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[Lisabi] Greetings to you, Father.

Thank you, servant of the wise one.

May you live long as well.

So shall it be, Father.

Father, about what we were discussing…

Mmm.

You said, no indigene of Egba

is slave to Oloyo.

Yes.

There's none at all.

Mm-mm.

We rendered help to their fore-forefathers,

but they turned it into something else.

In what way, Father?

Mm!

Listen attentively.

There was only one child that Oduduwa had,

whose name was Okanbi.

Okanbi had seven children.

The one that was the only girl among them

was named Iyunade.

While the last born was named Oranmiyan.

Oranmiyan was still a little boy

when Okanbi died.

That was the reason Oduduwa became their father.

Oranmiyan was away

when Oduduwa died.

Before Oranmiyan got back,

his older ones had shared amongst themselves.

all his valued properties

Because of this Iyunade realized that, ah…

It means it was not good enough

if one doesn't have.

[Father] This was why Iyunade

called all her other brothers to Ile Owu.

He doesn't have the strength to do so much.

I'd like to suggest we make it a culture

to give him gifts from time to time.

If we all give him gifts,

I'm sure there won't be any difference between

the one who has and the one who doesn't.

[grunts in agreement]

-Well said. -Well said.

You're right.

[eagle kleek]

Ah! Ah-ah.

These are my siblings.

Ah!

You all promised and you fulfilled it.

That is the way it should to be.

We ought to support one another.

We ought to join hands together to lift one another.

Yes. When we support each other,

-we all rise together. -[all] We all rise together.

That's the way it is.

Ah! You made me a promise

and you all fulfilled it.

You said you will bring me a gift from time to time

and you did.

Ah! I'm grateful.

I appreciate. You all will not return home today.

-Ah-ah. -You shall pass the night here.

You'll stay with me, we will eat and drink together.

[Father] That was how it continued gradually

until they all died.

[Father] Mm.

Those who were crowned kings afterwards

behaved like their fathers did.

Until Oloyo came into power

and he started demanding

-for the impossible. -Ah-ah.

-My father? -[Father] Hm?

He insisted and we accepted it.

[anticipatory music plays]

You're welcome.

[anticipatory music playing]

-[crow cawing] -[victorious music plays]

[victorious music continues playing]

[crows cawing]

[horse neighs]

[victorious music plays]

[slasher splats]

[tense beats]

[birds chirping]

[tense beats playing]

[birds chirping]

[groans]

[slash splatting]

[warriors groaning]

[warriors continue groaning]

[pounding music continues to play]

-[groans, screams] -[grunts]

[groaning continues]

[crowd wailing and screaming]

[upbeat music playing]

[grunts]

[muffled screams]

[man] I'm in trouble!

[grunting]

This is war!

[man groaning]

This is war!

[man yells fiercely]

[crows cawing]

[music fades out]

[crickets chirping]

[tense music playing]

[warrior chokes and groans in pain]

[slasher splats]

[suspenseful beats]

[slash splats]

[men singing]

[gunshot fired]

[slashes splatting all over]

[man 1] How?!

[man 2] They are coming!

[indistinct chatters]

[ladies whimpering]

Mother!

Ewe Ina! Ewe Ina!

-Ewe Ina! -I'm coming! I'm coming!

-The enemy has snuck in! Let's go! -What?

The enemy has snuck in!

-Let's go! The enemy has snuck in! -Ah!

Ah! Where?!

Ah! Who is the person?

-The enemy has snuck in! -Who is the person?!

The enemy has snuck in!

-Ah! -[women whimpering]

You're holding my lord's head in your hand!

My lord! My lord!

[solemn music plays]

[combative drumbeats playing]

-[man 1] Where?! -[man 2] They're coming!

-[man 2] They're coming! -[man 1] Where?!

-[man 3] Where are they? -[indistinct chatter]

Ah! [groans]

-[man 4] You're done for. -[man groaning in pain]

[crow cawing]

[traditional beats]

[man continue grunting]

[high pitched voice]

[both grunting]

[music beats]

[grunting]

[Lisabi] You will die today, whether you like it or not.

You will die today.

[groaning continues]

-[warrior 1 groans] -[warrior 2 whimpering]

[groans]

-It shall not be well with you. -[groans]

[man wheezes]

The day a hedgehog sneezes it has overcome its death.

-Ehen? -I will not die today.

Well done, foolish man. Crazy man.

Look, so you can sneeze.

Just because you sneezed, I will kill you.

[wheezing] You're just babbling. Those are just mere words.

We shall see about that.

-I will not die today. -[Lisabi sneers]

[pants] I will not die today.

-Ah. not today. -I'll destroy you.

-I will not die today. -[man groans]

[groans then screams]

-[man continues grunting] -[Lisabi groans]

-[Lisabi groans] -[man continues grunting]

[Lisabi sneezes]

This is I, the brave man.

I'm the one who escaped death today.

That's a fact.

[yells] People of Egba!

[music beats playing]

[men grunting and groaning]

[music beats continue playing]

[shouting]

[Lisabi] People of Egba!

[music playing]

People of Egba!

Lisabi!

The mighty Akala!

It shall be well with you.

The people of Egba do not argue among themselves.

[man] That's right!

If one says this is the way…

The other will say I agree!

[Lisabi] That's the way it's going to be.

♪ Egba has fought a fierce battle ♪

♪ And we have gained our freedom ♪

♪ Egba has fought a fierce battle ♪

♪ And we have gained our freedom ♪

♪ And we have gained our freedom ♪

[victorious Egba chant playing]

[victorious Egba chant fades]

[man] We've gathered them all in one place.

[women in unison] Mh!

Let's burn them all.

Let them burn to a crisp!

-Let's burn them. -Mm-hm.

Let's not do that.

-[man 2] That won't do -Ah-ah.

We won't do that.

[man 2] They're not going anywhere.

-Ah! -They won't realize…

-[woman] Let them go. -…what they have done

if we burn the bodies.

-That's right! -That's right.

-We shall take them all to Oyo. -That's right.

So that the Oloyo can know it's not just a fight, but war!

[crowd] That's right!

How do we get the corpses of all these tribute collectors to Oyo

before dawn?

[crowd clamoring]

Yes

[music playing]

Come sit over here.

[Highness scoffs]

Your Highness.

-Your Highness. -Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Alright then,

what do you

want to discuss with me?

Your Highness.

-[Highness] Mh! -[woman] Mh!

[woman frantically] Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

I saw something strange.

I saw something strange! Your Highness, I saw something strange!

-Ah, our mother! -What do you mean? What did you see?

Speak up!

-Ah! Your Highness. -Your Highness.

Your Highness.

-[woman whimpers] -Your Highness.

]women whimpering]

[shakily] Your Highness.

I can't say it. [whimpers]

I can't say it, Your Highness [sighs].

If you don't have anything to say, get out!

[gasp]

Your Highness…

I saw something strange outside.

[tense beats]

[crows cawing]

[bees buzzing]

[crows cawing]

Aranimoja!

[tense tune plays]

How many did they kill?

Six hundred.

Before this time tomorrow,

I want you to have killed six thousand in their place.

[tense music tunes]

[Aranimoja] I, the mighty warrior

Aranimoja, the one who fights valiantly.

[yells] Oyo!

It's time for war!

Ogun, please we call upon thee, make These ones successful in their quest

Those who know nothing

Think they can take anything

They desire from us But they have no idea that you are far

more powerful than all they depend on And you can take whatever you desire

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ When you hear of Great things happening ♪

-♪ Ogun is at work ♪ -♪ When you hear of ♪

-♪ Great things happening ♪ -♪ Ogun is at work, when you hear of ♪

♪ Great things happening ♪

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ When you hear Of great things happening ♪

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ Ogun is at work ♪

♪ When you hear of great things happening Ogun is at work ♪

-[old man] Ogun the great defender -♪ Ogun is at work ♪

-You are the powerful and the mighty one -♪ When you hear of great things happening

♪ Ogun is at work When you hear of great things happening ♪

♪Ogun is at work♪

-It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. -♪ Ogun is at work… ♪

-You shall reap good rewards. -[crowd] So shall it be.

-It shall be well with you. -[crowd] So shall it be.

[clears throat]

[old man] The creator of earth, it's up to you.

We hail.

Maker of heaven.

The first on earth but created his own above the sky.

The ground where powerful things take place.

We hand it over to you today.

May the earth favor us.

[crowd] So shall it be.

-Don't let us eat the wrong thing. -[crowd] So shall it be.

-May we not encounter evil in this land. -[crowd] So shall it be.

Enough is enough.

We have decided and are ready to stand on our own.

[crowd] That's right.

[old man] Yes. No more death of a child in this town again.

[crowd] So shall it be!

May we never carry any dead out.

[crowd] So shall it be!

[old man] And may we never bring any dead in.

[crowd] So shall it be!

-[coughs] May peace reign in the land. -[crowd] So shall it be.

-May there be harmony in the land. -[crowd] So shall it be.

May all go well in the land.

[crowd] So shall it be.

-May the pregnant deliver safely. -[crowd] So

shall it be.

May the barren become fruitful.

-[crowd] So shall it be. -[old man clears throat]

There's alligator pepper here.

May there be abundance in the land.

All the good you will do for us, we shall receive all in full packages.

[crowd] So shall it be!

We now pick…

Eh…

A piece of corn.

We added it to the alligator pepper.

May our enemies lives be ruined.

[crowd] So shall it be!

So shall it be. It is so.

So shall it be. It is so.

We pick roasted yam.

Mh!

The roasted yam does not consider the fire.

-[crowd] Yes. -That's right.

-Roasted yam can't destroy the knife. -[crowd] Yes.

No evil thing will attach itself to you.

[crowd] So shall it be!

What we are doing today must never work against us.

-[crowd] So shall it be! -May we not suffer sickness in this land.

[crowd] So shall it be!

[old man] If there be anyone who wishes us dead,

-may he not succeed. -[crowd] So shall it be!

-[old man] May we enjoy our lives. -[crowd] So shall it be!

[old man clears throat]

[old man] This is kola nut.

This is kola nut.

-May it bring fruitfulness. -[crowd] So shall it be.

-May it bring life. -[crowd] So shall it be!

[old man] Ogun!

Our protector.

Bitter kola symbolizes long life.

-[old man] May we live long. May we -[crowd] So shall it be.

-bear lasting fruits. -[crowd] So shall it be!

-A hoe never dies. -[crowd] So shall it be!

-A cutlass never dies. -[crowd] So shall it be!

It's never heard that the ground got old and weak.

[crowd] That's right!

The longer the ground lives the more it flourishes.

May we all live in abundance.

[crowd] So shall it be!

[old man] We are children of the universe.

Our enemies will know no peace.

-[crowd] So shall it be! -[clears throat]

Here is the kola nut, let it be acceptable.

[calm music playimg]

It is accepted!

[crowd cheering]

[thunder rumbling]

When you hear Ojiji, it means a cloak.

[crowd hums]

We must always be there for each other.

[crowd hums]

Ojiji is my cloak.

-[crowd hums] -[thunder rumbling]

-We did not die young. -[crowd hums]

Ojiji the cloak that hides and changes.

We shall not live in sickness.

Opona silences the antagonist.

No weak shall receive the news of anyone's death.

Death is gone!

Diseases are gone!

[crowd] Yes!

♪ If death calls us let us not respond ♪

♪ Light and darkness can't be together Light must win ♪

♪ When disease calls to us Let us not respond ♪

♪ Light and darkness can't be together Light and darkness can't be together ♪

-Diseases are gone. -♪ Light and darkness can't be together ♪

♪ If calamity calls us Let us not respond ♪

♪ Light and darkness can't be together

Light must win ♪

♪ Light and darkness can't be together Light and darkness can't be together ♪

[music fades]

Who is that?!

It's me, Ikeola.

Ah-ah.

Lisabi,

who exactly are you?

[Ikeola sighs] I want you to tell me the truth.

Because

the relationship between you and I has become inseparable.

This is me, Lisabi.

The one and only.

The one who wants to free his people from slavery.

The one who doesn't want thieves to take over his fatherland.

Who doesn't want

a child to become fatherless.

[sighs]

There's more to you that we don't know.

Ah-ah!

It is obvious that an elephant is sighted.

Lisabi,

there's more to you than meets the eye.

If you're not powerful,

you won't expose us to such danger.

And involve us in your mission

when we can all see the truth clearly.

Lisabi, who exactly are you?

Hmm.

Ikeola.

[chuckles]

Hmm.

[sighs]

I have worn so many masks.

I have been pretending for so long.

Because I don't want you all to be suspicious of me.

But right now…

I will reveal myself.

And you will see the real me.

[horse neighs]

[baby crying]

[panting]

[baby continues crying]

[woman yelps]

[baby continues crying]

-[woman continues yelling] -[baby crying continuously]

-[woman continues yelling] -[baby crying continuously]

[woman screams]

[baby crying]

[moaning in pain]

[gasping in pain]

[gasping] It's the Creator who creates,

no one can create the Creator.

Henceforth, you are marked for greatness.

-[baby continues crying] -[woman inhales]

You will… [whimpers] not die prematurely.

You shall not die but live long.

-[woman whimpers] -[baby crying continuously]

May the wind that spreads goodness over the sea,

may the breeze that blows goodness all around…

may the bird of goodness that flies in the wind…

keep him…

[groans]

keep… [groans]

keep him… [gasps]

keep him safe for me.

-[pants] -[baby crying]

[breathes laboriously]

[sobs]

-[pants] -[baby crying]

[somber music playing]

[baby whimpering]

[somber music playing]

[bird squawking]

[baby continues crying]

[loud howling]

[bird squawking]

[loud howling]

[baby crying]

[Lisabi sighs]

[Ikeola] Lisabi.

Yes?

I understand now.

Let's just say the people who raised you

already knew who you would become

before making you a warrior.

[breathes deeply] Your parents also

saw the future

before they named you Lisabi.

It's because it's someone chosen

before birth who is given such a name.

Lisabi, I, Ikeola,

I'm ready to go on this journey with you.

Ah-ah! No.

What is it?

Ah! The war we're fighting tomorrow?

Yes.

It's not a mere battle.

There are a lot of people going.

All the people in the neighboring village

and the people around have said they will go with me.

It's going to be a fierce war.

-[Ikeola] Ah, Lisabi. -I don't intend to give up now.

You stay back, let me go to the battle front.

[solemn music playing]

[traditional song singing]

Lisabi…

no, never.

We started together,

and we will finish it together.

War has no worse outcome other than death.

And when death comes, you and I will die together.

Yes.

[music fades]

-[eerie tune plays] -[bird chirping]

[Ikeola] O you mythical beings,

watch over me on this path I beg of you.

[pants]

I greet you all, owners of this land.

[eagle kleek]

I greet you all, you battle spirits.

[crickets chirp]

[eerie tune plays]

I'm here because of Lisabi!

[trembling breaths]

There's trouble!

-[thunder rumbles] -[yelps]

-My child with the brave heart. -[yelps]

What is it? Why are you walking in the dead of the night?

[panting] I greet you, Old One.

-It shall be well with you. -I greet you.

-You've done well. -I feel uneasy, Old One.

Lisabi is going to war, will he succeed?

Hmm.

It's difficult for me to hear

or enquire anything from the owners of the land.

Yes.

Even if

Lisabi has the backing of the gods

is not the same as all of Egba coming together

to give Lisabi their full support.

But I don't know about the covenant between them.

Maybe they still wish to remain in slavery.

To remain slaves under the rule of Oyo warriors.

No, Old One. No, Old One.

The fear I have is…

[whimpers] Lisabi may be met with betrayal.

[pants] Yes.

[gasp] I need your help, Old One.

Hm.

-You are wise, my daughter. -Yes, Old One.

Eh…

What you are asking from me, mm-hm…

is not with me.

It's not something you just source for.

-Old One. -Do you hear me?

Old One, have mercy on me.

Oyo warriors are coming for my people.

What can I do, Old One?

[pants] I need your help.

-Hmm. -[breathes laboriously]

Give me your hands. Both hands. Both.

-Right. -[whimpering]

O mothers of the earth!

Masquerade of the earth, spirit in the heavens.

The great and powerful one that controls the day and night.

The deity that knows all and sees all.

The deity who knows the right and the left.

The heavenly being who connects during the day.

O my mothers!

You who feed on your victims.

My mothers with a good heart, who evil never gets to.

Those who say anyone tired of living should head to the afterlife.

I hand over to you.

-Sango! -[thunder rumbling]

The powerful one!

The one who fights without limit!

-[thunder rumbles] -[Ikeola panting]

[laughing]

I am grateful to you.

The one who is thankful when help is given receives more blessings.

The one who reveals great mysteries to whoever asks of him,

but is not thankful for only one day.

I am thankful to you.

-Uh, my daughter. -Old One [pants].

-That is not all. -Alright.

-All this that we have done… -Yes, Old One.

will show you the way.

It will guide you through your path to the mothers.

-[gasps] Mothers? -The witches.

-Ah! [whimpers] -Yes.

Okay, Old One.

Ehn, right this minute, you will go to the witches.

Ah!

For the power the Alaafin holds

-cannot be described with words. -[Ikeola whimpering] Ah!

He has so much power, that's why you need to go to my mothers.

When you get to my mothers,

-may you find favor with them. -So shall it be.

-It shall be so. -So shall it be.

-Yes. -I'm grateful, Old One.

-Well done. -Thank you.

-It shall be well with you. -Thank you, I'm grateful.

-You will succeed. -Thank you. I'm grateful, Old One.

Every obstacle in your path shall be cleared away.

All evil spirits shall flee from your path.

Every mountain in your path becomes a plain.

You shall go well and return well.

You will not perish there.

[anticipatory music plays]

[horse neighing]

[anticipatory music playing]

People of Egba!

[crowd] Yes!

People of Egba!

[crowd] Yes!

[Lisabi] People of Egba!

[crowd] Yes!

You shall reap good.

Egba people do not argue among themselves!

[crowd] That's right!

If one says this is the way…

[crowd] The other one will say I agree!

This war we are going on…

may we win.

[crowd] So shall it be!

Today we overcome Oloyo's tribute collectors!

[crowd] So shall it be!

[Lisabi] May this not be a journey of no return.

[crowd] So shall it be!

That's how it will be.

-[crowd] That's right! -People of Egba!

[crowd] Yes!

It's time for war!

Oyo must leave, Oyo must leave

Whether they like it or not

Oyo must leave

Oyo must leave

[Egba combat music plays]

Iku! Iku!

Ikubababayeye, the one who has authority second to the deity.

Hail the Alaafin!

[Oyo warriors] Your Highness!

Salako.

Hm?

Where are the remaining people we are expecting?

We are not up to the number that fought against the tribute collectors.

I perceive that they are afraid of Oyo's army.

This is a battle we must fight alone.

My people…

let's put our minds at ease.

Don't be afraid.

[exclaims]

Do not be dismayed!

This battle we're about to fight,

will be a battle we will survive.

[Egba warriors] So shall it be!

It's true we are outnumbered,

but I want you to know that

what dwells inside of us

is greater than what dwells in them.

[Egba warriors] That's right!

[Lisabi] This particular day…

I want you to know that…

the people of Egba do not argue among themselves!

[Egba warriors] That's right!

If one says this is the way…

[Egba warriors] The other will say I agree!

That's the way it's going to be.

Pay attention to what is being told.

Whoever refuses to listen,

will surely pay the price.

You had better give in to the Alaafin

and do what the Alaafin wants.

Or else

every one of you will perish right here!

Because the hawk has come

to feed on you chicks.

-[laughs menacingly] -[Lisabi laughs mockingly]

[Lisabi] When great ones are speaking

the weaklings are also trying to speak.

What is the thing that you have

that we should be afraid of?

Nothing.

[Salako] There's none.

The tyrannical rule of the Oloyo will end today!

[Egba warriors] It will end! That's right!

-[Egba warriors] It will end. -[Egba warrior] That's right.

Because

all that has a beginning

-must have an end! -[Egba warriors] It must have an end!

People of Egba!

[Egba warriors] Yes!

[Lisabi] It's time for war!

[battle cry sounds]

[Lisabi] Kill them! Kill them!

[gunshots fired]

[shields rattling]

[horse neighs]

[combative music plays]

-[thunder rumbling] -[Lisabi growling]

[warriors growling]

-[gunshots fired] -[horse neighing]

-[growls loudly] -[gunshot fired]

Salako.

Lisabi.

O you great beings and powerful ones from above!

The white chalk spoils camwood,

the camwood spoils the chalk, and charcoal destroys both!

[combative music plays]

People of Egba!

[Egba warriors yelling]

[grunting continues]

[Salako] Go on!

[groaning continues]

Where is Ikeola?

-[warrior 1] Let's go, let's go! -[warrior 2 panting]

[warrior 3] This man has been hacked again.

Salako!

-Where is Ikeola?! -[Salako] I didn't see Ikeola!

-Where is Ikeola?! -I didn't see her!

[Ikeola] My mothers, the great and powerful ones.

A mother who watches over her own and over others around her.

Where are your age-old powers that you use to render help?

This battle is no longer ours alone. This battle has become yours too.

Have mercy on us.

Where are your age-old powers that you use to watch over your children?

Please use it to save us.

The power you use to destroy your enemies,

use it to wipe them all out.

Have mercy on us.

My mothers, please heed my call.

[Ikeola gasps]

[horn blares]

[metal clangs]

-[grunts] -[horse neighs]

[groaning continues]

[warrior yells]

Grab him. Hold him down.

[warriors grunting]

[groaning]

[growling]

[screams menacingly]

-What is going on? -I don't understand.

-[warrior yelling] -I don't understand.

[grunting]

[screams]

[heart beating loudly]

[Egba warrior] No!

[groaning]

[tense music playing]

[groaning continues]

[Lisabi] Salako!

[muffled groans]

[Lisabi] Salako! Ah!

Salako!

Salako.

You died in place of Lisabi.

A warrior is gone!

Egba will never forget you.

[Lisabi] Sobande! Sobande!

[growls]

[screams angrily]

[growls]

Salako! Ah!

[solemn music playing]

-[Lisabi] Ah! -[anticipatory music plays]

Ikeola!

Ikeola!

[exclaims]

[thunder rumbling]

[laughs menacingly]

[Oyo warriors groaning]

[Lisabi screams]

[screams]

[triumphant music plays]

[Egba victory song plays]

People of Egba!

[Egba warrior] Yes!

[Lisabi laughs]

People of Egba!

[Egba warriors] Yes!

We have won the battle!

[Egba warriors cheer]

-[elder 2] We greet you, Lisabi. -[elder 3] Mm-hm.

You made us realize that

we ought to fight for ourselves.

He's the one, he's the one.

-Because when we don't value what we have, -Hmm.

then others will place no value on it.

-You're right. -The step you took

made this territory to be feared by

Oloyo's tribute collectors and the Oloyo himself.

-That's true. That's true. -They can never rise again.

-[man 2 laughs] -That's true, Lisabi.

Your name can never be erased from this town's historical books.

That Lisabi, the mighty Akala is the one who saved us from Oloyo's slavery.

[grunts in agreement]

Look, Lisabi, everyone in the town knows what you did and we're thankful to you.

-[man 3] We are grateful! -[man 4] Yes.

-We appreciate what you've done. -[man 4] Mm-hm.

-I thank you, elders, I'm grateful. -Hm. Hm.

Thank you, I'm grateful.

Look, if we don't fight to get rid of the tyranny,

they will never be afraid of us and it will never come to an end.

-Hmm. -[Lisabi] May you live long.

-May you live long in good health. -So shall it be.

-May you live longer than your fathers. -So shall it be.

Look, I want you to know something.

Put your minds at ease.

Put your minds at ease.

No Oloyo's tribute collector will ever set foot here.

Never again. I, Lisabi said so.

-So shall it be. -That's how it's going to be.

-So shall it be. -[laughs]

-[elder 1] I hail you. -Hmm.

-Yes. -[Lisabi] His words are always true.

The rich man has come again.

-[elder 2] Lisabi is here. -[all in unison] Well done, Lisabi.

Don't mention it.

-Water extinguishes fire. -[villager] Well done.

When it's hot it's effective,

and when cold it's also capable of extinguishing fire.

-[in unison] That's right. -I, Lisabi said so.

[crowd cheering]

-Father. -Yes?

No one is an island.

Why are you always praising Lisabi alone?

You ought to praise us too!

Because it wasn't Lisabi alone who went to war.

We just made him our leader.

If we did not support him,

-he would've failed. -You are right.

But we appreciated you too.

In fact, we appreciated you all and we appreciated you in Lisabi's name.

[tuts] Let's join them. Let's join them. Come, come.

[laudatory song for Lisabi plays]

[laudatory song for Lisabi playing]

[crowd singing and cheering]

Enough!

[chuckles]

-Our father, Lisabi. -Eh!

[man] These gifts were brought from this town and all the neighboring towns.

We have come to thank you

for delivering we, the youths, especially our young girls,

for delivering them from the hands

of Oloyo's tribute collectors who raped them at will.

-That's right. -We appreciate what you've done.

Thank our father.

-Thank you our father. -[crowd] We thank you our father,

-we are grateful. Thank you. -Don't mention it. Don't mention it.

-Don't mention it. -[crowd] Thank you.

Get up. Get up.

[Lisabi] Thank you, I'm grateful.

All these gifts you have brought are well appreciated.

[Lisabi] May we not be perplexed.

[crowd] So shall it be.

May evil never befall us.

[crowd] So shall it be!

All I did…

was for us to make progress.

Yes.

You see, all that happened before

it has all become a thing of the past.

It will never happen again in this land.

[crowd] So shall it be!

-I, Lisabi, said so. -[man] That's right.

Thank you, I appreciate you.

-Please, take the gifts inside. -Carry it.

-Carry it. -Take what inside?

Come on put it down!

-Ah! -Ah-ah, Lisabi,

why have you become so prideful?

Didn't we fight this battle together? That was the same way

you behaved before the elders the other day.

-You were behaving like the leader. -Ah!

Why have you worn pride around your waist?

Aa-ah!

[tense music plays]

[scoffs]

Bejide?

[tense beats playing]

Is this coming from you or were you sent?

Sent? I was not sent, it's coming from me.

I have not spoken out of turn.

-[crowd exclaims] -Bejide!

You haven't spoken out of turn?

-Yes, I said so. -How dare you?

Don't you know me anymore?

It is I, Lisabi.

Ah-ah!

What has gotten into you?

Am I not older than you?

Don't you know Lisabi anymore?

Ah!

Some people brought me gifts,

I asked them to take it in,

you said they shouldn't. Who are you?

Even if I'm to be betrayed, should the betrayal come from you?

Bejide!

[tense music playing]

I don't want to get angry.

Don't let me get angry.

Take the gifts inside.

Carry them in.

[Bejide] I said put them down!

-Bejide hope there's nothing wrong? -[crowd gasps]

Lisabi, what have you done?

[Odubantefa] Bejide.

Bejide?! Bejide!

[gasp]

Ah! Blood! Please help me carry him! Help me carry him. Ah!

Quickly! Quickly!

-What you have just done, Lisabi, -Please help me carry him.

you will reap its rewards.

-[crowd exclaims] -Carry him.

-You will reap its rewards. -[man] He pushed him to his death.

-Carry him this way. -[crowd exclaiming]

[Odubantefa] You must not die. The son of the soil must not die this way.

[Ikeola clears throat]

[Ikeola sighs]

Lisabi.

When a man gets angry and throws his child in the fire,

by the time his anger subsides and he checks on his child

he would have turned to ashes.

Lisabi,

truth be told, you went too far.

If I didn't behave that way,

other younger ones will disrespect me.

Ikeola, I behaved the right way.

Yes. Can't you see Bejide provoked me?

Can't you see?

When we were doing all the work, tell me, where was he?

While we faced the heat of the war, he ran away.

Yet he wants to reap the rewards of victory.

-[sniffs] -Lisabi,

do you think everyone is happy

with the great position the Creator has placed you in?

People only seek the downfall of the great.

I will suggest that we call all the youths

-and apologize to them. -Apologize for what?!

Lisabi, let me finish what I have to say.

Let's call all the youths and apologize.

-So they can let you be. -I won't apologize to anyone.

I'm not apologizing to anybody!

It's not like I did it on purpose.

Neither did I beg anyone to bring me gifts.

They recognize my efforts, hence the gifts.

Why is that causing any trouble?

Lisabi. The one destined for greatness, be patient.

Answer the question I've asked.

Why is that causing any trouble?

[Ikeola sighs] You need to take things easy.

Calm down. Calm down, the one destined for greatness.

Hmm.

My people, we need to come together on this.

-True. -That's true.

We called this meeting because of Lisabi.

-That's right. That's right. -Mm-hm.

-[cock crowing] -Ah-ah. [exclaims]

I said it.

When I saw some people and did not see others

I knew I had come to a meeting of betrayers.

Please, what did Lisabi do?

[exclaims]

Why can't we tell ourselves the truth?

Who among you will take such an insult without getting angry?

[Akinlolu] Hmm, none.

Also, what Bejide did, was it right?

[chuckles]

[Ikeola] Didn't Lisabi apologize to you?

Shut up your mouth.

Nonsense.

What rubbish apologies are you referring to?

-I don't know. -Or what did Bejide do

-that has never been done before? -Right?

[Akinlolu hisses] A mere woman.

-Me? -That's it.

This woman,

-what is wrong with you? -[smacks]

Didn't we all fight alongside Lisabi in the war?

-Right. -Shouldn't we all reap

the rewards of fighting and winning the war?

-Ah-ah. -Eh?

Hmm. You're right.

But, don't forget that Lisabi helped all of you

cultivate a very large farm.

-He didn't plant for himself. -What is she

-saying? -Is farming not different?

It wasn't war.

-[sneering] -Look, I want no part in this revolt.

[Akinlolu] We are the rebels.

Because anyone who rebels

-amounts to nothing. -Hmm.

-[Ikeola] And a betrayer never lives long. -Ah!

The Creator knows the size of the elephant yet he made the lion the king.

-Let him be. -Look Ikeola,

anyone who wants to be an obstacle will be taken out.

-You dare not touch this chameleon-- -Chameleon is not a fearsome animal

-Our regards to those in the afterlife. -The chameleon will not feed

-on leaves today. -[Akinlolu] May you led through your path.

-It shall not be well with the chameleon. -[Odubantefa] You will die today.

Don't do this, don't do that.

It's what they do in the beyond that you must do.

You and the chameleon can go eat together.

-Unfortunate being. -[Akinlolu] Farewell.

-We are talking about death, -A chameleon of all things.

-she's talking about a chameleon. -An animal.

-[Odubantefa] Not only a chameleon. -[Akinlolu] It's alligator.

[Odubantefa] Should have been a beetle.

[woman crying]

-[Lisabi] Excuse me. -[women crying]

[woman] She is dead.

[women weeping]

-What happened? -[women continue crying]

-Drop the items. -[cries continue]

I said what happened?!

Why is everybody crying?

[women continues to wail]

Bisi, where is Ikeola?

Where is Ikeola?!

Ikeola!

[somber music plays]

White cloth.

You've been covered with a white cloth.

Almighty Father…

help me. Ah!

[whimpers] Her feet are cold.

Her feet are cold.

Ah! Ah!

Who did this to me? Who did this to me?!

[screams]

[exclaims]

Is it from the left or from the right?

Is this from the front or the back?

Ah! Akilapa!

Alabalase!

Jogbo!

Eiye! [cries]

Why are you not responding?

Why are you not responding?

[screams]

Who stabbed me in the back? [weeping]

Who stabbed me in the back?

Ikeola! Who did this to me? This is unexpected!

I didn't see this coming!

I wasn't expecting this.

When a mother calls to her child he responds.

Ikeola.

Say something! Ikeola, say something.

Ikeola!

Breathe! Breathe!

Say something! Say something!

[screams]

Ikeola did not say anything! She has refused to say anything!

Ah! Who did this to me?

Who stabbed me in the back?

Ah!!

Who stabbed me in the back?

You've made a strong man weak.

You've made a strong man weak!

You've made me, Lisabi, weak!

[exclaims]

Who is this?

As the river overflows unto its banks,

so should you reveal yourself to me.

This is looking like a ghost.

This means your death is not a natural death.

You will answer when you are called.

Ikeola!

What killed you?

[Ikeola] You killed me.

I died because of you, Lisabi.

You sent me on a journey of no return.

[Lisabi] Me? How?

Who wanted to kill me but killed you instead?

Ikeola.

Ikeola.

-Ikeola. -[door slams shut]

Ah!

My people.

They've taken away the person I love the most.

They have killed Ikeola.

They have made me bitter.

They want to destroy Lisabi.

They have forgotten that

I cannot be taken down so easily.

Help me.

She's gone.

[voice echoing] Lisabi.

I'm here.

-Lisabi. -Yes?

-Whenever you do something good, -Mm-hm.

it has its price.

-[Lisabi exclaims] -[grunts]

[Lisabi exclaims]

[voice echoing] You are living among the wicked.

Humans.

People on earth are the poison that kills slowly.

[Lisabi] Hm.

One whose friend betrays should not get angry,

because one's blood betrays also.

[Lisabi exclaims]

It's time to go.

[Lisabi exclaims]

[Lisabi whimpers]

[voice echoing] Lisabi.

-Yes? -[chuckles]

There's nothing you can do to satisfy them.

Mm-hm.

-If you do something good for them, -Hmm.

they will pay you back with evil.

Ah!

Ah!!

[voice echoing] But, if everyone turns their back on you,

Mm-hm.

our covenant and decision

will never change.

Come home.

-[thunder rumbling] -You can always come home.

This is a foreign land, you don't belong here.

We are going home.

-[thunder rumbles] -We don't stay out late.

-[thunder rumbling] -[rain pouring]

-That's it. -That's it.

-That's how we will do it. -Nothing will happen.

-That's how it's going to be. -You will say…

-[chuckles drily then tuts] -Are you angry?

-Angry? [laughs] -You are welcome.

Lisabi.

-The mighty Akala. -Hope it is well?

-How can we be angry? -We can't be angry with you.

We are not angry.

-Well done. -We came here for a joyful cause,

-not because we are angry. -That's true.

Alright.

[chuckling]

We want a smooth collaboration to exist

-among uh… the youths -Youths.

in this community.

-Look, -Yes, that's right.

-Yes, that's it. -Lisabi,

-all the group members of the youths, -Hmm.

-we came together and decided we ought -Hmm.

-to have a first warlord amongst us. -That was what we decided.

That was what we decided.

-We already call you by the title. -Lisabi.

Eh, Lisabi the mighty Akala. The

-warlord that is never defeated. -Yes.

-That's right. -Yes.

-The place we conquered the Oloyo, -Hmm.

that's the place

-we will give you the title. -That's right, Lisabi.

Yes. This is what will ward off the Oloyo and the tribute collectors,

if there are still more. All of them would be afraid of us.

True.

Hmm.

Sure.

[chuckles]

Did…

-all the youths agree to this? -Ah!

[chuckles] We completely agree.

-And we agree completely! -And we are going to do it now.

♪ There's no need to talk too much ♪

♪ There's no need to talk too much Lisabi is the warlord ♪

♪ All of us can rely on♪

♪There's no need to talk too much ♪

♪ There's no need to talk too much ♪

♪ There's no need to talk too much Lisabi is the warlord ♪

♪ that we can rely on♪

♪There's no need to talk too much ♪

[crowd sings laudatory song for Lisabi]

[laudatory song for Lisabi plays]

[laudatory song for Lisabi fades]

Enough!

Our people.

Our people!

Let's do things the way they should be done.

[crowd] That's right!

-So that we can have good results. -[crowd] That's right!

-[woman] That's right. -[Akinlolu] Today we shall honor him

-and a title shall be added unto him. -[crowd] That's right.

Eh, Lisabi,

come this way. Let's not delay any further.

-[crowd] That's right. -[Akinlolu] Well done.

[laudatory song for Lisabi plays]

Lisabi, the mighty Akala.

There's no need to waste any more time.

This is where we will give you the title.

Yes.

The title of warlord.

-That's right. -That's right.

Lisabi, the mighty Akala.

May you live very long in good health and in sound mind.

We live a free life on earth,

the Creator did not charge us for life.

The vulture eats sacrifices for free

without having to pay any money.

May you achieve great things with ease.

When the sun rises in the morning,

it brightens the earth.

May we be higher than our enemies and may we conquer our enemies.

[youths] So shall it be.

Because today we shall give you the title of warlord.

[youths] So shall it be.

This title that you are taking

won't disgrace you.

[youth] So shall it be.

-May it be befitting for you. -[youths] So shall it be.

May it come to pass.

-[youths] So shall it be. -It is so.

[eerie music playing]

[Osobande] See how they have rendered all our girls useless.

We didn't say anything.

They are taking the best out of our harvest, we didn't say anything.

What is it?

If it doesn't concern them, does it not concern their relatives?

[Lisabi] Today is your wedding day, I have to stand by you.

[both laughing]

-Lisabi. -Yes, that's the way it will be.

[Lisabi] That's the way it will be.

[gasp] Abebi!

-Abebi! -Osokenu!

Osokenu! Osokenu!

Osokenu! Osokenu!

Get up and say something.

Get up and say something!

[screams]

Oyo tribute collectors!

[Lisabi] There's something on my mind.

There's something ringing in my mind.

Come to your senses!

Come to your senses! Come back to your senses!

Come back to your senses.

[somber music playing]

[Salako] Lisabi, what are we doing here?

Because nothing happens without a reason.

[somber music playing]

[somber music fades]

Lisabi.

No, never.

We started together,

and we will finish it together.

War has no worse outcome other than death.

And when death comes, you and I will die together.

Yes.

[somber music playing]

[Lisabi] I speak to you to breathe.

I speak to you to breathe.

Ikeola, now breathe!

Breathe! Say something!

Say something!

[Ikeola] You killed me.

I died because of you, Lisabi.

You sent me on a journey of no return.

[Lisabi] Me?

Rather than live among the wicked…

who pretend to be friends,

Ah!

…I will go and join the owners of the land

who will appreciate my efforts.

The grave preserves the dignity of the dead!

The grave preserves the dignity of the dead.

[exclaims]

I understand.

I've been rejected and thrown out.

I have been hated and rejected.

What you have done…

reflects your choice.

Egba people are not like that.

You will surely reap the rewards of your actions.

You will reap the rewards.

[exclaims]

O earth!

O earth!

Welcome Lisabi the mighty Akala!

[exclaims]

-The sheep has gone. -He's gone.

-Old One? -Hm?

Is that all?

Ah, for sure.

Even if he crossed, he must have reached the land of the spirits.

Old one should we cover him up with sand?

-No, leave him. -Eh?

-Leave him. Leave him. -We should leave him?

[stammers] He died a good death.

[crowd cheering]

Enough!

People of Egba!

[crowd] Yes!

Lisabi has perished.

[crowd exclaims]

Lisabi the mighty Akala is gone. He is no more.

[crowd exclaims]

The powerful has died as a warrior that he is.

Ah!

[crowd mourning]

-[thunder rumbles] -[Old One] It is dawn!

[Old One] Lisabi the mighty Akala!

[crowd cheering]

Lisabi the mighty Akala!

[crowd cheering]

[Egba traditional song plays]

[outro song]

Subtitle translation by: Anu Akiyode