Saworoide

Saworoide
Directed by Tunde Kelani
Written by Tunde Kelani
Screenplay by Akinwunmi Isola
Starring
Distributed by Mainframe Films and Television Productions
Release dates
1999
Running time
105 minutes
Country Nigeria
Language

Saworoide is a 1999 film directed by Tunde Kelani and released through Mainframe Films and Television Productions.[1]

Plot

Saworoide depicts the setting of an old Yoruba norm in the town of Jogbo where a person can not be crowned king without the saworoide (English: talking drum, brass bell) being played by the right person.[2]

Cast

References

  1. "Saworoide (1999)". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. Eniola, Babatunde (3 January 2014). "THE MYSTERY `SAWOROIDE`". Rough Africa. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

Further reading

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