in all, the movie surely worths a watch.

Peep into the trailer and enjoy

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