1 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:32,126 (Trumpet fanfare) 2 00:00:32,293 --> 00:00:34,293 (TV Reporter) 'Lagos, capital of Nigeria, 3 00:00:34,460 --> 00:00:37,835 'prepares to give the welcome of its life to Queen Elizabeth II. 4 00:00:38,001 --> 00:00:42,043 'Or, in its own language, to Oba Oberin, the King-Lady. 5 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:44,668 'A million Nigerians are here to greet her. 6 00:00:44,835 --> 00:00:47,251 'Just seventeen hours from the mists of London airport, 7 00:00:47,418 --> 00:00:50,126 'the Queen's Argonaut comes to rest in the sunshine of Ikeja, 8 00:00:50,293 --> 00:00:52,085 'the airport of Lagos. 9 00:00:52,251 --> 00:00:54,710 'The Guard of Honour is mounted by the Nigeria Regiment, 10 00:00:54,876 --> 00:00:59,001 'many of whom, like the Queen's husband, wear the Burma Star.' 11 00:00:59,168 --> 00:01:01,126 ( Rousing marching music) 12 00:01:02,543 --> 00:01:05,085 'Governor General Sir James Robertson and Lady Robertson 13 00:01:05,251 --> 00:01:08,501 'welcome the royal couple as they leave the Argonaut. 14 00:01:12,501 --> 00:01:15,460 'In a temperature around the 100 mark, the queen still looks cool 15 00:01:15,626 --> 00:01:18,793 'as the royal car makes its 13-mile journey to the capital 16 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:21,085 'at a steady eight miles an hour. 17 00:01:21,251 --> 00:01:24,543 'Every foot of the way the road is packed with Nigerians. 18 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:27,960 'The welcome is as tremendous as any Her Majesty has ever been given, 19 00:01:28,126 --> 00:01:29,668 'and it's a proud welcome. 20 00:01:29,835 --> 00:01:32,376 'For this is no longer a people in colonial subjection, 21 00:01:32,543 --> 00:01:36,918 'but a free nation with its feet already firmly on the road to self-government.' 22 00:01:37,085 --> 00:01:39,668 ( MIRIAM MAKEBA: "The Naughty Little Flea") 23 00:01:39,835 --> 00:01:43,210 Where did the naughty little flea go? 24 00:01:43,376 --> 00:01:46,585 Won't somebody tell me? 25 00:01:46,751 --> 00:01:49,918 Where did the naughty little flea go? 26 00:01:50,085 --> 00:01:52,168 Won't somebody tell me? 27 00:01:52,335 --> 00:01:56,835 Tell me now, where did the naughty little flea go? 28 00:01:57,001 --> 00:01:59,043 (Chorus) Nobody know, nobody know 29 00:01:59,210 --> 00:02:03,710 Tell me now, where did the naughty little flea go? 30 00:02:03,876 --> 00:02:07,001 (Chorus) Nobody know, nobody know 31 00:02:07,168 --> 00:02:10,376 There was a naughty little flea 32 00:02:10,543 --> 00:02:13,585 He climbed up on the doggie's knee 33 00:02:13,751 --> 00:02:17,335 He climbed some here, he climbed some there 34 00:02:17,501 --> 00:02:19,876 He was climbing everywhere 35 00:02:20,043 --> 00:02:24,710 Tell me, where did the naughty little flea go... 36 00:03:19,251 --> 00:03:22,501 (Cheering and applause) 37 00:03:27,626 --> 00:03:30,626 (Woman) Happy Independence Day! 38 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,085 (Kainene) Are you going to help dad get his contracts? 39 00:03:53,251 --> 00:03:55,210 What do you mean? 40 00:03:59,293 --> 00:04:02,335 Will you be spreading your legs for the Right Honourable Minister 41 00:04:02,501 --> 00:04:04,835 in exchange for daddy's contract? 42 00:04:05,835 --> 00:04:07,043 What do you think? 43 00:04:07,210 --> 00:04:08,960 Hurry up, you two. His Excellency's here. 44 00:04:09,126 --> 00:04:13,460 - (Kainene) We'll be right down, Mum. - Help me with this, will you? 45 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,168 I hope you've thought about coming to join us at the Ministry, Olanna. 46 00:04:26,335 --> 00:04:29,376 We need first-class brains like yours. 47 00:04:29,543 --> 00:04:33,668 How many people get offered jobs personally from the Finance Minister? 48 00:04:33,835 --> 00:04:37,001 I've decided to go to Nsukka. I'll be leaving next week. 49 00:04:37,168 --> 00:04:40,376 Is that right? You have decided to move to Nsukka? 50 00:04:40,543 --> 00:04:44,210 I applied for a job as a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and I got it. 51 00:04:46,668 --> 00:04:47,876 Oh? 52 00:04:49,001 --> 00:04:51,251 So you'll be leaving Lagos? 53 00:04:55,543 --> 00:04:58,960 Er...why don't you all come to my house this weekend, eh? 54 00:04:59,126 --> 00:05:01,918 If only to sample my cook's fish pepper soup. 55 00:05:02,085 --> 00:05:06,335 The chap is from Nembe, he knows what to do with fresh fish. 56 00:05:06,501 --> 00:05:08,835 Sounds wonderful, Honourable Minister. 57 00:05:09,001 --> 00:05:10,501 I won't be here this weekend. 58 00:05:10,668 --> 00:05:12,085 You won't be here? 59 00:05:12,251 --> 00:05:16,085 I made plans to go to Kano to see Uncle Mbaezi and the family. 60 00:05:16,251 --> 00:05:17,918 I SEE. 61 00:05:18,085 --> 00:05:20,251 And what about you, Kainene? 62 00:05:20,418 --> 00:05:22,126 What about me, indeed? 63 00:05:22,293 --> 00:05:25,293 I, too, will be putting my newly acquired degree to good use. 64 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:28,585 I'm moving to Port Harcourt to manage daddy's businesses there. 65 00:05:28,751 --> 00:05:32,376 So Kainene will manage the cement factory? 66 00:05:32,543 --> 00:05:35,210 The cement factory, the bottling company, 67 00:05:35,376 --> 00:05:38,251 the sawmills and the freight carriers, everything. 68 00:05:38,418 --> 00:05:41,710 She'll oversee everything in the east. 69 00:05:41,876 --> 00:05:46,335 Whoever said you lost out by having twin daughters is a liar. 70 00:05:46,501 --> 00:05:47,835 (Father) Thank you, Minister. 71 00:05:48,001 --> 00:05:49,751 Happy Independence Day! 72 00:05:51,210 --> 00:05:52,835 Happy Independence Day! 73 00:05:53,001 --> 00:05:54,918 Happy Independence Day. 74 00:05:57,710 --> 00:06:00,835 - Are you all set? - All set for what, Kainene? 75 00:06:01,001 --> 00:06:02,710 It's Independence Day, Mummy. 76 00:06:02,876 --> 00:06:05,293 There are 1001 soirées in Lagos tonight. 77 00:06:05,460 --> 00:06:07,043 Good evening, Chief. 78 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,918 You realise, don't you, that you've just cost daddy the contract? 79 00:06:18,085 --> 00:06:20,418 It's not as if he'll get nothing. 80 00:06:20,585 --> 00:06:22,960 Daddy will still give him ten per cent after all. 81 00:06:23,126 --> 00:06:26,251 Well, the ten per cent is standard, so extras always help. 82 00:06:26,418 --> 00:06:30,293 The other bidders probably don't have a beautiful daughter. 83 00:06:35,710 --> 00:06:38,960 That horrid little woman, Richard, and right in my face too. 84 00:06:39,126 --> 00:06:43,418 - Susan, I wasn't. - I know you didn't mean to flirt. 85 00:06:43,585 --> 00:06:47,043 - But you must understand... - Susan, I wasn't flirting. 86 00:06:47,210 --> 00:06:49,710 - Champagne, Madam? - The gossip here is just vicious. 87 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:52,126 How are you, Olanna? 88 00:06:53,001 --> 00:06:54,710 Happy Independence Day. 89 00:06:56,626 --> 00:06:58,418 The Hausa in the north are a dignified lot, 90 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:01,418 the Yoruba are rather jolly, as well as being first-rate lickspittles. 91 00:07:01,585 --> 00:07:04,085 - And the Igbo are... - Surly and money-loving. 92 00:07:04,251 --> 00:07:05,418 Hello, Graham. 93 00:07:05,585 --> 00:07:08,251 Meet Kainene Ozobia, Chief Ozobia's daughter. 94 00:07:08,418 --> 00:07:11,335 Kainene is asumma cum laude graduate of Yale 95 00:07:11,501 --> 00:07:13,376 and an Oxford graduate to boot. 96 00:07:13,543 --> 00:07:16,001 Kainene, this is Susan Grenville-Pitts, from the British Council. 97 00:07:16,168 --> 00:07:17,918 - How do you do? - And this is... 98 00:07:18,085 --> 00:07:20,793 - I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch... - Richard. Richard Churchill. 99 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,001 Now, I want to speak to you. 100 00:07:24,793 --> 00:07:26,585 Hello. 101 00:07:26,751 --> 00:07:28,835 I'm no relation of Sir Winston's, I'm afraid, 102 00:07:29,001 --> 00:07:31,710 or I might've turned out a little cleverer. 103 00:07:31,876 --> 00:07:33,835 How funny. 104 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:37,001 (Jazz band plays in background) 105 00:07:37,168 --> 00:07:39,376 Great music, don't you think? 106 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:48,293 It turns out Kainene and I have a mutual friend in London. 107 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,085 How lovely. I'll let you two catch up then. Back in a bit. 108 00:07:55,251 --> 00:07:57,501 You just lied to your wife. 109 00:07:57,668 --> 00:07:59,876 She's not my wife. 110 00:08:00,043 --> 00:08:02,376 - Move out of the way, please. - What? 111 00:08:02,543 --> 00:08:05,543 There is a photographer behind you who's keen to take a photo of me, 112 00:08:05,710 --> 00:08:07,585 and particularly my necklace. 113 00:08:07,751 --> 00:08:09,335 (Man) Thank you, Ma'am. 114 00:08:09,501 --> 00:08:12,335 The necklace will be featured in tomorrow's "Lagos Life". 115 00:08:12,501 --> 00:08:16,210 That will be my way of contributing to our newly independent country. 116 00:08:16,376 --> 00:08:19,210 I'm giving fellow Nigerians something to aspire to, 117 00:08:19,376 --> 00:08:21,335 an incentive to work hard. 118 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:24,751 - It's a lovely necklace. - Of course it's not lovely! 119 00:08:24,918 --> 00:08:27,460 My father has obscene taste in jewellery. 120 00:08:27,626 --> 00:08:29,585 But it's his money. 121 00:08:31,126 --> 00:08:34,376 I see my sister looking for me. I should go. 122 00:08:34,543 --> 00:08:36,960 Don't go...please. 123 00:08:40,501 --> 00:08:43,710 Shall I introduce you? Everybody wants to meet her. 124 00:08:45,210 --> 00:08:48,251 I'd rather talk to you. If you don't mind. 125 00:08:50,835 --> 00:08:54,126 - Here comes the wife you denied. - Darling? 126 00:08:54,293 --> 00:08:57,543 - How lovely to meet you. - How lovely to meet you. 127 00:09:05,043 --> 00:09:07,085 Don't tell me you're interested in him. 128 00:09:07,251 --> 00:09:09,710 - What if I was? - What about Okafor? 129 00:09:09,876 --> 00:09:12,210 You know that ended long ago. Now we're just good friends. 130 00:09:12,376 --> 00:09:15,585 - And Iain with the dimples? - No, it's over with Iain. 131 00:09:15,751 --> 00:09:17,710 - Robert? - Robert is history. 132 00:09:17,876 --> 00:09:21,251 No, he's here. Hello, Robert! 133 00:09:21,418 --> 00:09:24,543 Ha-bloody-ha! You're not funny. 134 00:09:24,710 --> 00:09:26,501 (Giggling) 135 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:30,835 I just don't get what you see in these English boys. 136 00:09:31,001 --> 00:09:33,376 Watch out, though. This one is married. 137 00:09:33,543 --> 00:09:36,960 No. That's just a woman who doesn't know when to cut her losses. 138 00:09:37,126 --> 00:09:39,085 Did he say as much? 139 00:09:55,835 --> 00:09:57,251 Operator? 140 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,335 For you, Ma'am. Mr Churchill on the line. 141 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:03,751 Churchill? 142 00:10:06,668 --> 00:10:09,460 Hello? Who is this? 143 00:10:09,626 --> 00:10:12,210 It's me, Richard. 144 00:10:12,376 --> 00:10:14,876 - We met last night at... - 'Yes...' 145 00:10:15,043 --> 00:10:18,543 The man who denied his wife. Hello, Richard. 146 00:10:19,918 --> 00:10:22,918 (Music and raucous laughter) 147 00:10:40,376 --> 00:10:42,835 (Singing in native language) 148 00:10:58,376 --> 00:11:01,918 Did you come to Nigeria to run away from something? 149 00:11:03,001 --> 00:11:04,376 No. 150 00:11:06,418 --> 00:11:08,585 I've always wanted to see Africa, 151 00:11:09,751 --> 00:11:12,626 so I took leave from "The Spectator" 152 00:11:13,793 --> 00:11:16,168 and a generous loan from my aunt and... 153 00:11:16,335 --> 00:11:18,376 - And here you are. - Here I am. 154 00:11:18,543 --> 00:11:22,168 A modern-day explorer of the "Dark Continent". 155 00:11:30,001 --> 00:11:35,376 I've accepted an offer to join the Faculty of English at Nsukka. 156 00:11:35,543 --> 00:11:38,251 Splendid. My sister's there. 157 00:11:38,418 --> 00:11:42,460 She'll introduce you to her revolutionary lover and his band of drinkers. 158 00:11:43,668 --> 00:11:46,668 And you can come visit me in Port Harcourt. 159 00:12:04,001 --> 00:12:08,043 Ah, I can't believe it's you. You've come to help. 160 00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:14,001 All right. Let's go to Aunt Ifeka's. 161 00:12:14,585 --> 00:12:16,543 (Screams of delight) 162 00:12:21,626 --> 00:12:24,001 You have been on my mind. 163 00:12:24,168 --> 00:12:27,460 I knew you would come and see us soon. 164 00:12:27,626 --> 00:12:29,668 Uncle, good afternoon. 165 00:12:29,835 --> 00:12:32,626 And how is Lagos treating my sister? 166 00:12:32,793 --> 00:12:36,585 - Lagos is treating mother well. - And your sister and your father? 167 00:12:36,751 --> 00:12:39,335 - How is your father? - Daddy is well. 168 00:12:39,501 --> 00:12:41,460 Kainene is well. 169 00:12:41,626 --> 00:12:43,835 See who is here! 170 00:12:44,001 --> 00:12:47,835 - Ah! Olanna! - My Auntie! 171 00:12:52,043 --> 00:12:54,585 - How is your mother? - She's good. 172 00:12:54,751 --> 00:12:56,001 Oh! 173 00:12:56,168 --> 00:12:59,293 May another person do for you. 174 00:13:00,585 --> 00:13:03,626 May another person do for you. 175 00:13:03,793 --> 00:13:05,751 Ahh... 176 00:13:05,918 --> 00:13:07,376 Cousin! 177 00:13:08,085 --> 00:13:10,460 You should've warned us that you were coming. 178 00:13:10,626 --> 00:13:13,293 At least we would've swept the yard better. 179 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:16,418 - Cousin, you look well. - Thank you. 180 00:13:16,585 --> 00:13:18,376 There are stories to tell. 181 00:13:18,543 --> 00:13:21,710 So you are going to Nsukka to marry Odenigbo, Sister? 182 00:13:21,876 --> 00:13:24,793 I don't know about marriage yet, but I want to be closer to him. 183 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,376 And I want to teach. 184 00:13:26,543 --> 00:13:29,668 The way you describe him, you had better not wait! 185 00:13:33,668 --> 00:13:36,543 (Odenigbo) 'A special woman is arriving this weekend.' 186 00:13:36,710 --> 00:13:38,126 Very special. 187 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:43,501 Make sure the house is clean. I'll order the food from the staff club. 188 00:13:43,668 --> 00:13:45,376 But, sah, I can cook. 189 00:13:45,543 --> 00:13:49,251 She likes her rice a certain way. Fried rice, I think. 190 00:13:49,418 --> 00:13:51,251 I'm not sure you can make something suitable. 191 00:13:51,418 --> 00:13:53,501 I can make that, sah. Let me make the rice. 192 00:13:53,668 --> 00:13:56,210 And you get the chicken from the staff club. 193 00:13:56,751 --> 00:13:58,626 Artful negotiation. 194 00:13:59,501 --> 00:14:01,293 All right, you make the rice. 195 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:04,126 - Did you go to school? - Standard two, sah. 196 00:14:04,293 --> 00:14:08,585 - But I learn everything fast. - Standard two? How long ago? 197 00:14:08,751 --> 00:14:11,585 Many years now, sah. But I learn everything very fast. 198 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:14,918 - Why did you stop school? - My father's crops failed, sah. 199 00:14:15,085 --> 00:14:17,168 Why didn't your father find someone to lend him your school fees? 200 00:14:17,335 --> 00:14:19,293 Sah? 201 00:14:20,168 --> 00:14:23,085 I will enrol you in the staff primary school. 202 00:14:23,251 --> 00:14:25,126 Yes, sah. Thanks, sah. 203 00:14:25,293 --> 00:14:28,085 I suppose you'll be the oldest, starting standard three at your age. 204 00:14:28,251 --> 00:14:31,043 But the only way to get their respect is to be the best. Understand me? 205 00:14:31,210 --> 00:14:32,751 Yes, sah. 206 00:14:32,918 --> 00:14:34,710 - What's your name again? - Ugwu, sah. 207 00:14:34,876 --> 00:14:36,418 Ugwu... 208 00:14:36,585 --> 00:14:40,376 Yes. Call me Odenigbo. 209 00:14:40,543 --> 00:14:42,501 Sah? 210 00:14:42,668 --> 00:14:46,293 My name is not "Sah". Call me Odenigbo. 211 00:15:17,293 --> 00:15:19,293 It's quite tasteless. 212 00:15:20,376 --> 00:15:23,501 Which is better than bad-tasting, of course. 213 00:15:25,835 --> 00:15:28,418 I'll show you how to cook rice properly, Ugwu, 214 00:15:28,585 --> 00:15:31,085 without using so much oil. 215 00:15:37,168 --> 00:15:40,335 - Ugwu told me he could cook rice. - He can't. 216 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,918 My God. 217 00:15:46,085 --> 00:15:47,918 Quick, drink coke. 218 00:15:48,085 --> 00:15:50,043 (Sexual moans) 219 00:16:15,585 --> 00:16:18,501 You should eat first. Ugwu is making a stew. 220 00:16:19,710 --> 00:16:21,668 I know what I want to eat. 221 00:16:28,543 --> 00:16:30,501 So, what happened here? 222 00:16:30,668 --> 00:16:32,876 Your older books are in the second bedroom. 223 00:16:33,043 --> 00:16:35,085 I needed the space for my books. 224 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:38,793 - Why can't they go to your flat? - Because I want them here. 225 00:16:40,293 --> 00:16:43,085 You've really moved in, haven't you? 226 00:16:47,418 --> 00:16:49,126 (Knocking at door) 227 00:16:49,293 --> 00:16:51,626 (Ugwu) We have visitors, sah. 228 00:16:51,793 --> 00:16:53,960 - Can't they leave? - (Man) Odenigbo! 229 00:16:54,126 --> 00:16:57,751 - I can't wait for them to meet you. - (Man) Is she here? Come out, now! 230 00:16:57,918 --> 00:17:00,251 Stay just a little longer. 231 00:17:00,418 --> 00:17:04,376 (Man) Ugwu, go and fetch your master. Tell him to come out now. 232 00:17:11,626 --> 00:17:14,376 My friends. This, finally, is Olanna. 233 00:17:14,543 --> 00:17:15,585 How are you? 234 00:17:15,751 --> 00:17:18,001 You must be Lara Adebayo. Faculty of Medicine? 235 00:17:18,168 --> 00:17:21,001 Yes. He did not tell us you were illogically beautiful. 236 00:17:21,168 --> 00:17:24,251 - I will take that as a compliment. - And what a proper English accent. 237 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:27,126 I'm Okeoma. I thought Odenigbo's girlfriend was a human being. 238 00:17:27,293 --> 00:17:29,668 - He didn't tell us you a water mermaid. - Thank you. 239 00:17:29,835 --> 00:17:33,418 - Victor Patel. Nice to see you finally. - Olanna. 240 00:17:33,585 --> 00:17:36,335 - And what's your discipline? - Sociology. 241 00:17:36,501 --> 00:17:39,085 Voodoo science! You should've studied one of the proper sciences. 242 00:17:39,251 --> 00:17:42,085 Didn't the great thinker Hegel call Africa a land of childhood? 243 00:17:42,251 --> 00:17:44,543 Nobody can take Hegel seriously. Have you read him closely? 244 00:17:44,710 --> 00:17:47,460 He's funny, he's very funny. 245 00:17:51,043 --> 00:17:53,460 (Knocking at door) 246 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:58,668 You are the one that is Ugwu. How are you? 247 00:17:58,835 --> 00:18:01,335 I'm fine, Mama. Did your journey go well? 248 00:18:01,501 --> 00:18:03,626 Yes. God led us. 249 00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:07,168 - How are you? - I'm well, Mama. 250 00:18:07,335 --> 00:18:10,001 My son has told me how well you're doing. 251 00:18:11,751 --> 00:18:15,335 - When will my son be back? - They will return in the evening. 252 00:18:15,501 --> 00:18:17,543 They said you should rest, Mama, when you come. 253 00:18:17,710 --> 00:18:19,710 I'm cooking rice and chicken. 254 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:23,835 Rest? 255 00:18:29,835 --> 00:18:34,543 I have brought ingredients to make proper soup for my son. 256 00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:38,126 I know you try, but you are only a boy. 257 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:42,126 What does a boy know about real cooking? 258 00:18:42,293 --> 00:18:46,418 Is that not so, Amala? Does a boy belong in the kitchen? 259 00:18:46,585 --> 00:18:48,168 Mama, no. 260 00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:52,918 You see, Ugwu? A boy does not belong in the kitchen. 261 00:18:53,085 --> 00:18:54,710 Yes, Mama. 262 00:18:58,876 --> 00:19:04,543 Eh? My son wastes money on these expensive things. 263 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,293 - Do you not see, Amala? - Yes, Mama. 264 00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:11,918 Those belong to my madam, Mama. She brought many things from Lagos. 265 00:19:13,418 --> 00:19:14,835 (Sighs) 266 00:19:15,001 --> 00:19:19,460 - Amala, come and make the cocoyams. - Yes, Mama. 267 00:19:22,918 --> 00:19:25,543 Mama, welcome!Nno! 268 00:19:28,543 --> 00:19:31,793 I'm Olanna. Did you go well? 269 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,085 - Our journey went well. - Good afternoon. 270 00:19:35,251 --> 00:19:37,876 Is this Odenigbo's relative from home, Mama? 271 00:19:38,043 --> 00:19:40,376 Amala helps me in the house. 272 00:19:40,543 --> 00:19:43,585 Come, Mama, let's sit. 273 00:19:43,751 --> 00:19:46,918 You shouldn't bother in the kitchen. You should rest. Let Ugwu do it. 274 00:19:47,085 --> 00:19:50,835 I want to cook a proper soup for my son. 275 00:19:51,918 --> 00:19:53,710 Of course, Mama. 276 00:19:55,210 --> 00:19:58,126 At least let me help you, Mama. 277 00:19:59,376 --> 00:20:00,960 I'll go and change. 278 00:20:01,126 --> 00:20:04,085 I hear you did not suck your mother's breasts. 279 00:20:06,543 --> 00:20:07,710 What? 280 00:20:07,876 --> 00:20:11,710 They say you did not suck your mother's breasts. 281 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:16,335 Please go and tell those who sent you 282 00:20:16,501 --> 00:20:18,501 that you did not see my son. 283 00:20:18,668 --> 00:20:22,876 Tell your fellow witches that you did not see him! Do you hear me? 284 00:20:23,043 --> 00:20:26,210 Tell them that nobody's medicine can work on my son. 285 00:20:26,376 --> 00:20:29,168 He will not marry an abnormal woman, 286 00:20:29,335 --> 00:20:31,251 unless you kill me first. 287 00:20:31,418 --> 00:20:33,335 Only over my dead body! 288 00:20:33,501 --> 00:20:35,001 Mama... 289 00:20:35,168 --> 00:20:38,251 Don't "mama" me. I said, do not "mama" me. 290 00:20:39,418 --> 00:20:41,376 Leave my son alone. 291 00:20:41,543 --> 00:20:45,418 Go and tell your fellow witches that you did not see him! 292 00:20:48,585 --> 00:20:51,501 - Neighbours! - (Ugwu) Mama, will you stay inside? 293 00:20:51,668 --> 00:20:55,585 (Mama) Neighbours! There is a witch in my son's house! 294 00:20:56,918 --> 00:20:58,585 Neighbours! 295 00:21:00,835 --> 00:21:03,793 Tell your master I've gone to my flat. 296 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,751 (Mama) Neighbours! 297 00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:27,293 I'm so sorry she acted that way. 298 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:30,918 - I just had to leave. - No, no. You didn't have to,Nkem. 299 00:21:31,085 --> 00:21:33,710 You should've ignored her, really. 300 00:21:38,335 --> 00:21:42,001 I've decided to talk to Okeoma about the Labour Strike. 301 00:21:42,168 --> 00:21:45,460 - We have to show support... - Your mother made a scene. 302 00:21:46,751 --> 00:21:48,543 You're angry,Nkem? 303 00:21:50,210 --> 00:21:53,126 I didn't think you'd take this so seriously. 304 00:21:53,293 --> 00:21:56,335 You can see my mother doesn't know what she's doing. 305 00:21:56,501 --> 00:21:59,626 She's just a village woman. 306 00:22:01,126 --> 00:22:03,918 You never talk about your mother. 307 00:22:04,085 --> 00:22:06,585 You've never asked me to come to Abba with you to visit her. 308 00:22:06,751 --> 00:22:09,251 Stop it,Nkem,it's not as if I go that often to see her, 309 00:22:09,418 --> 00:22:12,835 and I did ask you the last time you were going to Lagos. Huh? 310 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,626 - What did you cook? - Rice. 311 00:22:18,168 --> 00:22:21,126 - Aren't you going to play tennis? - I thought you would come. 312 00:22:21,293 --> 00:22:22,960 I don't feel up to it. 313 00:22:24,751 --> 00:22:26,626 Why is your mother's behaviour acceptable 314 00:22:26,793 --> 00:22:28,293 because she's a village woman? 315 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:30,876 I know village women who do not behave this way! 316 00:22:31,043 --> 00:22:34,376 My mother's entire life has been in Abba. 317 00:22:34,543 --> 00:22:37,793 Do you know what a small bush village that is? 318 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,210 Of course she'll feel threatened by an educated woman living with her son. 319 00:22:41,376 --> 00:22:44,210 Of course you'd have to be a witch! It's the only way she can understand it. 320 00:22:44,376 --> 00:22:46,418 - Did you talk to her about this? - I didn't see the point. 321 00:22:46,585 --> 00:22:50,335 - You didn't see the point? - I want to catch Okeoma at the club. 322 00:22:50,501 --> 00:22:52,418 Let's discuss this when I get back. 323 00:22:52,585 --> 00:22:55,251 - I'll stay here tonight. - No. 324 00:22:55,418 --> 00:22:58,335 - What? - I said no. 325 00:22:58,501 --> 00:23:00,543 What's wrong with you, Olanna? 326 00:23:01,335 --> 00:23:05,001 Go. Go and play your tennis and don't come back! 327 00:23:18,585 --> 00:23:20,001 Olanna? 328 00:23:20,168 --> 00:23:22,001 Did something happen? 329 00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:23,918 (Olanna) 'Nothing happened. 330 00:23:24,085 --> 00:23:27,168 'I just wanted to say hello, find out how you are.' 331 00:23:29,085 --> 00:23:32,876 How's Nsukka? How's your revolutionary lover? 332 00:23:33,043 --> 00:23:36,710 'Odenigbo is fine. Nsukka is fine.' 333 00:23:36,876 --> 00:23:38,835 Richard seems taken by it. 334 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:43,168 He even seems taken by the revolutionary, but I forgive him. 335 00:23:43,335 --> 00:23:45,918 'You should come and visit.' 336 00:23:46,085 --> 00:23:47,960 Soon. 337 00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:50,335 You sound rather subdued. 338 00:23:50,501 --> 00:23:54,043 Are you sure nothing's happened? Out with it, Olanna. 339 00:23:54,543 --> 00:23:57,918 'It's nothing much. Just a little misunderstanding with...' 340 00:23:58,085 --> 00:24:01,501 - The revolutionary? - 'No. His mother. 341 00:24:02,668 --> 00:24:05,210 'But there's nothing to it. Really.' 342 00:24:32,668 --> 00:24:34,543 You reek of brandy. 343 00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:36,501 Are you still angry? 344 00:24:38,085 --> 00:24:41,501 Get dressed, we'll go back together. 345 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:44,585 I will talk to Mama. 346 00:24:45,793 --> 00:24:49,085 No, you don't have to do that. 347 00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:52,835 Stay here. 348 00:25:08,251 --> 00:25:10,043 If you won't marry me... 349 00:25:11,335 --> 00:25:13,251 ...let's have a child. 350 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,210 Let's have a child,Nkem. 351 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,168 A little girl...just like you. 352 00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:33,418 We'll call her Obianuju. 353 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,376 Because she will come into a place where there is plenty. 354 00:25:40,835 --> 00:25:42,668 Or a little boy. 355 00:25:47,168 --> 00:25:49,918 Let's have breakfast in bed. 356 00:25:50,085 --> 00:25:53,293 Or is this one of your Sundays of faith? 357 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:55,710 I won't go in today. 358 00:25:55,876 --> 00:25:57,043 Good. 359 00:25:58,168 --> 00:26:00,543 Because we have work to do. 360 00:26:10,585 --> 00:26:13,168 We will have a beautiful child,Nkem. 361 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,043 We will have a brilliant child. 362 00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:22,710 (Radio) 'Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers...' 363 00:26:22,876 --> 00:26:27,001 Nkem! It's happened. There's been a coup. 364 00:26:27,168 --> 00:26:29,751 Major Nzeogwu is speaking from Kaduna. 365 00:26:30,710 --> 00:26:32,876 What's happening in Lagos? 366 00:26:33,043 --> 00:26:34,835 Did they say what's happening in Lagos? 367 00:26:35,001 --> 00:26:37,835 Your parents are fine. Civilians are safe. 368 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,085 Operator... 369 00:26:40,251 --> 00:26:42,751 - It's not going through. - They're fine. It's just for security. 370 00:26:42,918 --> 00:26:45,626 The lines will come back once they've fully taken control of the government. 371 00:26:45,793 --> 00:26:47,585 (Laughter) 372 00:26:47,751 --> 00:26:50,210 - Those soldiers are true heroes. - This is the end of corruption. 373 00:26:50,376 --> 00:26:54,376 That's the Finance Minister. He shit in his trousers before they shot him. 374 00:26:55,251 --> 00:26:58,085 I knew Okonji. He was a friend of my father's. 375 00:26:58,251 --> 00:27:01,501 The BBC is calling it an Igbo coup. And they have a point. 376 00:27:01,668 --> 00:27:04,335 It was mostly Northerners who were killed, after all. 377 00:27:04,501 --> 00:27:06,085 It was mostly Northerners in government. 378 00:27:06,251 --> 00:27:08,710 The BBC should ask who put the Northerners in government 379 00:27:08,876 --> 00:27:10,293 to dominate everybody. 380 00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:13,960 If we had more men like Major Nzeogwu, we would not be where we are today. 381 00:27:14,126 --> 00:27:16,085 - Isn't he a communist? - (Laughter) 382 00:27:16,251 --> 00:27:18,335 (Odenigbo) You Americans are so predictable. 383 00:27:18,501 --> 00:27:21,043 Do we have time to worry about that? 384 00:27:21,210 --> 00:27:24,501 (TV Reporter) 'The coup did not succeed in Lagos itself. 385 00:27:24,668 --> 00:27:28,501 'Those politicians that survived asked the army to take control. 386 00:27:28,668 --> 00:27:32,585 'And Major General Ironsi, an Igbo, took over. 387 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:34,876 'He concentrated authority in Lagos 388 00:27:35,043 --> 00:27:37,001 'and cut down the power of the regions. 389 00:27:37,585 --> 00:27:40,335 'It looked as if the Igbos were beginning to run the whole country 390 00:27:40,501 --> 00:27:42,460 'and the north was suspicious.' 391 00:27:55,460 --> 00:27:58,960 (Mama singing native song) 392 00:28:03,085 --> 00:28:06,085 My son told me you had gone to the village to see your mother? 393 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:10,210 Yes, Mama. Welcome, Mama. Welcome, Auntie Amala. 394 00:28:10,376 --> 00:28:13,751 Go and rest, Ugwu. I am preparing my son's dinner. 395 00:28:13,918 --> 00:28:16,335 I will stay in case you need help, Mama. 396 00:28:17,585 --> 00:28:19,710 Do you cook Ofe Nsala well? 397 00:28:19,876 --> 00:28:23,418 - I have never cooked it. - Why? My son likes it. 398 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,001 My madam has never asked me to cook it. 399 00:28:26,168 --> 00:28:29,460 "Madam." She is not your madam, my child. 400 00:28:29,626 --> 00:28:31,210 She's only a woman who's living with a man 401 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,335 who has not paid her bride price. 402 00:28:34,626 --> 00:28:37,793 Richard, did you say you were going to Lagos tomorrow? 403 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,501 Yes. Yes, I am. 404 00:28:40,668 --> 00:28:42,918 To give Kainene moral support? 405 00:28:43,085 --> 00:28:44,751 Not quite, Lara. 406 00:28:45,585 --> 00:28:49,460 It's Chief Ozobia's 60th birthday, and they're having a party at... 407 00:28:49,626 --> 00:28:51,585 See? Richard is a gentleman. 408 00:28:51,751 --> 00:28:54,751 He's going all the way to Lagos to give Kainene, who doesn't need it, 409 00:28:54,918 --> 00:28:56,168 moral support. 410 00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:58,418 And you, what are you doing 411 00:28:58,585 --> 00:29:01,960 when Olanna has had to rush to Lagos all by herself? 412 00:29:02,126 --> 00:29:04,460 How's your book coming along? 413 00:29:04,626 --> 00:29:07,043 - (Richard) I'm ploughing on. - It's a novel, isn't it? 414 00:29:07,210 --> 00:29:10,001 - Yes. - (Odenigbo) More wine? 415 00:29:10,168 --> 00:29:11,835 Yes, please. 416 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:15,043 Odenigbo, you're not trying to get me drunk, are you? 417 00:29:15,210 --> 00:29:17,001 What's it about? 418 00:29:17,168 --> 00:29:20,543 As soon as it's finished, you'll be the first to read it. 419 00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:22,835 Ugwu, more wine! 420 00:29:23,001 --> 00:29:24,460 UgWu! 421 00:29:24,626 --> 00:29:26,876 I brought fresh palm wine for my son. 422 00:29:27,043 --> 00:29:31,001 Our best wine-tapper brought it to me this morning. 423 00:29:31,168 --> 00:29:32,335 Ugwu! 424 00:29:35,335 --> 00:29:38,001 (Mama sings traditional song) 425 00:29:44,210 --> 00:29:47,626 My point is, the only authentic identity for an African is his tribe. 426 00:29:47,793 --> 00:29:51,085 I am a Nigerian because the white man created Nigeria 427 00:29:51,251 --> 00:29:53,418 and gave me that identity, and I am black 428 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,626 because the white man constructed black 429 00:29:55,793 --> 00:29:58,210 to be as different from his white as humanly possible. 430 00:29:58,376 --> 00:30:01,085 But I was Igbo before the white man came. 431 00:30:01,251 --> 00:30:04,460 But you became aware that you were Igbo because of the white man. 432 00:30:04,626 --> 00:30:07,335 - The Pan-Igbo idea itself... - Go ask your elders in your village! 433 00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:10,043 The problem is that Odenigbo is a hopeless tribalist, 434 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:11,960 we need to keep him quiet. 435 00:30:12,126 --> 00:30:14,085 I will go powder my nose. 436 00:30:16,751 --> 00:30:18,543 Sorry, Richard. 437 00:30:32,168 --> 00:30:34,210 She doesn't look as though she wants to go home today. 438 00:30:34,376 --> 00:30:35,710 Sure you're not planning to do something with her? 439 00:30:35,876 --> 00:30:38,585 - Don't talk rubbish. - Nobody in Lagos would know. 440 00:30:38,751 --> 00:30:40,168 Look, look, look. 441 00:30:40,335 --> 00:30:44,251 - I know you're not interested in her. - I'm not. And that's that. 442 00:30:49,126 --> 00:30:50,918 (Thunder rumbling) 443 00:30:56,335 --> 00:30:58,501 (Sexual moans) 444 00:31:19,793 --> 00:31:22,085 I can't wait for Tuesday. 445 00:31:22,251 --> 00:31:23,835 I can't wait either. 446 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:27,168 Tell Ugwu to air the rug in the bedroom. 447 00:31:27,335 --> 00:31:30,001 - 'Why?' - Why what? 448 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,876 'Why do you want the rug in the bedroom aired?' 449 00:31:34,043 --> 00:31:36,960 Because it hasn't been aired for some time. 450 00:31:38,585 --> 00:31:41,585 You sound so glum. Are you all right? 451 00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:46,960 'Oh, my mother is here. I had no idea she was coming.' 452 00:31:47,126 --> 00:31:50,668 - Will she be gone before Tuesday? - 'I don't know. 453 00:31:50,835 --> 00:31:54,710 - 'I wish you were here.' - Well, I'm glad I'm not. 454 00:31:54,876 --> 00:31:57,085 Did you have a conversation with her 455 00:31:57,251 --> 00:32:00,793 about breaking the spell of the educated witch? 456 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,210 'I'll talk to her,Nkem... 457 00:32:04,418 --> 00:32:05,835 'I'm sorry. 458 00:32:07,501 --> 00:32:09,543 'I'm so sorry.' 459 00:32:12,210 --> 00:32:14,251 - Richard. - Yes, dear? 460 00:32:14,418 --> 00:32:18,210 You were in Nsukka two days ago. You saw the revolutionary. 461 00:32:18,376 --> 00:32:21,043 Did you notice anything unusual about him? 462 00:32:21,210 --> 00:32:24,335 Was he anything other than his smug, self-righteous self? 463 00:32:24,501 --> 00:32:28,376 I'm not waiting till Tuesday. I'm leaving for home today. 464 00:32:28,543 --> 00:32:32,210 Olanna, do you want me to come with you? 465 00:32:36,918 --> 00:32:39,043 Let me come with you. 466 00:32:39,210 --> 00:32:40,793 No. 467 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,918 (Knocking) 468 00:32:47,126 --> 00:32:48,251 Nkem ? 469 00:32:49,710 --> 00:32:53,626 Nkem.What a pleasant surprise. 470 00:32:53,793 --> 00:32:56,501 It's good to have you back. So good. 471 00:32:56,668 --> 00:32:59,918 - Good afternoon, Mama. - Olanna, how are you? 472 00:33:00,085 --> 00:33:03,043 Mama and Amala are just leaving. I'm taking them to the motor park. 473 00:33:03,210 --> 00:33:07,001 Amala, how are you? I didn't know you came too. 474 00:33:07,168 --> 00:33:09,251 Have you got your things? Come on, let's go. 475 00:33:09,418 --> 00:33:12,876 - Have you eaten, Mama? - My morning meal is still in my stomach. 476 00:33:13,043 --> 00:33:14,960 - I have a game scheduled for later. - Amala? 477 00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:17,126 - I hope you ate something. - Yes, Auntie, thank you. 478 00:33:17,293 --> 00:33:18,418 Let's go. 479 00:33:18,585 --> 00:33:21,251 Give Amala the key to put things in the car. 480 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:24,543 OK. 481 00:33:26,876 --> 00:33:29,126 - Go well. - (Mama) Hm-mm. 482 00:33:35,543 --> 00:33:37,960 (Ugwu) Mah, will you eat? Should I warm rice? 483 00:33:38,126 --> 00:33:40,168 Not now. 484 00:33:40,335 --> 00:33:43,085 Go and see if any avocados are ripe. 485 00:33:43,251 --> 00:33:44,960 Yes, ma'am. 486 00:34:14,418 --> 00:34:16,376 Did anything happen? 487 00:34:18,168 --> 00:34:21,085 Yes. Yes, indeed. 488 00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:24,460 One of my students missed the last test, 489 00:34:24,626 --> 00:34:29,043 and this morning he tried to offer me money to pass him, 490 00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:31,001 the ignoramus. 491 00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:36,585 I didn't know Amala came with Mama. 492 00:34:38,585 --> 00:34:40,043 Yes. 493 00:34:45,168 --> 00:34:47,126 You touched Amala? 494 00:34:50,251 --> 00:34:52,335 You touched Amala? 495 00:34:57,335 --> 00:34:58,960 Olanna... 496 00:35:00,501 --> 00:35:02,501 Olanna. 497 00:35:02,668 --> 00:35:04,626 (Phone rings) 498 00:35:14,085 --> 00:35:16,835 (Phone continues ringing) 499 00:35:35,876 --> 00:35:37,376 Nkem ? 500 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:42,960 Nkem ? 501 00:35:44,251 --> 00:35:47,543 Nkem,please open. Please! 502 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:49,668 (Frantic knocking) 503 00:35:51,043 --> 00:35:52,168 Nkem ! 504 00:35:54,835 --> 00:35:56,418 Nkem,please open! 505 00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,793 Please open,Nkem. 506 00:36:01,710 --> 00:36:03,251 Nkem ! 507 00:36:05,585 --> 00:36:08,793 Nkem, please. Please open! 508 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,210 (Knocking) 509 00:36:11,376 --> 00:36:12,626 Nkem ! 510 00:36:19,835 --> 00:36:22,335 I was drunk, Nkem. 511 00:36:23,668 --> 00:36:27,960 I was drunk, and Amala forced herself on me! 512 00:36:28,126 --> 00:36:32,710 It was brief...rash...lust. 513 00:36:33,626 --> 00:36:37,001 It meant nothing,Nkem,nothing! 514 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:42,126 Get out. 515 00:37:08,335 --> 00:37:12,210 I think I'm going to postpone my programme at Nsukka 516 00:37:12,376 --> 00:37:14,710 and stay here in Kano. 517 00:37:14,876 --> 00:37:17,210 No. Mba. 518 00:37:17,376 --> 00:37:19,876 You will go back to Nsukka. 519 00:37:21,210 --> 00:37:23,835 I can't just go back to his house, Auntie. 520 00:37:24,001 --> 00:37:26,168 I am not asking you to go back to his house. 521 00:37:26,335 --> 00:37:28,793 I said you will go back to Nsukka. 522 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,960 Do you not have your own flat and your own job? 523 00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:36,793 Odenigbo has done what all men do and inserted his penis 524 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,501 in the first hole he could find when you were away. 525 00:37:40,668 --> 00:37:43,043 Does that mean somebody died? 526 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,960 When your uncle first married me, 527 00:37:50,126 --> 00:37:54,751 I worried because I thought all those women outside 528 00:37:54,918 --> 00:37:57,710 were coming to displace me from my home. 529 00:37:59,085 --> 00:38:03,585 I now know that nothing he would ever do would make my life change. 530 00:38:03,751 --> 00:38:07,043 My life will change only if I want it to change. 531 00:38:09,085 --> 00:38:11,501 What are you saying, Auntie? 532 00:38:11,668 --> 00:38:15,001 He is very careful now, 533 00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:18,251 since he realised I'm no longer afraid. 534 00:38:19,751 --> 00:38:25,001 I have told him that if he ever brings disgrace to me in any way, 535 00:38:25,168 --> 00:38:27,460 I will cut off that snake between his legs. 536 00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:32,376 You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. 537 00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:37,126 Do you hear me? Your life belongs to you and you alone. 538 00:38:37,293 --> 00:38:39,501 (Speaks Igbo) 539 00:38:42,126 --> 00:38:44,710 You will go back on Saturday. 540 00:38:46,626 --> 00:38:50,168 Let me hurry up and make some abacha for you to take. 541 00:38:57,751 --> 00:39:01,043 Would you like to read this? 542 00:39:01,210 --> 00:39:03,251 Yes. Thank you. 543 00:39:03,418 --> 00:39:06,376 They have finally removed that Igbo vice-chancellor 544 00:39:06,543 --> 00:39:10,085 from the University of Lagos, it's on the back cover. 545 00:39:10,251 --> 00:39:11,460 Oh? 546 00:39:14,543 --> 00:39:17,835 The problem with the Igbo people is that they want to control everything 547 00:39:18,001 --> 00:39:20,376 in this country, everything. 548 00:39:20,543 --> 00:39:23,585 They own all the shops, they control the Civil Service, 549 00:39:23,751 --> 00:39:25,626 even the police. 550 00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:29,543 If you are arrested for a crime, as long as you can say "keda", 551 00:39:29,710 --> 00:39:31,251 they will let you go. 552 00:39:31,418 --> 00:39:34,710 And now, with this coup, they control the army. 553 00:39:34,876 --> 00:39:37,668 We say "kedu", not "keda". 554 00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:40,126 It means, "How are you?" 555 00:39:40,293 --> 00:39:43,251 - Are you Igbo? - Yes. 556 00:39:43,418 --> 00:39:46,418 - But you have the face of a Fulani. - Igbo. 557 00:40:12,418 --> 00:40:14,543 Master looks like somebody that is crying every day... 558 00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:17,710 - Put my blender in the carton. - Yes, mah. 559 00:40:21,126 --> 00:40:22,793 Mah, please forgive Master. 560 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,751 - Put the blender in the car. - Yes, mah. 561 00:40:29,710 --> 00:40:32,168 Do the guests still come in the evenings? 562 00:40:32,335 --> 00:40:34,543 Not like before, mah, when you were around. 563 00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:37,376 - But they still come? - Yes. 564 00:40:37,543 --> 00:40:41,335 And your master still plays tennis and goes to the staff club? 565 00:40:41,501 --> 00:40:42,793 Yes. 566 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:46,043 Good. 567 00:41:00,501 --> 00:41:03,876 - What is it? - Amala is pregnant. 568 00:41:05,418 --> 00:41:06,585 What? 569 00:41:06,751 --> 00:41:10,793 Mama just came to tell me that Amala is pregnant with my child. 570 00:41:18,668 --> 00:41:20,793 (Sobs) 571 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,126 Please, let me come in. 572 00:41:26,835 --> 00:41:28,001 Please. 573 00:41:32,210 --> 00:41:35,918 We will do whatever you want. Whatever you want, let's do it together. 574 00:41:36,085 --> 00:41:39,001 You said it happened just once. 575 00:41:39,168 --> 00:41:41,585 Just once and she got pregnant. 576 00:41:41,751 --> 00:41:44,543 - It was just once. - Just once, I see. 577 00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:49,418 I told Mama I'd send Amala to Dr Okonkwo in Enugu. 578 00:41:51,501 --> 00:41:54,710 She said it would be over her dead body. 579 00:41:54,876 --> 00:41:58,668 She said Amala will have the child and she will raise the child herself. 580 00:42:01,793 --> 00:42:03,793 Mama planned this thing from the beginning. 581 00:42:05,835 --> 00:42:08,376 I see now how she made sure I was dead drunk 582 00:42:08,543 --> 00:42:10,668 before sending Amala to me. 583 00:42:12,001 --> 00:42:15,418 I feel as if I have been dropped into something that I... 584 00:42:15,585 --> 00:42:17,710 ...I don't entirely understand. 585 00:42:17,876 --> 00:42:20,376 Nobody dropped you into anything! 586 00:42:38,835 --> 00:42:40,460 (Sobs) 587 00:43:12,168 --> 00:43:14,126 - I thought it was you. - Oh! 588 00:43:14,293 --> 00:43:17,168 How are you? Are you all right? 589 00:43:17,335 --> 00:43:19,668 I'm very well. 590 00:43:19,835 --> 00:43:23,043 I can't decide whether to get the Bordeaux or the Burgundy. 591 00:43:23,210 --> 00:43:25,001 Can I help? 592 00:43:26,793 --> 00:43:29,501 Why don't I buy both and if you'll share them with me, 593 00:43:29,668 --> 00:43:32,001 we can decide which is better. 594 00:43:32,168 --> 00:43:35,335 Can you spare an hour? Or do you have to run back to your writing? 595 00:43:35,501 --> 00:43:37,751 I would hate to impose on you, really. 596 00:43:37,918 --> 00:43:40,376 Of course you wouldn't be imposing. 597 00:43:40,543 --> 00:43:42,960 Besides, you've never visited me... 598 00:43:44,501 --> 00:43:46,460 ...in my flat. 599 00:43:54,210 --> 00:43:59,168 You really must write about the horrific things the British did in Kenya. 600 00:43:59,335 --> 00:44:01,960 Didn't they cut off testicles? 601 00:44:02,126 --> 00:44:04,335 - Didn't they? - Yes. 602 00:44:06,501 --> 00:44:08,710 You should write about it then. 603 00:44:11,543 --> 00:44:15,001 - Do you have a title for your book? - "The Basket of Hands." 604 00:44:15,168 --> 00:44:19,460 "The Basket of Hands"... Sounds macabre. 605 00:44:19,626 --> 00:44:23,001 It's about labour. The good things we achieved. 606 00:44:24,418 --> 00:44:26,668 The railways, for example, but... 607 00:44:28,543 --> 00:44:31,293 ...also how labour was exploited 608 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:34,668 and the lengths the colonial enterprise went to. 609 00:44:46,835 --> 00:44:49,960 - My glass isn't quite empty. - No, it's not. 610 00:45:00,668 --> 00:45:03,543 Come and sit on the floor with me. 611 00:45:03,710 --> 00:45:05,668 I should leave. 612 00:45:16,085 --> 00:45:19,043 (EARTHA KITT:': "Santa Baby") 613 00:45:27,210 --> 00:45:34,085 ...Santa Baby, and fill my stocking with a duplex and cheques 614 00:45:34,251 --> 00:45:38,543 Sign your "X" on the line, Santa Baby... 615 00:45:40,043 --> 00:45:42,126 Do you want anything, mah? 616 00:45:42,293 --> 00:45:45,501 These look very well. Did you use fertiliser? 617 00:45:45,668 --> 00:45:47,376 - Yes, mah. - And on the peppers? 618 00:45:47,543 --> 00:45:49,876 Yes, mah. Mah? 619 00:45:50,043 --> 00:45:52,335 Mama used bad medicine on my master, mah. 620 00:45:52,501 --> 00:45:53,710 Rubbish! 621 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:56,376 (Door opens and closes) 622 00:45:58,251 --> 00:46:00,876 (Muffled sexual moans) 623 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:14,126 Let's get married. 624 00:46:15,710 --> 00:46:18,293 Mama will leave us alone then. 625 00:46:20,168 --> 00:46:22,168 I slept with Richard. 626 00:46:34,751 --> 00:46:36,126 No. 627 00:46:37,751 --> 00:46:39,251 Yes. 628 00:46:54,210 --> 00:46:56,626 Do you have feelings for the man? 629 00:46:57,918 --> 00:46:59,501 No. 630 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:06,001 You have no feelings for him, then why? 631 00:47:13,210 --> 00:47:14,710 Olanna? 632 00:47:27,876 --> 00:47:29,668 (Door slams) 633 00:47:31,168 --> 00:47:33,293 (Horn blaring) 634 00:47:37,835 --> 00:47:39,460 (Tyres screech) 635 00:47:41,251 --> 00:47:43,043 Is your master in? 636 00:47:43,210 --> 00:47:46,626 - Is your master in? - (Richard) Thank you, Harrison. 637 00:47:46,793 --> 00:47:49,460 I want you to stay away from my house! Do you understand me? 638 00:47:49,626 --> 00:47:51,210 Stay away! 639 00:48:15,085 --> 00:48:17,668 Are we still trying to have a child? 640 00:48:19,543 --> 00:48:21,710 Of course we are. 641 00:48:22,876 --> 00:48:24,835 Or aren't we? 642 00:48:25,376 --> 00:48:28,376 Get me some brandy, my good man. 643 00:48:47,501 --> 00:48:51,960 Give that to Odenigbo. Tell him Amala has refused to touch her. 644 00:49:19,126 --> 00:49:22,168 Mama doesn't want to keep the baby. 645 00:49:22,335 --> 00:49:24,460 There's a young man doing timber work in Ondo 646 00:49:24,626 --> 00:49:26,626 that Amala is to marry. 647 00:49:26,793 --> 00:49:29,126 Mama doesn't want to keep the baby? 648 00:49:32,251 --> 00:49:33,876 She wanted a boy. 649 00:49:34,043 --> 00:49:36,460 I've spoken to Amala's people. 650 00:49:36,626 --> 00:49:39,335 We've agreed that the baby will stay with them. 651 00:49:39,501 --> 00:49:43,668 I'll go to Abba next week to see them and discuss... 652 00:49:43,835 --> 00:49:45,751 We'll keep her. 653 00:49:45,918 --> 00:49:49,710 Our relationship is the most important thing to me,Nkem. 654 00:49:49,876 --> 00:49:52,876 We have to make the right decision for us. 655 00:49:54,460 --> 00:49:56,501 You weren't thinking about our relationship 656 00:49:56,668 --> 00:49:58,626 when you got her pregnant. 657 00:50:03,376 --> 00:50:05,168 Let's think about this. 658 00:50:14,543 --> 00:50:17,918 - How noble of you. - I'm not being noble. 659 00:50:18,085 --> 00:50:21,376 - Will you adopt her formally? - Yes, I think so. 660 00:50:21,543 --> 00:50:24,293 What will you tell her? 661 00:50:24,460 --> 00:50:27,126 - What will I tell her? - Yes, when she's older. 662 00:50:27,293 --> 00:50:31,460 The truth... that Amala is her mother. 663 00:50:31,626 --> 00:50:34,376 And I'll have her call me Mummy Olanna or something, 664 00:50:34,543 --> 00:50:37,668 so that if Amala ever comes back, she can be Mummy. 665 00:50:37,835 --> 00:50:39,751 You're doing this to please the revolutionary. 666 00:50:39,918 --> 00:50:42,501 - I'm not. - Why are you doing it then? 667 00:50:45,668 --> 00:50:47,710 She was so helpless. 668 00:50:50,168 --> 00:50:52,126 I felt as if I knew her. 669 00:51:02,126 --> 00:51:04,876 I think this is a very brave decision. 670 00:51:10,335 --> 00:51:12,460 (Olanna) Will you come back for her christening? 671 00:51:12,626 --> 00:51:14,418 Yes. Of course, I will. 672 00:51:14,585 --> 00:51:17,626 - This is excellent, Harrison. - Thank you, madam. 673 00:51:19,918 --> 00:51:22,668 He doesn't deserve you, you know. 674 00:51:25,251 --> 00:51:28,210 This tart tastes better than the one I had the last time I was in London. 675 00:51:28,376 --> 00:51:29,710 Thank you, madam. 676 00:51:29,876 --> 00:51:33,168 My master is telling me that everybody in Mr Odenigbo's house says the same. 677 00:51:33,335 --> 00:51:34,626 You made it for them? 678 00:51:34,793 --> 00:51:36,585 I used to make it for my master to take there, 679 00:51:36,751 --> 00:51:39,168 but I'm not making anything again for Mr Odenigbo's house 680 00:51:39,335 --> 00:51:41,085 since that time he's shouting at my master. 681 00:51:41,251 --> 00:51:44,001 Shouting like a madman and the whole street is hearing. 682 00:51:44,168 --> 00:51:46,126 The man's head is not correct. 683 00:52:23,751 --> 00:52:26,168 I hope you won't say, "Forgive me." 684 00:52:26,335 --> 00:52:28,835 There is nothing more trite. 685 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:33,751 Please don't leave. 686 00:52:33,918 --> 00:52:38,126 Leave? That would be too easy, wouldn't it? 687 00:52:40,793 --> 00:52:43,251 - I'm sorry, Kainene. - It would be forgivable 688 00:52:43,418 --> 00:52:46,501 if it were somebody else not my sister! 689 00:52:50,251 --> 00:52:52,210 I am so sorry. 690 00:52:56,251 --> 00:52:58,668 You should sleep in the guest room. 691 00:52:58,835 --> 00:53:01,876 Yes. Yes, of course. 692 00:53:07,876 --> 00:53:12,251 (TV) 'In May, Major General Ironsi abolished the regions by decree. 693 00:53:12,751 --> 00:53:15,001 'This was the last straw for the north. 694 00:53:15,668 --> 00:53:20,210 'There were riots and Ironsi's regime fell after barely six months. 695 00:53:20,376 --> 00:53:23,710 'At Ibadan, among northern troops, he was killed. 696 00:53:23,876 --> 00:53:28,626 'Looting, rioting, ambushing left thousands of Igbos dead. 697 00:53:28,793 --> 00:53:30,626 'Northerners took advantage of the confusion 698 00:53:30,793 --> 00:53:34,251 'to work off their long pent up anger at the economic success of the Igbos 699 00:53:34,418 --> 00:53:37,085 'who migrated into their own region.' 700 00:53:38,876 --> 00:53:40,876 Anything to declare, sir? 701 00:53:41,043 --> 00:53:43,293 - No. I'm going on to London. - OK. Well done, sir. 702 00:53:51,126 --> 00:53:53,960 (Richard) Where are you from? (Guard) I'm from Obosi. 703 00:53:55,460 --> 00:53:59,376 My fiancée is from Umunnachi, not far from you. 704 00:53:59,543 --> 00:54:04,335 - Your fiancée, sir? - Yes. Her name is Kainene. 705 00:54:04,501 --> 00:54:06,960 - You speak Igbo, sir? - (Replies in Igbo) 706 00:54:07,126 --> 00:54:10,335 You speak... My name is Nnaemeka. 707 00:54:10,501 --> 00:54:12,835 - Nice talking to you... - Thank you, sir. 708 00:54:13,001 --> 00:54:15,460 (Man shouting) 709 00:54:15,626 --> 00:54:18,793 We have here a little technical difficulty! 710 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,168 A small problem that can be resolved very simply! 711 00:54:22,335 --> 00:54:24,668 (Translates into French) 712 00:54:27,543 --> 00:54:31,793 I want all our foreign visitors together over here. 713 00:54:44,085 --> 00:54:46,085 (Speaks French) 714 00:54:46,251 --> 00:54:47,918 (Soldier) This way, sir. 715 00:54:48,085 --> 00:54:51,251 Passports! Bring out your passports! 716 00:54:53,501 --> 00:54:55,085 Where's your passport? 717 00:54:55,251 --> 00:54:57,960 It's at home, sir. I haven't got it on me here, sir. 718 00:55:01,001 --> 00:55:03,168 - You are Igbo? - Yes, sir. 719 00:55:03,335 --> 00:55:05,001 - Come, my brother. - Yes, sir. 720 00:55:06,210 --> 00:55:08,668 (Soldier 1) Turn the page (Soldier 2) Passports! 721 00:55:08,835 --> 00:55:10,418 Show me your passport! 722 00:55:11,876 --> 00:55:13,668 - Which church you go to? - I'm Catholic. 723 00:55:13,835 --> 00:55:16,876 You're Catholic? That's nice. What is the name of the church? 724 00:55:17,043 --> 00:55:19,168 - Saint Dominic's. - Saint Dominic's, ah... 725 00:55:19,335 --> 00:55:23,126 Listen, just wait for me a minute over here. 726 00:55:23,293 --> 00:55:25,293 Passport! 727 00:55:27,251 --> 00:55:28,918 (Screaming) 728 00:55:43,835 --> 00:55:46,293 Get up! Come on! 729 00:55:46,460 --> 00:55:47,710 Move! Right now! 730 00:55:51,168 --> 00:55:54,043 (Woman) Please, please. Please, don't. 731 00:56:07,626 --> 00:56:08,918 OK, line them up! 732 00:56:11,793 --> 00:56:13,585 (Gunshot) 733 00:56:29,668 --> 00:56:31,960 (Screaming and shouting) 734 00:56:34,710 --> 00:56:37,876 (Olanna) Let me out of the car. Stop the car! 735 00:56:44,376 --> 00:56:46,043 What's happening here? What's happening? 736 00:56:47,210 --> 00:56:49,376 No,no! 737 00:56:50,293 --> 00:56:52,168 - Madam! - Auntie! 738 00:56:53,501 --> 00:56:55,168 Auntie! 739 00:56:56,835 --> 00:56:59,210 No! Auntie! 740 00:57:01,918 --> 00:57:03,918 Please, Madam, please. We have to go! 741 00:57:04,085 --> 00:57:06,210 There's only troubles here. We have to go. 742 00:57:09,501 --> 00:57:11,918 Murderer! 743 00:57:13,585 --> 00:57:15,293 Get in the car! 744 00:57:17,043 --> 00:57:18,835 You have to get in the car. Get in the car! 745 00:57:19,001 --> 00:57:21,668 We have to go now, Ma'am. I'm sorry. We have to go. 746 00:57:31,043 --> 00:57:32,918 Please, please, leave us alone. Leave us alone. 747 00:57:53,876 --> 00:57:55,876 Sorry, Auntie. 748 00:57:56,043 --> 00:57:57,585 (Sobs) 749 00:58:06,043 --> 00:58:08,335 (TV) 'The Military Governor of the Eastern Region, Colonel Ojukwu, 750 00:58:08,501 --> 00:58:10,251 'was questioned about the extent of the killing.' 751 00:58:10,418 --> 00:58:13,668 'I can't give you the total figures, but this I know, 752 00:58:13,835 --> 00:58:18,918 'that the May 29th rioting 753 00:58:19,085 --> 00:58:21,210 'did in fact take toll 754 00:58:21,376 --> 00:58:26,751 'of some 3,300 easterners in the north. 755 00:58:28,418 --> 00:58:32,293 'I know that on the first night of the September rioting... 756 00:58:34,001 --> 00:58:38,251 '...in Zaria alone there were 670. 757 00:58:40,001 --> 00:58:45,335 'In Kano, definitely over 1,000 to 1,500.' 758 00:58:46,335 --> 00:58:48,835 And what about our university colleagues in Ibadan and Zaria? 759 00:58:49,001 --> 00:58:52,501 They kept silent while white expatriate encouraged the killing! 760 00:58:52,668 --> 00:58:55,751 You would be one of them if you didn't happen to be in Igboland! 761 00:58:55,918 --> 00:58:59,376 - How much sympathy can you have? - Don't dare say I do not have sympathy! 762 00:58:59,543 --> 00:59:01,376 To say secession is not the only way to security 763 00:59:01,543 --> 00:59:03,710 doesn't mean I have no sympathy! 764 00:59:03,876 --> 00:59:07,293 Did your uncle die? You're going back to your people in Lagos, 765 00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:09,418 and nobody will harass you for being Yoruba. 766 00:59:09,585 --> 00:59:12,918 Is it not your own people who are killing the Igbos in Lagos? 767 00:59:13,085 --> 00:59:15,043 Didn't your chiefs go north to thank the emir 768 00:59:15,210 --> 00:59:17,668 for sparing the Yoruba people? So what are you saying? 769 00:59:17,835 --> 00:59:20,418 How is your opinion relevant? 770 00:59:20,585 --> 00:59:22,001 You insult me, Odenigbo. 771 00:59:22,168 --> 00:59:24,001 Then the truth has become an insult. Olanna. 772 00:59:24,168 --> 00:59:28,043 This is unacceptable, Odenigbo. You owe her an apology. 773 00:59:28,210 --> 00:59:30,793 It is not a question of whether or not I owe her an apology. 774 00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:32,960 It is a question of whether or not I spoke the truth! 775 00:59:33,126 --> 00:59:34,876 You owe her an apology! 776 00:59:35,043 --> 00:59:36,710 All right, yeah, 1 will. 777 00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:42,543 (Tuts) 778 00:59:54,043 --> 00:59:57,001 When you are ready, mah, your food is here. 779 01:00:02,668 --> 01:00:04,668 What did you cook, Ugwu? 780 01:00:05,793 --> 01:00:08,376 I used fresh tomatoes from the garden. 781 01:00:09,876 --> 01:00:13,418 - Has baby eaten? - Yes, mah. She's playing outside. 782 01:00:36,376 --> 01:00:40,710 (Kainene) 'Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? 783 01:00:40,876 --> 01:00:45,001 'Is love this safety I feel in our silences? 784 01:00:45,168 --> 01:00:48,501 'Is it this belonging, this completeness?' 785 01:00:53,710 --> 01:00:57,960 Operator, I'd like to make a trunk call, please. Nigeria. 786 01:00:58,126 --> 01:01:00,251 - 'Charged to yourself, sir?' - Yes. 787 01:01:00,418 --> 01:01:01,835 'One moment, please.' 788 01:01:02,001 --> 01:01:03,376 (Phone rings) 789 01:01:04,501 --> 01:01:08,251 (Richard) 'Hello? Hello? Kainene? 790 01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:12,918 - 'Is that you Kainene?' - Hello, Richard. 791 01:01:13,085 --> 01:01:17,501 - How was your cousin's wedding? - It was fine. Are you all right? 792 01:01:18,585 --> 01:01:20,335 I miss you, Richard. 793 01:01:22,335 --> 01:01:24,418 I'm flying home tomorrow. 794 01:01:26,668 --> 01:01:29,585 - Are you all right? - Hurry home. 795 01:01:31,793 --> 01:01:33,751 (Cheering and laughter) 796 01:01:36,126 --> 01:01:38,418 This is our beginning 797 01:01:39,210 --> 01:01:41,335 This is our beginning 798 01:01:43,501 --> 01:01:45,751 Don't cry, baby, you're a Biafran now. 799 01:01:45,918 --> 01:01:49,668 (Ojukwu) '...Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, 800 01:01:49,835 --> 01:01:52,376 'by virtue of the authority, 801 01:01:52,543 --> 01:01:55,793 'and pursuant to the principles recited above, 802 01:01:56,418 --> 01:01:59,043 'do hereby solemnly proclaim 803 01:01:59,210 --> 01:02:04,793 'that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria, 804 01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:09,293 'together with her continental shelf and territorial waters, 805 01:02:09,460 --> 01:02:13,876 'shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state 806 01:02:14,418 --> 01:02:19,793 'of the name and title of The Republic of Biafra.' 807 01:02:40,376 --> 01:02:42,335 War is looming. 808 01:02:43,251 --> 01:02:45,501 Port Harcourt is going crazy. 809 01:02:47,293 --> 01:02:49,251 It's the oil. 810 01:02:49,418 --> 01:02:52,418 They can't let us go easily with all that oil. 811 01:02:57,585 --> 01:02:59,460 There won't be a war. 812 01:03:06,251 --> 01:03:09,501 (Ojukwu) 'If civil war comes, and I do think it is imminent, 813 01:03:09,668 --> 01:03:15,460 'our people have for a long time been prepared for this eventuality. 814 01:03:15,626 --> 01:03:18,293 'And I am confident of their readiness. 815 01:03:20,335 --> 01:03:22,001 'I think... 816 01:03:23,793 --> 01:03:26,001 '...that when it does come... 817 01:03:28,210 --> 01:03:33,251 '...the people on the other side will be surprised... 818 01:03:35,543 --> 01:03:37,626 '...as to what they're going to get.' 819 01:03:39,001 --> 01:03:41,001 (Heavy artillery explosions) 820 01:03:41,168 --> 01:03:45,126 What is that? Did you hear it? Ugwu! 821 01:03:45,293 --> 01:03:48,418 - What is that? Odenigbo! - The Federals are advancing. 822 01:03:48,585 --> 01:03:50,793 I think we should plan on leaving today. 823 01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:53,335 (Man) Evacuate! Evacuate now! 824 01:03:53,501 --> 01:03:55,793 - Let's go. Let's go now. - (Screaming) 825 01:04:00,626 --> 01:04:03,085 Evacuate now. The Federals have entered Nsukka! 826 01:04:03,251 --> 01:04:07,876 We are evacuating now. Right now. I am going to all the other houses. 827 01:04:08,043 --> 01:04:11,376 Lock up quick. Don't forget the Boys' Quarters. 828 01:04:19,043 --> 01:04:22,126 Put a few things together,Nkem. I'll check the engine. 829 01:04:22,293 --> 01:04:24,168 What things? What will I take? 830 01:04:24,335 --> 01:04:27,168 It won't be for long, we'll be back soon. Just a few things, clothes. 831 01:04:27,335 --> 01:04:30,293 - I was still cooking. - Put it in the car. 832 01:04:37,251 --> 01:04:38,876 (Distant explosions) 833 01:04:47,210 --> 01:04:49,043 (Woman screams) 834 01:05:17,126 --> 01:05:18,876 (Distant explosions) 835 01:05:41,210 --> 01:05:42,293 Ugwu! 836 01:05:48,501 --> 01:05:50,085 Ugwu! 837 01:07:34,251 --> 01:07:37,293 I'm fine. Are you a little early? 838 01:07:37,460 --> 01:07:41,085 Yeah, we finished early because there's going to be a general meeting 839 01:07:41,251 --> 01:07:42,835 in the square tomorrow. 840 01:07:43,001 --> 01:07:45,710 - Why? - The elders decided it was time. 841 01:07:47,251 --> 01:07:51,126 There's all kinds of silly rumours about Abba evacuating soon. 842 01:07:51,293 --> 01:07:56,210 Some ignoramuses even say the federal troops have entered Awka. 843 01:07:56,376 --> 01:07:58,293 Will you come? 844 01:07:58,460 --> 01:08:00,960 To the meeting? I'm not from Abba. 845 01:08:01,126 --> 01:08:04,001 But you could be, if you married me. 846 01:08:05,251 --> 01:08:07,210 You should be. 847 01:08:08,626 --> 01:08:11,876 - We're fine as we are. - We're at war. 848 01:08:12,043 --> 01:08:14,418 My mother will have to decide what will be done with my body 849 01:08:14,585 --> 01:08:16,460 if anything happened to me. 850 01:08:16,626 --> 01:08:20,960 - You should decide that. - Stop it! Nothing will happen to you. 851 01:08:21,126 --> 01:08:24,710 I know nothing will happen to me. I just really want you to marry me. 852 01:08:26,626 --> 01:08:28,418 We should marry. 853 01:08:29,668 --> 01:08:31,626 It no longer makes sense. 854 01:08:33,460 --> 01:08:35,418 It never made sense. 855 01:08:39,293 --> 01:08:42,085 You'll have to take wine to my father, then. 856 01:08:44,210 --> 01:08:45,835 Is that a yes? 857 01:08:48,835 --> 01:08:52,210 Yes. It is a yes. 858 01:08:53,293 --> 01:08:55,085 (Horn blares) 859 01:09:00,501 --> 01:09:01,918 Mum. 860 01:09:02,085 --> 01:09:04,793 I wasn't sure you got my message about the wedding. 861 01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:07,668 What wedding? Where is he? 862 01:09:07,835 --> 01:09:10,126 Odenigbo? He's at work. 863 01:09:14,376 --> 01:09:16,210 Mum, what is all that for? 864 01:09:16,376 --> 01:09:20,210 I carry them everywhere I go now. My diamonds are inside my bra. 865 01:09:20,376 --> 01:09:22,251 Nobody knows what's going on. 866 01:09:22,418 --> 01:09:24,335 We are hearing that Umunnachi is about to fall 867 01:09:24,501 --> 01:09:26,460 and that the Federals are very close by. 868 01:09:26,626 --> 01:09:28,376 The vandals are not close by. 869 01:09:28,543 --> 01:09:30,460 Our troops are driving them back around Nsukka. 870 01:09:30,626 --> 01:09:33,626 But how long is it taking to drive them back? 871 01:09:33,793 --> 01:09:37,335 Anyway, your father and I have finalised our plans. 872 01:09:37,501 --> 01:09:39,585 We have paid somebody who will take us to Cameroon 873 01:09:39,751 --> 01:09:41,793 and get us a flight from there to London. 874 01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:43,501 We paid for four places. 875 01:09:43,668 --> 01:09:47,085 Your father's gone to Port Harcourt to tell Kainene. 876 01:09:47,251 --> 01:09:49,543 You know I won't go. 877 01:09:49,710 --> 01:09:52,751 But you and daddy should go, if it'll make you feel safer. 878 01:09:52,918 --> 01:09:55,793 I'll stay with Odenigbo and Baby. We'll be fine. 879 01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:58,626 We are going to Umuahia soon for him to start work at the Directorate. 880 01:09:58,793 --> 01:10:00,043 What's that? 881 01:10:00,210 --> 01:10:02,668 The Directorate of Labour and Manpower. 882 01:10:02,835 --> 01:10:04,876 As soon as Nsukka is recovered, though, we're going back. 883 01:10:05,043 --> 01:10:08,293 But what if Nsukka is not recovered? What if this war drags on and on? 884 01:10:08,460 --> 01:10:09,543 It won't! 885 01:10:09,710 --> 01:10:12,668 How can I leave my children and run to safety? 886 01:10:14,335 --> 01:10:16,626 We'll be fine, Mum. 887 01:10:16,793 --> 01:10:20,918 You can still change your mind, the four places are paid for. 888 01:10:27,293 --> 01:10:29,293 Wedding? What wedding? 889 01:10:36,626 --> 01:10:38,418 Good evening, Mama. 890 01:10:40,210 --> 01:10:42,501 Odenigbo's not back yet. 891 01:10:54,335 --> 01:10:56,460 Smoking is bad for you, Mama. 892 01:10:57,710 --> 01:11:00,210 That may be so, my daughter, 893 01:11:00,376 --> 01:11:03,793 but I am too old to die young from smoking. 894 01:11:06,626 --> 01:11:08,876 Is my grand-daughter well? 895 01:11:10,210 --> 01:11:12,043 Baby is well. 896 01:11:13,751 --> 01:11:16,501 - She's inside, asleep. - That's good. 897 01:11:19,710 --> 01:11:22,293 I have not come to see Odenigbo. 898 01:11:23,501 --> 01:11:26,543 It is you, my daughter, that I have come to see. 899 01:11:28,418 --> 01:11:32,335 Supposing Odenigbo's cousin, Aniekwena, 900 01:11:32,501 --> 01:11:36,960 were to take wine to your father, how would you feel? 901 01:11:41,043 --> 01:11:45,460 - I am asking... - I know what you're asking, Mama. 902 01:11:45,626 --> 01:11:48,001 If you would marry my son. 903 01:11:52,626 --> 01:11:54,668 But why, Mama? 904 01:11:57,376 --> 01:11:59,543 What has changed about me? 905 01:12:01,043 --> 01:12:03,710 Did Odenigbo put you up to this? 906 01:12:03,876 --> 01:12:06,335 Did he come to you on his way home last night? 907 01:12:06,501 --> 01:12:09,585 Did he tell you that he was going to ask me? 908 01:12:11,168 --> 01:12:14,876 I have not seen my son in three days, my daughter. 909 01:12:16,126 --> 01:12:18,501 Will you marry Odenigbo? 910 01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:22,501 Yes. 911 01:12:26,793 --> 01:12:29,418 Yes, I will marry Odenigbo. 912 01:12:46,793 --> 01:12:51,168 It's too good to be true, don't you think? Where's the catch? 913 01:12:51,335 --> 01:12:54,168 There's no catch,Nkem. 914 01:12:54,335 --> 01:12:57,126 It's Mama's way of saying sorry. 915 01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:23,960 We are ready to go, Odenigbo, 916 01:13:24,126 --> 01:13:26,751 and your mother has refused to pack her things and come. 917 01:13:26,918 --> 01:13:29,418 Mama? I thought we agreed you are going to Uke. 918 01:13:29,585 --> 01:13:33,960 Hm-mm. Don't say that! You told me that we have to run, 919 01:13:34,126 --> 01:13:36,501 that it is better that I go to Uke. 920 01:13:36,668 --> 01:13:38,710 But did you hear me agree? 921 01:13:38,876 --> 01:13:40,918 Did I say 'oh' to you? 922 01:13:41,085 --> 01:13:42,585 You want to come with us to Umuahia, then? 923 01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:45,501 But why are you running? Where are you running to? 924 01:13:45,668 --> 01:13:47,251 Can you hear any guns? 925 01:13:47,876 --> 01:13:50,335 Mama, people are fleeing Abagana and Ukpo, 926 01:13:50,501 --> 01:13:52,335 which means the Hausa soldiers are close and will soon enter Abba. 927 01:13:52,501 --> 01:13:55,210 Who am I running away from my own house for? 928 01:13:55,376 --> 01:13:58,335 Do you know that your father will be cursing us now? 929 01:13:58,501 --> 01:14:02,335 We are going to Umuahia soon for him to start work at the Directorate. 930 01:14:02,501 --> 01:14:06,251 What's that? 931 01:14:06,418 --> 01:14:10,210 I am leaving for Uke. Send word when you get to Umuahia. 932 01:14:13,710 --> 01:14:15,751 As soon as Nsukka is recovered, though, we're going back. 933 01:14:15,918 --> 01:14:19,585 I will wait and watch the house. 934 01:14:19,751 --> 01:14:24,668 After you all have run, you will return. I will be here. 935 01:14:24,835 --> 01:14:28,335 How can I leave my children and run to safety? 936 01:14:31,210 --> 01:14:34,960 Give me the keys to your house. I might need things there. 937 01:14:35,126 --> 01:14:38,543 You can still change your mind, the four places are paid for. 938 01:14:41,585 --> 01:14:44,710 Wedding? What wedding? 939 01:14:58,918 --> 01:15:00,126 Mama... 940 01:15:02,085 --> 01:15:03,876 Come with us. 941 01:15:05,293 --> 01:15:07,710 Please come with us, Mama. 942 01:15:47,293 --> 01:15:50,043 (TV) 'Seven weeks ago Colonel Ojukwu was on the receiving end 943 01:15:50,210 --> 01:15:52,251 'of a federal police action to prevent 944 01:15:52,418 --> 01:15:53,710 'his pulling the former eastern region 945 01:15:53,876 --> 01:15:55,168 'out of the federation. 946 01:15:55,335 --> 01:15:57,043 'Now, it's a full-scale civil war.' 947 01:15:58,835 --> 01:16:02,043 Where's Baby? She hasn't gone out to play, has she? 948 01:16:02,210 --> 01:16:05,085 I don't want her getting any dirt on that dress. 949 01:16:05,251 --> 01:16:07,210 She is in the living room. 950 01:16:09,543 --> 01:16:12,835 I sent a message to Port Harcourt for Kainene. 951 01:16:13,001 --> 01:16:16,418 She won't come. I just wanted her to know. 952 01:16:16,585 --> 01:16:18,376 It's still too big. 953 01:16:21,543 --> 01:16:23,085 (Knocking 954 01:16:23,251 --> 01:16:26,960 - Olanna, are you ready? - Yes, I'm ready. Please come in. 955 01:16:27,126 --> 01:16:29,293 Did you bring the flowers? 956 01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:30,960 What is this? 957 01:16:32,335 --> 01:16:34,460 I wanted fresh flowers, Okeoma. 958 01:16:34,626 --> 01:16:37,751 Nobody grows flowers in Umuahia. People here grow what they can eat. 959 01:16:37,918 --> 01:16:39,876 I won't hold flowers then. 960 01:16:48,585 --> 01:16:50,293 (Sighs heavily) 961 01:17:17,626 --> 01:17:20,043 (Speaking Igbo) 962 01:17:22,168 --> 01:17:25,460 (Afrobeat music) 963 01:17:30,668 --> 01:17:33,043 I caught you dancing? 964 01:17:41,418 --> 01:17:43,085 (Speaking Igbo) 965 01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:48,793 (Fanfare and percussion intro) 966 01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:51,001 (Laughing and whooping) 967 01:17:53,168 --> 01:17:55,876 Hail Biafra! 968 01:17:56,043 --> 01:17:58,085 (Afrobeat tune plays) 969 01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:09,876 Ah, the cake. 970 01:18:15,751 --> 01:18:17,710 Come with me now. 971 01:18:21,626 --> 01:18:23,585 Was it you? 972 01:18:28,293 --> 01:18:30,293 Come on, get some. 973 01:18:30,460 --> 01:18:34,210 Everybody, I want you together. OK, let's do one, two... 974 01:18:36,835 --> 01:18:39,751 (Screaming and shouting) 975 01:18:42,418 --> 01:18:44,376 (Aircraft overhead) 976 01:19:01,460 --> 01:19:03,293 (Odenigbo) Okeoma! Okeoma! 977 01:19:06,501 --> 01:19:08,126 No! 978 01:19:11,085 --> 01:19:12,335 No! 979 01:19:12,501 --> 01:19:14,501 (Baby) Mummy! 980 01:19:27,210 --> 01:19:30,335 Enunciate. Ike, you say it. 981 01:19:31,293 --> 01:19:32,626 (Ike) Setru. 982 01:19:32,793 --> 01:19:34,793 Ah, "set-tle". 983 01:19:35,710 --> 01:19:39,751 "Set-tle". The word has no R in it. 984 01:19:39,918 --> 01:19:42,001 OK, let's try... 985 01:19:42,710 --> 01:19:44,585 (Ugwu) B for? (Children) Ball. 986 01:19:44,751 --> 01:19:46,626 - C for? - Cat. 987 01:19:46,793 --> 01:19:48,418 - D for? - Dog. 988 01:19:48,585 --> 01:19:50,293 - E for? - Egg. 989 01:19:50,460 --> 01:19:52,001 Mama... 990 01:19:52,168 --> 01:19:53,876 Come with us. 991 01:19:54,043 --> 01:19:55,626 - H for? - House. 992 01:19:55,793 --> 01:19:59,626 (TV) 'Seven weeks ago Colonel Ojukwu was on the receiving end 993 01:19:59,793 --> 01:20:02,001 I have to bury what the vultures left behind. 994 01:20:02,168 --> 01:20:04,043 - Sah... - Yes, yes, yes. 995 01:20:04,210 --> 01:20:07,043 'Out of the federation. 996 01:20:07,210 --> 01:20:09,043 (Car starts) 997 01:20:12,335 --> 01:20:15,085 Where's Baby? She hasn't gone out to play, has she? 998 01:20:15,251 --> 01:20:19,418 I don't want her getting any dirt on that dress. 999 01:20:19,585 --> 01:20:21,585 What am I going to do? 1000 01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:33,210 Why are you using the kerosene stove? Are you stupid? 1001 01:20:33,376 --> 01:20:35,960 Haven't I told you to save our kerosene? 1002 01:20:36,126 --> 01:20:37,876 But, mah, you said I should cook Baby's food. 1003 01:20:38,043 --> 01:20:41,876 I did not say that! Go outside and light a fire! 1004 01:20:44,543 --> 01:20:46,835 Do you know how much kerosene costs? 1005 01:20:48,460 --> 01:20:50,710 Just because you don't pay for the things you use 1006 01:20:50,876 --> 01:20:54,376 does not mean you can use them as you like? 1007 01:20:54,543 --> 01:20:57,710 Is firewood itself not a luxury where you come from? 1008 01:20:57,876 --> 01:20:59,501 Sorry, mah. 1009 01:21:09,626 --> 01:21:12,210 His mother is dead. 1010 01:21:15,043 --> 01:21:17,043 They shot her in Abba. 1011 01:21:23,085 --> 01:21:28,335 The Biafran soldiers at the roadblocks kept asking me to turn back. 1012 01:21:30,626 --> 01:21:34,751 So I parked the car, hid it, and began to walk. 1013 01:21:37,168 --> 01:21:40,751 Finally, one Biafran officer... 1014 01:21:42,585 --> 01:21:44,376 ...cocked his gun... 1015 01:21:46,501 --> 01:21:48,876 ...told me he would shoot me... 1016 01:21:50,210 --> 01:21:53,918 ...and save the vandals the trouble if I didn't turn around. 1017 01:21:58,168 --> 01:22:00,293 I'm fine,Nkem. 1018 01:22:07,085 --> 01:22:09,043 I'm fine. 1019 01:22:34,751 --> 01:22:38,126 I hear there's a lot of free sex here, but the girls got some kind of disease. 1020 01:22:38,293 --> 01:22:40,335 The Bonny disease? 1021 01:22:40,501 --> 01:22:43,668 Guess you guys gotta be careful what you bring back home. 1022 01:22:43,835 --> 01:22:46,126 This refugee camp is run by my wife. 1023 01:22:46,293 --> 01:22:49,960 - Really? How long she been here? - She's Biafran. 1024 01:22:50,126 --> 01:22:53,585 - Do you speak Igbo pretty well? - Yes.Kedu. 1025 01:22:57,126 --> 01:22:58,960 There is food in Sao Tomé 1026 01:22:59,126 --> 01:23:02,793 crawling with cockroaches because there's no way to bring it in. 1027 01:23:04,960 --> 01:23:07,501 Would it be all right if I gave you some letters? 1028 01:23:07,668 --> 01:23:09,835 To my wife's parents in London. 1029 01:24:28,335 --> 01:24:30,585 We'll get something better soon. 1030 01:24:34,918 --> 01:24:36,710 (Sobs) 1031 01:24:40,876 --> 01:24:42,793 (Knocking) 1032 01:24:50,418 --> 01:24:52,835 - Welcome.Nno. - Thank you. 1033 01:24:53,001 --> 01:24:56,668 I live down the corridor. Your husband is not here? 1034 01:24:56,835 --> 01:24:59,085 He's still at work. 1035 01:24:59,251 --> 01:25:01,460 I wanted to see him before the others do. 1036 01:25:01,626 --> 01:25:05,751 It is about my children. Three of them have asthma. 1037 01:25:06,918 --> 01:25:11,293 - Asthma? - The landlord called him "Doctor". 1038 01:25:12,126 --> 01:25:13,335 Oh! 1039 01:25:13,501 --> 01:25:16,876 No, he has a doctorate. 1040 01:25:17,043 --> 01:25:21,751 He's a doctor of books, not a doctor for sick people. 1041 01:25:21,918 --> 01:25:23,335 Oh... 1042 01:25:28,543 --> 01:25:32,335 Erm... there is a woman in a car asking for you. 1043 01:25:44,043 --> 01:25:45,626 Kainene? 1044 01:25:52,710 --> 01:25:56,168 I went to your old house and somebody told me to come here. 1045 01:25:56,335 --> 01:25:58,293 Our landlord kicked us out. 1046 01:26:01,960 --> 01:26:03,543 Come in. 1047 01:26:07,835 --> 01:26:09,376 Sit down. 1048 01:26:20,668 --> 01:26:23,043 So, how have you been? 1049 01:26:24,751 --> 01:26:27,376 Things were normal until Port Harcourt fell. 1050 01:26:27,543 --> 01:26:31,251 I was an army contractor, and I had a license to import stock fish. 1051 01:26:31,418 --> 01:26:34,918 I'm in Orlu now. I'm in charge of a refugee camp there. 1052 01:26:35,751 --> 01:26:36,835 Oh... 1053 01:26:38,335 --> 01:26:41,626 Are you silently condemning me for profiteering from the war? 1054 01:26:41,793 --> 01:26:43,835 Somebody had to import the stockfish. 1055 01:26:44,001 --> 01:26:47,793 No, no, I wasn't thinking that. 1056 01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:49,043 You were. 1057 01:26:49,210 --> 01:26:51,960 I was so worried when Port Harcourt fell. 1058 01:26:53,043 --> 01:26:56,251 - I sent messages. - Yes, you said you were teaching. 1059 01:26:56,418 --> 01:26:59,751 Do you still? Your noble win-the-war effort? 1060 01:26:59,918 --> 01:27:02,501 The school's a refugee centre now. 1061 01:27:02,668 --> 01:27:04,793 Sometimes I teach children in the yard. 1062 01:27:04,960 --> 01:27:07,543 And how's the revolutionary husband? 1063 01:27:11,001 --> 01:27:13,043 He's still with the Manpower Directorate. 1064 01:27:15,710 --> 01:27:17,585 You don't have a wedding photo. 1065 01:27:17,751 --> 01:27:21,710 There was an air raid during our reception, and... 1066 01:27:26,335 --> 01:27:30,376 I came to give you this. Mum sent it through a British journalist. 1067 01:27:34,001 --> 01:27:36,960 I also brought two dresses for Baby. 1068 01:27:37,126 --> 01:27:39,251 A woman who came back from Sao Tomé 1069 01:27:39,418 --> 01:27:41,793 had some good children's clothes for sale. 1070 01:27:44,085 --> 01:27:48,418 - You bought clothes for Baby? - How shocking, indeed. 1071 01:27:48,585 --> 01:27:51,376 It's about time the girl began to be called Chiamaka. 1072 01:27:51,543 --> 01:27:54,585 - This Baby business is tiresome. - (Giggles) 1073 01:27:59,876 --> 01:28:01,918 Will you drink some water? It's all we have. 1074 01:28:02,085 --> 01:28:04,085 No, no, I'm fine. 1075 01:28:07,918 --> 01:28:09,418 Yes, please. 1076 01:28:10,668 --> 01:28:12,501 I'd like that. 1077 01:28:28,168 --> 01:28:30,335 I thought about changing your money for you. 1078 01:28:30,501 --> 01:28:32,960 But you can do it at the bank and then deposit, can't you? 1079 01:28:33,126 --> 01:28:35,585 Haven't you seen all the bomb craters around the bank? 1080 01:28:35,751 --> 01:28:40,001 - My money's staying under my bed. - Make sure the cockroaches don't get it. 1081 01:28:40,168 --> 01:28:42,168 Life is harder for them these days. 1082 01:28:43,960 --> 01:28:45,918 I'll come on Wednesday. 1083 01:28:46,085 --> 01:28:49,335 - Will you drive? - No. Look, it's not that far. 1084 01:28:51,085 --> 01:28:53,418 Greet the revolutionary for me. 1085 01:29:18,460 --> 01:29:22,335 Madam. I am bringing drinks? 1086 01:29:22,501 --> 01:29:25,043 The way he goes on, you'd think we had a grand cellar 1087 01:29:25,210 --> 01:29:27,501 in this half-built house in the middle of nowhere. 1088 01:29:27,668 --> 01:29:30,335 - Madam? - No, Harrison, don't bring drinks. 1089 01:29:30,501 --> 01:29:33,210 We're leaving now. Remember, lunch for three. 1090 01:29:33,376 --> 01:29:34,543 Yes, Madam. 1091 01:29:37,793 --> 01:29:42,543 (Kainene) Harrison is the most pretentious peasant I have ever seen. 1092 01:29:42,710 --> 01:29:45,960 - I know you don't like the word peasant. - No. 1093 01:29:46,126 --> 01:29:49,210 - (Kainene) But he is, you know. - We're all peasants! 1094 01:29:49,376 --> 01:29:52,960 (Kainene) Are we? It's the sort of thing Richard would say. 1095 01:29:54,960 --> 01:29:56,960 Odenigbo too. 1096 01:29:58,876 --> 01:30:02,126 Grandfather used to say about difficult things he had gone through, 1097 01:30:02,293 --> 01:30:06,043 "It didn't kill me, it made me knowledgeable." 1098 01:30:06,210 --> 01:30:07,960 I remember. 1099 01:30:09,918 --> 01:30:13,960 There are some things that are so unforgivable... 1100 01:30:15,501 --> 01:30:18,751 ...that they make other things easily forgivable. 1101 01:30:27,251 --> 01:30:31,210 'At precisely half past one every day, they come over the town 1102 01:30:31,376 --> 01:30:33,085 'as the market place is full, 1103 01:30:33,251 --> 01:30:34,710 'as patients are sitting out 1104 01:30:34,876 --> 01:30:36,501 'on the lawns at hospitals. 1105 01:30:36,668 --> 01:30:38,168 'Here comes the next one. 1106 01:30:38,335 --> 01:30:41,710 'He's flying the other side of the Mission Church. Sweeping to the right. 1107 01:30:41,876 --> 01:30:43,543 'Strafing the ground as they move. 1108 01:30:43,710 --> 01:30:46,418 'Dropping incendiary bombs and fragmentation bombs 1109 01:30:46,585 --> 01:30:48,793 'in the market places around here.' 1110 01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:53,668 We are sure to win the war We are sure, we are sure... 1111 01:30:53,835 --> 01:30:55,751 (Reporter) 'The war was going quite badly. 1112 01:30:55,918 --> 01:30:59,210 'In desperation, Ojukwu mobilised the country's Boys' Brigade 1113 01:30:59,376 --> 01:31:02,210 'to raise morale by showing a new generation was training 1114 01:31:02,376 --> 01:31:04,460 'to take its place at the front line.' 1115 01:31:04,626 --> 01:31:07,085 (Ojukwu) 'Fight on, brave boys, fight on! 1116 01:31:07,251 --> 01:31:08,876 'Heroes of our fatherland 1117 01:31:09,043 --> 01:31:13,126 'pursue the enemy, harass him, destroy the invader. 1118 01:31:13,293 --> 01:31:16,751 'March on, brave boys, now that victory is in sight.' 1119 01:31:16,918 --> 01:31:19,293 You! Stop there! Stop there! 1120 01:31:19,460 --> 01:31:21,251 (Gunshot) 1121 01:31:22,626 --> 01:31:27,043 Stand up, stand up, you bloody civilian! 1122 01:31:28,168 --> 01:31:30,585 Join them there. Join them there. 1123 01:31:30,751 --> 01:31:32,335 Inside the van! 1124 01:31:55,918 --> 01:32:00,001 My sister, hold your head, be strong. 1125 01:32:01,918 --> 01:32:03,585 Ugwu has died. 1126 01:32:04,710 --> 01:32:09,793 Ugwu was with the field engineers, and they suffered massive casualties. 1127 01:32:09,960 --> 01:32:12,251 Only a few came back. 1128 01:32:13,293 --> 01:32:16,501 Come with me. Bring Chiamaka. 1129 01:32:16,668 --> 01:32:19,043 Come and stay in Orlu. Olanna! 1130 01:32:21,960 --> 01:32:24,960 Have you drunk enough, eh? 1131 01:32:25,126 --> 01:32:27,460 Ugwu has died. 1132 01:32:27,626 --> 01:32:31,418 Do you hear me? Ugwu has died. 1133 01:32:31,585 --> 01:32:34,210 Drink and don't stop! Drink! 1134 01:32:34,376 --> 01:32:36,918 Ugwu has died! 1135 01:32:41,626 --> 01:32:44,251 (Sobs) 1136 01:32:48,876 --> 01:32:50,585 (Explosion) 1137 01:32:55,001 --> 01:32:56,751 (Explosion) 1138 01:33:01,001 --> 01:33:02,668 (Gunfire) 1139 01:33:02,835 --> 01:33:04,543 (Screaming) 1140 01:33:04,710 --> 01:33:07,918 Get the boxes. Leave the clothes. 1141 01:33:09,918 --> 01:33:11,335 Ba by. 1142 01:33:11,876 --> 01:33:14,293 - Odenigbo. - We'll take this one. OK. 1143 01:33:25,793 --> 01:33:28,168 (Explosions and gunfire) 1144 01:33:39,835 --> 01:33:41,793 (Engine stalls) 1145 01:33:41,960 --> 01:33:43,293 Odenigbo! 1146 01:33:53,251 --> 01:33:56,085 Start walking! I'll catch you up when the car starts. 1147 01:33:56,251 --> 01:33:58,335 If we are walking, we'll walk together! 1148 01:34:04,335 --> 01:34:06,126 (Engine starts) 1149 01:34:25,793 --> 01:34:27,376 (Screaming) 1150 01:34:38,501 --> 01:34:42,085 Stop it! Stop it right now. Leave him alone. 1151 01:34:42,251 --> 01:34:44,126 Leave him alone! 1152 01:34:45,918 --> 01:34:49,251 - (Woman) He's a thief! - He's not a thief. Do you hear me? 1153 01:34:49,418 --> 01:34:53,376 He is not a thief! He is a hungry soldier. 1154 01:34:56,668 --> 01:34:58,668 Have you come from the front? 1155 01:35:02,001 --> 01:35:05,043 Are you running? Have you deserted? 1156 01:35:07,126 --> 01:35:10,918 Come. Come and have somegarri before you go. 1157 01:35:15,751 --> 01:35:18,418 We're here until we find a place to rent. 1158 01:35:19,501 --> 01:35:23,168 Harrison, bring some more palm oil for Chiamaka. 1159 01:35:24,335 --> 01:35:27,835 What an interesting beard. Are you trying to copy His Excellency? 1160 01:35:28,001 --> 01:35:29,793 I never try to copy anyone. 1161 01:35:30,418 --> 01:35:35,126 Of course. I'd forgotten how original you are. 1162 01:35:36,585 --> 01:35:40,751 Harrison roasted a fantastic bush rat for us last week. 1163 01:35:40,918 --> 01:35:43,251 But you would've thought it was a rack of lamb 1164 01:35:43,418 --> 01:35:45,543 the way he went on about it. 1165 01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:55,335 (Ojukwu on radio) '...border towns and zones they've captured by treachery. 1166 01:35:55,501 --> 01:35:58,376 'Our people are determined to fight to the last man, 1167 01:35:58,543 --> 01:36:01,168 'confident of eventual success. 1168 01:36:01,335 --> 01:36:04,043 'May God bless you all, fellow Biafrans, 1169 01:36:04,210 --> 01:36:07,960 'and keep and protect Biafra.' 1170 01:36:08,126 --> 01:36:10,585 (Kainene) A convertible would be lovely. 1171 01:36:13,293 --> 01:36:15,210 What do you think accounts for the success 1172 01:36:15,376 --> 01:36:18,460 of the white man's mission in Africa, Richard? 1173 01:36:19,793 --> 01:36:21,293 The success? 1174 01:36:21,460 --> 01:36:24,293 Yes, the success. I think in English. 1175 01:36:24,460 --> 01:36:27,710 Perhaps you should first account for the failure of the black man 1176 01:36:27,876 --> 01:36:30,085 to curb the white man's mission. 1177 01:36:31,626 --> 01:36:34,376 Who brought racism into the world? 1178 01:36:36,126 --> 01:36:37,918 I don't see your point. 1179 01:36:38,085 --> 01:36:40,668 The white man brought racism into the world. 1180 01:36:40,835 --> 01:36:43,960 He used it as the basis of conquest. 1181 01:36:44,126 --> 01:36:47,460 It's always easier to conquer a more humane people. 1182 01:36:47,626 --> 01:36:52,710 So, when we conquer the Nigerians, we will be less humane? 1183 01:36:56,043 --> 01:36:57,710 I've got some Nigerian coins. 1184 01:36:57,876 --> 01:37:00,293 I want to go to Ninth Mile and see what I can buy. 1185 01:37:00,460 --> 01:37:04,960 If that goes well, I will sell some of the things our people have made. 1186 01:37:05,126 --> 01:37:07,001 That's trading with the enemy. 1187 01:37:07,168 --> 01:37:09,751 It's trading with illiterate Nigerian women who have what we need. 1188 01:37:09,918 --> 01:37:12,001 It's dangerous, Kainene. 1189 01:37:12,168 --> 01:37:14,960 That sector is free. Our people are trading freely there. 1190 01:37:15,126 --> 01:37:17,626 - You're going too? - No. 1191 01:37:17,793 --> 01:37:21,751 At least not tomorrow. Maybe the next time Kainene goes. 1192 01:37:21,918 --> 01:37:25,293 - Tomorrow? - Yes, Kainene is going tomorrow. 1193 01:37:25,460 --> 01:37:27,085 Yes. 1194 01:37:27,251 --> 01:37:31,001 But don't mind Olanna, she will never come with me. 1195 01:37:31,168 --> 01:37:34,418 She's always been terribly frightened of honest free enterprise. 1196 01:37:34,585 --> 01:37:38,501 Ninth Mile Road has been occupied on and off. 1197 01:37:40,543 --> 01:37:43,376 - I don't think you should go. - It's all decided. 1198 01:37:43,543 --> 01:37:46,835 I leave tomorrow morning, and I'll be back by evening. 1199 01:37:47,001 --> 01:37:49,251 We need to eat. 1200 01:37:59,251 --> 01:38:02,710 You'll leave early won't you, Richard? Those big men in Ahiara 1201 01:38:02,876 --> 01:38:06,043 - may be in the office just 30 minutes. - I'll leave in an hour. 1202 01:38:06,210 --> 01:38:09,001 Just tell them I'm dying and we desperately need 1203 01:38:09,168 --> 01:38:12,126 milk and corned beef to keep me alive. 1204 01:38:12,293 --> 01:38:13,793 I will. 1205 01:38:13,960 --> 01:38:15,543 (She sighs heavily) 1206 01:38:15,710 --> 01:38:17,335 Go well. 1207 01:38:21,751 --> 01:38:23,543 (Speaks Igbo) 1208 01:38:28,460 --> 01:38:29,876 (Baby) Uncle Richard! 1209 01:38:30,376 --> 01:38:32,626 Uncle Richard, carry me! 1210 01:38:32,793 --> 01:38:36,085 You're a big girl now, Baby. You're too heavy to be picked up. 1211 01:38:36,251 --> 01:38:40,585 Baby has grown wiser but she hasn't grown taller since the war started. 1212 01:38:40,751 --> 01:38:43,043 Better wisdom than height. 1213 01:38:44,418 --> 01:38:46,876 - No luck at Ahiara? - No, I tried everywhere. 1214 01:38:47,043 --> 01:38:50,543 The relief centres are empty. Is Kainene at the camp? 1215 01:38:50,710 --> 01:38:53,335 She's still not back from Ninth Mile. 1216 01:38:56,918 --> 01:38:59,001 (Baby giggles) 1217 01:39:04,418 --> 01:39:07,126 - Is Kainene back? - Not yet. 1218 01:39:40,793 --> 01:39:42,460 Excuse me? 1219 01:39:45,626 --> 01:39:48,960 - Have you seen this woman? - No. 1220 01:39:55,543 --> 01:39:57,876 (Richard) Hello. Have you seen this woman? 1221 01:39:58,960 --> 01:40:00,293 Thank you. 1222 01:40:15,626 --> 01:40:17,710 Why are you crying? 1223 01:40:17,876 --> 01:40:21,668 Kainene is just stuck on the other side for a few days. 1224 01:40:26,793 --> 01:40:28,793 Stop! Stop! 1225 01:41:09,751 --> 01:41:12,876 (Ojukwu on radio) 'In accord with my own frequent affirmations 1226 01:41:13,043 --> 01:41:16,335 'that I would personally go anywhere 1227 01:41:16,501 --> 01:41:19,418 'to secure peace and security for my people...' 1228 01:41:19,585 --> 01:41:21,293 (Phone rings) 1229 01:41:21,460 --> 01:41:25,918 '...I am now travelling out of Biafra to explore with our friends 1230 01:41:26,085 --> 01:41:29,043 'all these proposals further and fully.' 1231 01:41:29,210 --> 01:41:30,543 Yes? 1232 01:41:32,335 --> 01:41:35,001 Right. Thank you. 1233 01:41:41,293 --> 01:41:43,251 (Olanna) Is it Kainene? 1234 01:41:44,543 --> 01:41:46,960 Has something happened? 1235 01:41:47,126 --> 01:41:49,585 - Ugwu is alive. - Oh, God. 1236 01:41:53,335 --> 01:41:55,043 Oh, God. 1237 01:41:59,001 --> 01:42:00,793 (Horn beeps) 1238 01:42:20,876 --> 01:42:22,668 They said I was dead, mah? 1239 01:42:22,835 --> 01:42:25,918 Your battalion thought you had died during the operation. 1240 01:42:29,751 --> 01:42:31,751 Where's Auntie Kainene? 1241 01:42:36,460 --> 01:42:40,251 (Reporter) 'General Ojukwu, who led the Biafran cessation in Nigeria, 1242 01:42:40,418 --> 01:42:43,501 'is on his way to seek political asylum in the Ivory Coast. 1243 01:42:43,668 --> 01:42:46,460 'He is said to have with him 3,000 pounds of luggage 1244 01:42:46,626 --> 01:42:48,376 'and his Mercedes-Benz car.' 1245 01:42:48,543 --> 01:42:53,501 'I, Major General Philip Effiong, 1246 01:42:53,668 --> 01:42:57,585 'officer administering the government of The Republic of Biafra, 1247 01:42:57,751 --> 01:43:00,210 'now wish to make the following declaration...' 1248 01:43:04,376 --> 01:43:06,293 - Did you find her? - No. 1249 01:43:06,460 --> 01:43:09,085 Where's the car? Did the soldiers take it? 1250 01:43:09,251 --> 01:43:12,960 The fuel finished on the road. I will find fuel and go back and get it. 1251 01:43:13,126 --> 01:43:17,168 (Woman) Thank God! War is over! (Woman P2) Peace is here! 1252 01:43:17,335 --> 01:43:19,626 (Laughter and cheering) 1253 01:43:25,460 --> 01:43:28,751 (Effiong on radio) '...we are loyal Nigerian citizens 1254 01:43:28,918 --> 01:43:34,710 'and accept that the Republic of Biafra hereby ceases to exist.' 1255 01:43:51,168 --> 01:43:55,585 I'm going to find Kainene in the towns outside Ninth Mile. 1256 01:43:55,751 --> 01:43:59,335 (Olanna) Wait until morning, Richard. (Odenigbo) You have fuel? 1257 01:43:59,501 --> 01:44:03,418 Enough to get me to Ninth Mile if I roll down slopes. 1258 01:44:16,168 --> 01:44:18,085 (Engine revs) 1259 01:44:23,668 --> 01:44:25,626 (Car recedes into distance) 1260 01:45:09,001 --> 01:45:10,751 (Richard) Kainene... 1261 01:45:22,168 --> 01:45:24,835 Excuse me, have you seen this woman? 1262 01:45:26,085 --> 01:45:28,751 - Her name's, Kainene. - No, I've not seen her. 1263 01:45:55,751 --> 01:45:58,460 Will Auntie Kainene come to Nsukka? 1264 01:45:58,626 --> 01:46:02,126 Yes. Yes, my Baby.