Ti Oluwa Ni Ile Explained

Ti Oluwa Ni Ile
Director:Tunde Kelani
Cinematography:Tunde Kelani
Production Companies:Mainframe Films and Television Productions
Runtime:93min
Country:Nigeria
Language:Yoruba

Ti Oluwa Ni Ile (English: The Land is the Lord's) is a Nollywood Yoruba drama film sequel directed by Tunde Kelani.[1] Released in 1993 through Mainframe Films and Television Productions, the film was Tunde Kelani's debut film as a film director.[2] It was made in 3 parts and listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies.[3]

Plot

Two greedy men engage the services of a corrupt chief to sell a piece of an ancestral land for kickbacks. The new landowners are a petroleum company. The oracle; mouthpiece of the gods however reveal that the land belongs to the deities of the land and therefore not fit for a petrol station. The land sellers die suddenly and the chief realises he is next. He goes to the oracle for help. The oracle tells him that he will survive if he can prevent the body of the second co-conspirator from being buried. The story follows his futile attempts to prevent the eventual burial. The oracle gives him a second chance but he runs away and is faced by a series of unfortunate events. He eventually makes his way home and finds that he has been presumed dead. He attempts to reclaim his traditional title but the spirits of his co-conspirators come for his life.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Book: E. O. Soola. African Council on Communication Education. Nigeria Chapter. University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. Institute for Development Studies. Communication in global, ICTs and ecosystem perspectives: insights from Nigeria. 2007. African Council for Communication Education (Nigeria Chapter), Office of the Director/Editor-in-Chief, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria in association with Precision Publishers. 978-978-8103-10-3.
  2. Book: Akinwumi Adesokan. Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics. 21 October 2011. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-00550-2. 87–.
  3. Book: Ogundipe, Ayodele. Gender and Culture in Indigenous Films in Nigeria. 2004. 93–94.