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Chapter 1 He pounded away. It was the same away he did it every time…pull my clothes, pull his trousers…suck my n—–s and tell me how beautiful I am before he starts pounding. I looked at him with his yes closed and wondered what must have made me like him. It definitely wasn’t his money; I was a lot richer than him….maybe it was because he was funny? I looked at him as he closed his eyes and beads of sweat formed above his brows; all I could wish for was for his to c-m on time. Today was to special for me to stop him halfway. Suddenly he let out that all too familiar groan that signaled his much awaited release. His hold on the top of the mattress beside my head became firmer, and then he started his epileptic-like movement as he came. Acho: Tee, you are so sweet Me: get up, I have to clean myself, hope your bathroom is clean. Running water? Acho: Yes it is. He made himself a cup of milo as I strode along to the bathroom. Me: So how was your trip to Oshogbo on Wednesday? Acho: it was o...

CONTINUATION  "And if it is not my two favorite cousins in the whole wide world! I have been looking for both of you all over the party. This party is so lit, sisters!!" Fikayo squealed happily, squeezing herself in between Temidayo and Ife. "Where have you been, Feek?!" An obviously annoyed Temidayo asked, taking a piece of meat from the plate of food Fikayo was holding. "And I am here now. what's happening?? You sound very serious. Kí ló ñ selè?"  "Please, it has to be something good. The reason you dragged me away from where I was trying to get my precious Amala, better be a good one". Ife retorted, also digging into the plate Fikayo was holding. "And I promised you another one tomorrow, didn't I? See girls, leave food. I think something is happening. Did you see the baby?" Temidayo asked, looking left and right to make sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation. "You mean that gorgeous beautiful fair skinned......

  Temidayo took one look at the newborn, and the chants of "Ekú ewu omo" going on around her faded into nothingness. A quick glance at the fair skinned, curly headed, tiny human wrapped in a soft cotton wrapper, was enough to tell that there was actually a problem. An intent look reiterated the fact that was staring at Temidayo right in her face.  "Akú ìsomolórúko ooo. Olórun a wo, Olórun á dasí", a wobbly voiced Temidayo greeted Tolani her cousin's wife, a plastic smile plastered on her face as she quickly dashed out of the bedroom. She needed to find her cousins Ifetola and Feeks fast before it was too late. There were questions in her mind that she needed answers to immediately. "Ifetola, where have you been? I have been looking all over for you?'', an agitated Temidayo ranted, dragging her cousin away from the queue of people waiting to be served bowls of hot piping morsels of Amala and ewedu soup.  Serving Amala and ewedu and ogunfe is a symbol...

  Omoooorrrr, this movie deserves all the awards in the world, because it is a beautiful work of art. It's beautiful in all ramifications. I don't think I have seen any Nollywood movie well executed like this. Amazing storyline. Beautiful directing and acting. Great suspense and twists. The cast were too notch. Chimezie was amazing as usual. He can not act no wrong in my eyes. Same as Genoveva.  She is a brilliant actress. San Dede? Oh my days! Nzeribe, even with the few scenes nailed his role. This is the best of Adedoyin I have seen. He gave this movie his all, even more than he did in King of Boys. Wole Ojo is exceptional. Eku Edewor produced it and I am in awe. This is amazing. I cried and cried. And cried so more. I give it a 10/10.

  One of the things I noticed first about this movie was the creativity of the writer.  Very creatively crazy person. He or she has a very wild and wide mind. The twists and turns were really commendable. For one, I loved how both camps made Jolaade their mole. It's crazy. Casting was beautiful. Some acts will and can never do wrong in my eyes. People like Chioma and Chidi. Great acting. Funke was Funke. Nothing new or bad. Just there. Seun is good too but I feel like he didn't do too well here. I love how Ikechukwu has diverted to acting totally. He is Sha trying. Jnr Pope did great too. Acting was great to a commendable extent. Directing was beautiful too. Inkblot dey try when they want to. Story was a masterpiece. I'd give it a 7/10.

  If you remember how I mentioned from the beginning that the series had a lot of errors that just didn't cut it for me. But the episode 10 made up for a whole lot. Although, it had its flaws, it was a beautiful ending for the series. The writer is like mem this is how I write sometimes. Just want to rush to the end where the beauty of the movie is. I love how Maje lost both women. I would have preferred he ended up with Yaga but I don't understand the crave for Kate. I commented on the producer's IG post that we don't need a sequel. It's not necessary. Let all of us rest with this one. But I see her commenting like there'd be a sequel as she left a lot of things and characters open. Characters like Selense and Sapele water. In all, Slum King is just there as a series but I'd pick it over series like Wura. Y'all need to start giving Tobi his flowers. He is too good!!!

  It started beautifully, no doubt about that. The beginning was engaging, howbeit, chaotic, which is understandable. My wahala started with that scene Jidekene and his people threw that litted bottle. I expected a boom of fire.  I didn't get that. Then they now showed fire burning people. And I am like 🙄🙄🙄🙄 For someone who served in Bayelsa state, I can't speak one word of it. But I enjoyed how the non- South South cast spoke the Ijaw language well. They got the accent and all. So how did Bimbo Manuel know that the guy that he was looking for was going to be at the market buying something? It didn't make sense. The guy sef spent years picking money on the floor  How in God's name did that shop start moving? How?  Why is Jidekene still with his igbo accent? What is Nna doing in his vocabulary? Y'all don't work with these actors to learn and unlearn.  That Oyin epistle about the python God is crap. Having another action going on at the same time just ruined t...

  Not your perfect movie. But still entertaining.  I think it would have botched if it wasn't a true life story.  And the fact that it was a true life story really didn't give it that flair that it should have. Don't be excited. Don't have expectations. Just watch for watching sakes. PS: The Yoruba language is beautiful.

  I just finished seeing the first episode of this movie, and by Jove, I am going to watch it till the last scene. I am thrilled. I am impressed. In fact, super impressed. The fact that it wasn't directed or produced by your usual A list movie people says a lot about this movie.  The producer is obviously concerned with making a real movie, telling a story in the most enjoyable way, and not about making Numbers or making money. Except for when Inspector Oscar used the 2023 trending slang "if you don't get it, forget about it" in a 1991-set movie, I found no faults with the movie, yet. As someone who attended a boarding school, I could relate with a lot of things happening in the movie. In fact, the director did a good job, not by only using an actual boarding school, but making sure that the feel of it was evident everywhere. See the boy's hostel, very real. That's what I am talking about!!! Casting is beautiful. Except for that Lashe character. I don't fe...

  It's another story of Nollywood having a nice story and using mid directing, production and acting water it down. Everyone just slept on this movie. The actors  The directors. Everybody. At some point, background noise from the movie in one or two scenes wanted to finish my ears. The badboys didn't badboy oooo. Wo, you can watch it Sha just for watching sakes.