Mortal Inheritance

1996 film

  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
104 minutesCountryNigeriaLanguageEnglish

Mortal Inheritance is a Nigerian film produced by Zeb Ejiro, directed by Andy Amenechi and written by Bond Emeruwa.[1]

Plot

Mortal Inheritance is a romantic drama about a woman dealing with sickle-cell anaemia. the plot also delves into cultural resistance to inter-ethnic marriages in Nigeria. The protagonist of the story is Kemi, a Yoruba lady with sickle cell anemia, the part was played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. She beats the odds of dying young as a sickle cell carrier and upon reaching adulthood, falls in love with Chike, an Igbo man. When she realised that Chike has the AS genotype or a sickle cell trait, she ends the relationship.[2]

See also

List of Nigerian films

References

  1. ^ "Mortal inheritance (1996)". Penn libraries, VCat: Video Catalog. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  2. ^ Onwumechili, Chuka, and Ndolo, Ikechukwu, eds. Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa. Blue Ridge Summit, US: Lexington Books, 2012. P. 126

External links

  • Mortal Inheritance at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mortal Inheritance at Reel Illustrated


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