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Director: Biyi Bandele Writer: Biyi Bandele Stars: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro Based on true events in 1943 Nigeria's Oyo, Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman is a story set against the backdrop of World War II. Inspired by Wole Soyinka's play Death and the King's Horseman, the film was adapted for the screen from a screenplay by Biyi Bandele starring Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Deyemi Okanlawon, Omowunmi Dada and more. With a duration of 96 minutes, the film focuses on the life of the King's horseman and chief, who must perform the ritual sacrifice and follow his King to the afterlife in order to preserve the harmony of his community. However, his initial procrastination to satiate his sexual appetite, and the subsequent intervention of the British force in understanding him as 'barbarian', upsets the balance maintained in the Yoruba community. The beauty of the film begins with its script written in the native mother tongue of th...