MOVIE REVIEW: IJOGBON: A MASTERPIECE WRAPPED IN ‘TROUBLE’

By Agbo Favour Amarachi IJOGBON in Yoruba literary means “stubborn” or “troublesome”. The movie, Ijogbon, by Kunle Afolayan, is about four friends that demonstrated ‘Ijogbon’ throughout the movie. Ijogbon follows four teenagers: Oby, Jamiu, Ranti and Omooba who stumble across a bag of diamonds which plunges them into a chaotic adventure that tests the limits of their bond. With sweeping aerial shots, we are introduced to the town of Oyo Oke in a way that is important to the story—it is small and everyone knows everyone. The four friends run…

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