Anikulapo The Movie.

Nigerians are one of the most updated people on earth. Nigerians are very current and we spread information so fast. No matter what location where something is happening, if a Nigerian hears about it, just know that it takes a few minutes for it to spread all over the country. It is just sad that some of this information turns out to be fake news and it would have spread across a lot of places before we realize that some of them are fake news. Recently I have been seeing the title of a movie on people's status. The language spoken in that movie is the Yoruba language. It is one of the 250+ languages that we have in Nigeria. It is the second most popular language in Nigeria. The movie is titled Anikulapo. I would have loved to narrate the movie to you but I'm not a good narrator. I may not narrate it well. I will just tell you the lessons I learnt from the movie and I hope we relate to those lessons.

The first lesson I learnt in that movie is to value whatever we have. I think a lot of us are affected by this. A lot of us don't know how to value what we have until we lose it. And when we lose it, we may not get it back. That's why we should value it!! In this movie, there is a young queen who is the favorite of all queens in the palace. She is the one the king loves most and it is very obvious in the palace. Most of the other queens are jealous of her but the Queen does not value what she has. She saw a young handsome man and decided to flee with him. When they got to their destination, the young handsome man began to treat her like a slave and even married two women after her. She regretted her actions. She regretted not valuing the king when the king showed her so much love. She cried but could not go back to the king because she was sure that the king won't accept her back.

The second lesson I learnt here is not to bite the hands that fed you. This is so important and I hope everyone learns from this. Africans have a lot of spiritual powers. In that aspect, I can say that we are blessed. We have a lot of charms that we can use to prevent evil, in old the spirit of the dead and so many powers like that. While the Queen and the young man were planning on fleeing to another village, she took something from the palace. It is a guard that can help to wake the dead. When these young lovers got to the other village, the son of their helper died. The pretty queen gave the guard to her lover so that he will wake the dead. It happened. The dead boy arose and they all thanked the man thinking it was the man who owns the power not knowing that it was the wife who is supporting the man.

The man became popular and they gave him a new name in the village. He was named 'Anikulapo'. Anikulapo means 'the one who has death in his pocket' in the Yoruba language. He became popular that he began to marry different wives in the village. It was quite unfortunate that the young queen didn't give birth but other wives of Anikulapo did and it's one other reason she was treated like a slave by her lover and his other wives. She regretted her actions and decided to punish 'Anikulapo' her lover. She emptied the guard which he used to wake the dead and left the house. Anikulapo came back and heard that she left already but he did not bother to search for her. Unfortunately, the prince of the village died and Anikulapo was called to come to wake the dead. He requested something huge. He said if he woke the dead, he will get married to the princess.

The King got angry but had no choice but to accept the offer. When it was time to wake the dead, Anikulapo did it as usual but the dead refuse to rise. He then realized that the young queen already emptied the guard. He was punished severely by the villagers and he was sent to the forest. He regretted his actions too by betraying the young queen.

Anikulapo bit the hands who fed him.