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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,000 My husband, I am going to the market. 2 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,280 Uh-huh. 3 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,320 The money. 4 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,160 Mmm… here. 5 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:54,440 So, erm… Your uniform is on the line. It is still wet, so… 6 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,240 Don't worry, a little water won't kill it. 7 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,120 Hurry. Don't be late to work today. See you later. 8 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,440 - Bye bye, O! - Bye. 9 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Chief! 10 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,960 Chief! Chief! 11 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,440 Chief! 12 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,600 How's it going? 13 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Ah. 14 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,600 Hey! 15 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,200 How many times have I said not to bring chewing stick to this office? 16 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:21,920 Don't you brush your teeth at home? 17 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,560 Where is your partner? Where is he? 18 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,240 Come late to this office one more time. Try me, and come late just one more time! 19 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,600 Are you listening to me? How many fingers can you see? 20 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,520 Come late one more time, 21 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,960 and I'll deduct your salary by half… Half! 22 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,760 Nonsense. 23 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,080 Sorry, sir. 24 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:56,000 Bro, at least try to show up earlier for once. 25 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,400 This is not a matter of coming early. 26 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,960 - Good morning sir! - Hello bro! 27 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,640 I am tired of this job. 28 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,800 "I'm tired, I'm tired…" 29 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,800 Why don't you stop complaining and just quit? 30 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,600 If I quit the job, how will I survive? 31 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,520 Or do I look like a spirit that doesn't get hungry? 32 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:34,560 Erm… You are… You are… 33 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,680 - You are… - Good morning, madam… 34 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,000 You are… 35 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,000 Don't these people get tired of using their mobile phones? 36 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,360 Sorry… I'm sorry, sorry. 37 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,120 City people, that's all they know. 38 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,360 They are either on WhatsApp or Facebook. Or this new one… 39 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,200 I forgot what it's called. Insta… 40 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,960 Instachat! Or… Snapgram! 41 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,320 There's this girl, always sending me sexy pictures. 42 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,520 I don't understand how someone can be aloof in real life. 43 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,240 But that person will be so friendly on a digital device. 44 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,600 Isn't that madness? City madness. 45 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,840 That's why I despise this urban way of life. 46 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:43,440 Eh! It has turned everyone into a slave. 47 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,440 - Hello ma! - Sisterly! 48 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,840 - Something for the boys? - Nothing is too little. 49 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,920 Wow, look at your shoes! 50 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,960 Sister! 51 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,720 You know what? City people don't know how to enjoy life. 52 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,040 I tell you. City life is boring. 53 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,760 Which life is more interesting? 54 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,560 Let me break it down for you. 55 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,800 If I make a lot of money… 56 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,560 I'll buy land. 57 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,080 After I buy land, then I will build a house. 58 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,440 After I build a house, I will make a farm. 59 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,360 That's it! Life has begun! 60 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,120 Our ancestors knew how to live the good life. 61 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,800 The real African life. 62 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,240 - Really? - Yes! 63 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,600 Why don't you go and join our ancestors? 64 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:46,120 Forget that nonsense. 65 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,920 I'll tell you. I've gone through hell in Lagos. 66 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,400 I can't keep living like this at this stage in my life. 67 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:53,520 Good morning, sir! 68 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,040 - Big bros! - King of kings! 69 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,480 I stand on one foot for you! 70 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,160 Chief! 71 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,360 Chief! 72 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,880 How's it going? 73 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,840 Ahh! 74 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:30,920 Very good palm wine! It has fermented perfectly! 75 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:37,480 Take it, take it… Take my hand. 76 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,480 Chief! 77 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,520 The great warrior, the one who's back, does not know the taste of sand. 78 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,520 Nobody can face me. Let anyone come, I'll beat the living spirit out of him. 79 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,000 I will beat the spirit out of him. 80 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,640 The one who's back does not know the taste of sand. 81 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,000 Where will it happen? He will try, let him come. I'll deal with him. 82 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,320 - Chief? - Yes? 83 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:17,360 Chief, if you saw them this time… 84 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,320 They were many more. 85 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,240 Big! Colorful! Beautiful! 86 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,800 If you saw how they danced… 87 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,440 Hold on, hold on… Did they chase you? 88 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,400 Did they catch you? 89 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,640 Were you afraid? 90 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,240 No. I was not afraid. 91 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,800 So what are you talking about? 92 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,120 Did you recognize any of them? 93 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,000 Can you… Can you even name the names of masquerades we have around here? 94 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,320 Can you? 95 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,320 This is why I said you're a city boy. 96 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,920 I don't blame you. You are born in this new era. 97 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,080 Chief, I'm not a city boy. I'm not a city boy! 98 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,920 But it's all showing in you. Don't be afraid. 99 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,080 I'm not afraid! It's not that I'm afraid. It's just… 100 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,840 You don't have to fear them. 101 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,400 - Chief? - Yes? 102 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,240 Your place of work. What are their plans for you? 103 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,560 What do you expect them to say? 104 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,760 What do you expect them to do? 105 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,680 But is it not in their factory that you got injured? 106 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:05,720 Isn't it their olden days, outdated equipment that wounded you? 107 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,560 But as you see it now… They've sacked me. 108 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,680 I have been abandoned. 109 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,000 What if we go to a hospital? 110 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,440 To do what? 111 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,680 I mean just to hear what they will say, chief. 112 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,920 What they will say? The white man's hospital? 113 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,440 - No. - You want to go up to them? 114 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:35,200 No. Not a white man's hospital. It's… just Lagos State Teaching Hospital here. 115 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,240 It's still the same question. Western hospital. 116 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,280 You want me to go there and then… fool myself around? 117 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:47,920 In our own lineage, we are powerful hunters. 118 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,440 Powerful herbalists. Do you understand? 119 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:56,040 An average hunter is able to… 120 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,720 get herbs and apply to whatever wound you have. 121 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:05,080 This thing you are seeing here is a small matter. 122 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,760 I'll take care of it. 123 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:11,000 We can even convert wine into herbs. 124 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,200 It seems you're doubting me. 125 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,640 If you doubt me, just pour wine on this wound, 126 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,600 and we see what will happen now… It will go. 127 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,760 So if I let you, you'll actually pour it? 128 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,960 Drink your palm wine. 129 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,040 Chief! 130 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:01,040 No, no, no. A farm will not work. Farming won't give us anything. 131 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:02,720 Farming makes a lot of sense! 132 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,800 I disagree. Do you know what will make the most sense? 133 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,560 Spicy Goat Head restaurant. 134 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,480 Spicy Goat Head restaurant! 135 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,440 I am tired of this city. 136 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,960 I'm sick of the city, because everywhere is polluted. 137 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,440 It has even affected the spiritual realm and the spirits are losing their powers. 138 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:36,120 Atrocities here and there. Kidnapping, raping and stealing. 139 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:41,280 All this prevents the spirit from manifesting fully. 140 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:47,160 Even our herbs that could cure common sickness. Even a wound like my own. 141 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,000 They've all lost their potency. 142 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,440 Otherwise why hasn't my leg healed in over three month? 143 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,480 Tell me. 144 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,000 I'm sick and tired of the city. 145 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,720 Do you know what I am going to do? I'm packing out! 146 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,960 "Pack out"? 147 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,760 I'm packing out! 148 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,320 I don't understand. - "Pack out"? 149 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,120 That is a topic of conversation for another day. 150 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,000 Next time when you have that dream… Let me give you a piece of advice. 151 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:29,000 Any time you see a masquerade approaching, don't run. 152 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,320 Stay, and embrace them. 153 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,920 Those masquerades, they are our ancestors. 154 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,320 They must have something good they want to tell you. 155 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,560 For your today and for your tomorrow. 156 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,320 So don't run, embrace them. 157 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,400 Treat them like our forefathers. 158 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,400 I'm sick of this city. 159 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,640 I must pack out. I must pack out… 160 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,480 You can take permission tomorrow… 161 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,880 Permission for what? 162 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,000 Will you not follow Okonkwo? 163 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,200 - To where? - Obinwa… 164 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,920 His people forced him to go for a checkup at the hospital. 165 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,960 When they got to the hospital, the doctor said the sore on his leg has rot. 166 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,360 The wound has gone completely rotten on that part of the leg. 167 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,360 They have to cut it off, quickly. 168 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,040 The whole leg, from the knee downward. 169 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:03,160 They can't even afford to go to a government hospital. 170 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,720 But there is this man, who said he can treat it…. 171 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,000 But he is a veterinarian. 172 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,520 He also specializes in traditional medicine. 173 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,640 And he said he can treat him. 174 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:21,000 He will meet with him tomorrow. 175 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,000 Animal doctor? 176 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,640 I'm surprised he didn't tell you. 177 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,160 I will pray for him. God will heal him. 178 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,480 What's the time? 179 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,120 Are you still having that same dream? 180 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,000 You were making noise in your sleep. 181 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,560 Go and take a bath. 182 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,920 And eat, so that you will leave early for work today. 183 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:40,840 Thank you, sir. 184 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:50,240 Sir? I was wondering if I could get an advance. 185 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,000 For my next month's salary. 186 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,240 Why? 187 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,680 It's for medical reasons. 188 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,240 What kind of medical reason? 189 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,680 Is there something wrong with your private parts? 190 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:03,960 No. 191 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,280 How much advance? 192 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:13,960 50 percent. 193 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,120 - Should I wait? - Get out of my sight. 194 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:35,800 There you go. 195 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,480 What's this? 196 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,320 Tell him to apply it to the wound at morning and night. 197 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,840 After a week, the wound should have completely healed. 198 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,400 Thanks, Musa! 199 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,560 Okonkwo! Are you still sleeping? 200 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,920 The great warrior who's back does not know the taste of sand… 201 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,720 My husband. Please. 202 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,440 Let us go and see my pastor this weekend. 203 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,080 For what? 204 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,480 You are still having those nightmares. 205 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,760 When did I ever say it was a nightmare? 206 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,600 Obinwa? 207 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,120 One day… a long time ago… 208 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,360 in the village of Awga… 209 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,000 a woman went fishing by the river, 210 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,080 with her fishing basket. 211 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,760 Bringing her basket out of the water, without any fish… 212 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:01,760 Lo and behold! It was the mask of the Okoroshi. 213 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:05,040 She became scared. 214 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:11,360 As the other women in the river were also getting fish… 215 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,720 Out of fear she threw the mask back into the water. 216 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,080 And went to a different location on the river to continue fishing. 217 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,160 She dipped her basket into the water again. 218 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,040 Lo and behold! The Okoroshi mask resurfaced. 219 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:31,640 The woman was puzzled and less frightened. 220 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:36,120 She wrapped the mask in cloth and went home. 221 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,760 She showed the mask to her husband. 222 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,320 And he told her he had seen the exact same mask 223 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:53,000 worn by a dancing masquerade that frequently visits him in his dreams. 224 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:01,720 They decided to go to the local high priest. 225 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,600 The high priest then examined the mask, 226 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:11,000 and told them that this is the mighty Okoroshi mask. 227 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,680 He told them that whenever Okoroshi comes into town, 228 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,640 he would dance for the people. His dance was very beautiful. 229 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,280 And everyone who abandoned what they were doing, 230 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,920 to come and dance with Okoroshi… 231 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:33,360 They would be filled with joy and happiness. 232 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:39,360 And be blessed with children, 233 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:47,000 good fortunes and wealth. 234 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,800 These are some of the good deeds the masquerade brings to society. 235 00:29:53,880 --> 00:30:00,360 But there is a greater role this powerful ancestral spirit plays. 236 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,240 And that is watching over us. 237 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,200 He punishes law offenders and the wicked. 238 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:14,800 Okoroshi is a spirit that brings good fortune to good people. 239 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,360 And brings bad luck to the wicked. 240 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:27,600 And that is what makes Okoroshi unique. 241 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,720 My God! Blood of Jesus! 242 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,400 My God! Raymond! 243 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,120 Raymond! 244 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,800 My husband! 245 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,040 Raymond? Where are you?! 246 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:14,360 Raymond? Raymond? Do you hear me? 247 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,520 Raymond! 248 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,000 What is this, Raymond? 249 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,120 What is this, Raymond? 250 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,320 Remove this thing now! Raymond! 251 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,680 What the hell is this? Raymond! 252 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,160 Give me my husband back now! 253 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,320 Raymond, where are you? 254 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,000 Raymond? My husband? 255 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,400 Come, let's go. 256 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,680 Please, it's just my husband. 257 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,000 It's just a mask, it's just a mask. 258 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,000 He's my husband. 259 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,160 Make the call and stop behaving like an illiterate. 260 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,560 What the hell is this? 261 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,800 What the hell is this? This is not a playground! 262 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,360 It's Raymond. It's Raymond. 263 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,760 Raymond? Are you in there? 264 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,600 Then he should remove the mask now. 265 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,760 Please can he come to work like this? Just for this week? 266 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,880 Give me back my husband. 267 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:44,280 Please give me back my husband! What did Raymond do to you? 268 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,080 Give me Raymond back! 269 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:54,240 My husband! Please… Please, give me my husband. 270 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:19,120 Raymond. 271 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,000 Raymond! Raymond! 272 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,720 - I thought it would be at night? - Why? 273 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,920 For obvious reasons, it's night. 274 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,360 Are you saying prostitutes can only fuck at night? 275 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,160 See, let me break it down for you, from experience. 276 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:09,280 Mornings, and afternoons too, it's safer, most times. 277 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,520 Because sometimes, the customer is rushing to go to work. Or they are on break. 278 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,560 So they don't really have time to fuck. 279 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,480 Most of the time it's either a blow job or a quickie. 280 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:20,960 One! 281 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,320 Two! 282 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,160 Doris, I'm coming! 283 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,400 Let me tell you. 284 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,000 This Lagos has become too dangerous for me to hustle at night. 285 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,880 I'd rather be at home watching my African magic cable TV. 286 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,600 And my customer is here. You won't make heaven, darling. 287 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,720 Look who's talking. Sleeping with married men at this hour. 288 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,720 Hi, sweetie. 289 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:58,000 Masquerade! Masquerade! Masquerade! 290 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,880 Masquerade! You forgot your money. 291 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:18,640 Masquerade? You danced very well. Ha, very well! 292 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:21,840 Baby… 293 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,960 Let's sit down and talk business. Business. 294 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:49,720 Your concept is great. You know? It is wonderful. Great concept. 295 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,680 African culture, tradition. I am a traditional man too. 296 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,440 - That was good. - Of course it was. 297 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,920 That was good. Looks like you have been practising. 298 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,280 Just pay me my money so I can go. 299 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:15,120 Your money, right? How much? Two thousand, right? 300 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:25,720 All we need to do is package it and do good business. 301 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,800 Imagine! On a billboard… 302 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,000 "Willy-Willy and the Masquerade." 303 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,600 We will shake the whole town! We will make lots of money. 304 00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:43,160 Looks like I forgot my wallet. 305 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:45,120 - Don't even try and pull a fast one on me! - Stop yelling! 306 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,720 That's the same bullshit story you gave me yesterday! 307 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,120 - Pay me my money! - I'll pay you tomorrow. 308 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:54,080 Don't you know I pay taxes! Pay me my money or you'll regret it! 309 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,960 Are you crazy! Don't let me get wild! 310 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,680 I'll go crazy for you! Pay me my money! 311 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,040 You don't want to make money? 312 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,360 Wait, let's package it! 313 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,000 Raymond! 314 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:52,400 What's happened? I can't move! Oh my God! I can't move! 315 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,280 Please! Please! Please! 316 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,280 Masquerade! 317 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,120 Who the hell are you? 318 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:23,520 Why did you let that guy get away with my money? 319 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,920 Masquerade, you just disappeared! 320 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,840 Who the hell is Masquerade? I just want my money. 321 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,400 I just want my money! Why would you let him get away like that? 322 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,520 He's had sex with me twice now without paying! 323 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,400 I don't want any problems, please! 324 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,920 Masquerade. 325 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,160 I don't want any problems. Just give me my money. 326 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,960 Prostitutes pay taxes too. 327 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,320 I just want my money. I don't want any problems, please. 328 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,240 Are you guys hungry? 329 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:47,000 My dear? Please return the beer and just get me water. 330 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:52,560 - You don't drink? - Not too often. 331 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,920 My name is Doris. What are your names? 332 00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,200 - I am Willy-Willy. - Willy-Willy? 333 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,720 - Yeah. - And him? 334 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:06,640 Him? Just call him Masquerade. 335 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:12,360 Like a spirit? What kind of work are you guys into? 336 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,440 We are into entertainment. 337 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,000 What kind of entertainment? 338 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,240 Dancing. And acting too. 339 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,920 See? 340 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,160 See. This is what I'm talking about. 341 00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:40,520 Packaging! Packaging! That is all this thing is all about, packaging. 342 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,440 Masquerade! 343 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,240 Masquerade! 344 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,000 Masquerade! 345 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,920 Masquerade! Masquerade, good morning! 346 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,520 What's up? What's our schedule for the day? 347 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:30,720 Smoke… Masquerade! Masquerade! 348 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:38,280 And… that was it all week, Doctor. 349 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:42,600 Doctor, the whole week. The same thing, over and over. 350 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:50,640 Hmm, that's interesting. Very interesting. 351 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,240 There's a clear progression in the hallucinations. Almost as if-- 352 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,760 Doctor. I am saying it. And I'll still say it. 353 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:04,760 - Maybe my wife… or my in-laws did… - Come on. Come on! 354 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,320 Doctor… I think I will see my prayer warrior. 355 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:10,440 No, no, no, no. Come on, this… 356 00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,720 Doctor, these Edo people. Don't joke with them. 357 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,360 - You see, erm… - They are very spiritual. 358 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,960 It's nothing of the sort. 359 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:25,160 Everyone experiences hypnagogia. At varying degrees. 360 00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:29,800 What is intriguing here, what the data strongly suggests, is that, erm… 361 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,760 With the depth and clarity of the hallucinations… 362 00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,000 I don't even know if I want to call them hallucinations anymore. 363 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,840 There is a deliberateness. A concreteness. 364 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,240 A form, even, relative to the immaterial 365 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:44,880 to what you are experiencing in the hypnagogic state. 366 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:48,040 Compare it to other test subjects and you'd realize 367 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,840 that there's some sort of cognitive entity. 368 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,240 I mean my … my theory… 369 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:59,400 Not to jerk my intellectual self off here, but… my theory, anyway. 370 00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:01,240 Hm. 371 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,880 So why don't we meet once more this week? 372 00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:05,840 OK. 373 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,000 Mystical mind. 374 00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:23,360 With Dr. Mathis from the Institute of African studies in Toronto. 375 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,000 Hello, everyone. 376 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,080 So, how was your… 377 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:33,040 …like in ancient Greek myths? 378 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,680 Precisely, that's perfectly analogous. 379 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,400 The school of thought holds that these entities 380 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,080 which we call fictional, mythological, 381 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:45,360 which we dismiss as creative expressions of folklore, 382 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:48,440 once actually existed and, er… 383 00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,800 …or had proxies, like oracles or such. 384 00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,600 …Or had proxies. And they had immediate roles to play 385 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,080 in traditional African societies, beyond… 386 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,280 …functions of many mythical creatures, 387 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,520 focuses majorly on entertainment but… 388 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,400 …extents to which orthodox religion 389 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,800 changed traditional African society… 390 00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:18,760 You are right. That does sound crazy. 391 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:22,040 No, no, no. But the theory is… 392 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:28,000 There are certain people, certain… individuals, who are like conduits. 393 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:34,920 And what does a conduit do? It attracts. It conducts. 394 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,360 So these people have within them or around them, or whatever… 395 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,880 a… psychic energy that… 396 00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:45,720 and I know you hate that term, Mathis, but… 397 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:50,000 Not hate. Not hate. Just, erm, wary. 398 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:14,520 ♪ C'mon ♪ 399 00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:25,920 ♪ When the going is smooth and good ♪ 400 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:30,240 ♪ Many, many people will be your friend ♪ 401 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,480 ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 402 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,800 ♪ When the going is smooth and good ♪ 403 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:45,480 ♪ Many, many people will be your friend ♪ 404 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:56,080 ♪ But when the going becomes tough ♪ 405 00:53:56,160 --> 00:54:00,480 ♪ Many of your friends will run away ♪ 406 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:07,760 ♪ C'mon ♪ 407 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:17,560 ♪ Higher, higher, higher Higher, higher, higher ♪ 408 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:25,000 ♪ Higher, higher, higher Higher, higher, higher ♪ 409 00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:32,400 ♪ Higher, higher, higher Higher, higher, higher ♪ 410 00:54:36,240 --> 00:54:39,720 ♪ Higher, higher, higher Higher, higher, higher ♪ 411 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,760 Hello… Good evening. 412 00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:20,920 Yes, I just watched it. 413 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:23,560 Where did you get this? 414 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,800 Did you record it yourself? 415 00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,840 I haven't seen anything like it. I honestly haven't. 416 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:35,400 OK, I will… Yes, I will. 417 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:37,800 Thank you. 418 00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,920 Babe. What sort of melting bubble gum is this? 419 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:35,920 - Gum is gum. - You are so cheap. 420 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,920 I am only concerned about getting a customer right now. 421 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,960 We've been standing here chewing gum since morning, no action. 422 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:44,000 And all this, my God… Jesus! 423 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,400 Calm down! I know them. 424 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,280 How are you guys doing? By the way, do you guys know Don-E? 425 00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,360 - Who? - He is also into movies and entertainment. 426 00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:54,840 What's going on here? 427 00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:58,520 Babe, calm down. If you run, he will freeze you. 428 00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:02,000 So, how are you guys doing? 429 00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:08,680 This is for you. 430 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:19,280 Thank you! Masquerade, thank you. God bless you. 431 00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:21,920 - Thank you! - Do you guys want to go clubbing? 432 00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:27,600 There's this club we usually go to. Come on, let's go have a drink. 433 00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:30,720 Masquerade! Masquerade! We are coming! 434 00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:52,400 You guys are having fun? 435 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,920 Nothing is too much here. 436 00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:59,240 Have your drinks, there is more to come. 437 00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:04,680 This guy is crazy… And I love craziness. 438 00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:07,600 Are you guys dancers? 439 00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,680 - We are-- - Actors! We are actors. 440 00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:14,720 Actually, we are entertainers. We are into entertainment. 441 00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:19,880 Anything entertainment. Dancing, acting, singing… 442 00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:26,240 That is nice. You see, this is my baby. She's a singer. 443 00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,920 But she's going to become a star. 444 00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,800 I am shooting a musical video for her. 445 00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:38,120 Crazy song. Crazy video. And I would love him to be in the video, you know? 446 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:43,160 You see… 447 00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,680 Yeah… Yes, yes, but the problem is… 448 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:50,440 - How much is it? - One million… Two million! 449 00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:54,600 Er… It's not a costing thing… issue. Er, it's the… 450 00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:59,440 She said two million just now. OK, I will make it two point five. 451 00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:04,840 Let me go and ease myself. And my colleague also should… 452 01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:07,200 Don't worry. You guys can go. 453 01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,680 You know? And come back and tell me your final decision. 454 01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,000 Money is no problem. 455 01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:17,920 You know, I was not even thinking big enough. 456 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:23,360 I told you big, big things… big, big things would happen to us. 457 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,400 Big, big business. And money will start coming in. 458 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,440 You see, Masquerade… 459 01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:36,520 Masquerade, in this life loyalty is the most important thing. 460 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:38,040 Loyalty. 461 01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:41,080 We need to be loyal to each other. 462 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:45,400 You know? 463 01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:50,920 All this time we've been partnering, you tell me, 464 01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:57,360 give all the money we make to that useless girl… 465 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,560 Hey, hey! 466 01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:30,000 He has disappeared again. 467 01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:37,880 She told me to take her to Lekki. 468 01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:42,560 Next thing she just appeared with a masquerade. 469 01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:44,920 The moment I saw it I took off! 470 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,720 - Were you scared of the masquerade? - Of course I was frightened! 471 01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:51,440 Beautiful African cultures. This is our heritage. 472 01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,400 Just by creating masquerade costumes, 473 01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:56,520 you can create billions of jobs in this country. 474 01:01:56,600 --> 01:02:00,320 You see, the man who turned into a masquerade, he lives in my neighborhood. 475 01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,360 - Really? - Yeah. 476 01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:06,280 - May I have a number, please? - How much? 477 01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:56,320 So he's been having this dream for over two months. 478 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,920 Every day? 479 01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,240 Sometimes in daytime. 480 01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:05,160 Sometimes at night. 481 01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:13,800 "I don't like this dream." 482 01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:16,160 Let's go and see my pastor. 483 01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:17,840 But he said no. 484 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,520 Can you please… describe the dream? 485 01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:28,720 How do you expect me to describe the dream? Was I the one dreaming it? 486 01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:31,440 You said he was being chased by… 487 01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:34,080 That is what he told me. 488 01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:36,000 That's the only thing he told me. 489 01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:42,640 That's all he told me. That's all I know. 490 01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,080 But there was this day… 491 01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:00,880 We went to bed, like normal people. 492 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:07,080 As we woke up, he had completely transformed. 493 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:14,480 That's how it happened. Just like that. 494 01:04:14,560 --> 01:04:19,400 Did he… Did he always have the masquerade costume in the house? 495 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,760 - Did he buy it from somewhere? - No. No. 496 01:04:22,840 --> 01:04:25,560 We never kept anything like that in our house. 497 01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:28,520 Raymond never had anything like that. 498 01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:30,920 As I have said, that is exactly how it happened. 499 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:35,040 We went to bed. And as we woke up… 500 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:37,520 That's how it happened. Just like that. 501 01:04:37,600 --> 01:04:41,640 What did you do when you found out? Did you call for help? 502 01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:49,720 Wow! 503 01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:58,680 - Greetings, IPSSHRR! - We are one! 504 01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:03,520 - I salute you all! - Our tradition will live long! 505 01:05:04,840 --> 01:05:08,720 Okoroshi. Great Masquerade, Okoroshi. 506 01:05:08,800 --> 01:05:14,560 We are happy to have you in our midst today. 507 01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:17,960 Welcome. 508 01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:20,680 We are… 509 01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:26,680 the Igbo People Secret Society for Heritage Restoration and Reclamation. 510 01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,560 IPSSHRR. 511 01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:32,840 Shhh! 512 01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:38,000 - Don't tell anyone. - No, no, no. 513 01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:41,440 We are dedicated… 514 01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:46,480 to restoring the pride and glory of Igbo culture, 515 01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:51,160 and putting it where it is supposed to be. 516 01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:54,560 So that it is never forgotten. 517 01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:58,000 It will never die. 518 01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:01,320 - It will never die. - It will never die! 519 01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,000 God will never let it happen. 520 01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:13,360 When we found out that there was a masquerade, a great masquerade, 521 01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:18,120 dancing in town, shaking things… 522 01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:22,520 and then come to find out that that masquerade was no other 523 01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:26,440 than the great Okoroshi. 524 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:30,000 The masquerade greater than other masquerades. 525 01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:34,320 Greater than spirit, greater than man. 526 01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:40,800 We knew that it was a message from our ancestors. 527 01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:48,320 That the time has come for us to rise again! 528 01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:56,520 This morning… hm? Our ancestors spoke to me. Yes! 529 01:06:56,600 --> 01:07:00,120 And they revealed to me 530 01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:07,040 that today will mark the beginning of the year of the Okoroshi. 531 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,440 You have heard… 532 01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:20,600 Great Okoroshi… 533 01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:26,320 To demonstrate our deep gratitude 534 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:31,760 for this message that you have brought for us from our ancestors, 535 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:38,000 we have planned a great parade in the city in your honor. 536 01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,720 But… 537 01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:47,560 our vice president… 538 01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:51,680 has not yet arrived from Abuja. 539 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:56,080 - I don't know. Should we wait? - No! 540 01:07:56,160 --> 01:08:00,320 - Or should we go? - Yes! Yes! 541 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:08,160 When men have gathered, a kola nut should be broken. 542 01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:12,920 Let those who are late manage the pieces. 543 01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:15,760 Let us go and celebrate! 544 01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:22,319 It's OK, it's OK. 545 01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:25,680 OK. Let's go. 546 01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:53,120 So when we woke up that morning… 547 01:08:55,000 --> 01:09:00,000 my husband transformed into a spirit… a masquerade. 548 01:09:01,319 --> 01:09:05,439 I didn't know what I was going to do. So I took him to the hospital. 549 01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:10,720 As we reached the hospital, they refused to help us. 550 01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:17,200 From there I took him to his office. 551 01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:23,200 When we got there, they didn't help us either. 552 01:09:23,279 --> 01:09:27,760 In fact, his boss immediately fired him. 553 01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:38,479 So, later on, we went back home. 554 01:09:41,479 --> 01:09:44,479 When we got home, 555 01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:48,640 the spirit…I mean, masquerade… 556 01:09:48,720 --> 01:09:51,399 We both sat down. 557 01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:56,920 Next thing… it just vanished! 558 01:09:57,000 --> 01:10:00,400 It just… disappeared. 559 01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:02,600 Just like that. 560 01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:09,760 Since that day till now, I haven't seen my husband. 561 01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:15,920 That's how my husband disappeared. I haven't seen him till now. 562 01:10:21,240 --> 01:10:24,480 Did you guys hear that story? 563 01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,440 What a story. 564 01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:32,760 Officer, it's true. That's exactly how it happened. 565 01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:35,960 In what reality does a husband wake up transformed into a spirit? 566 01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:39,160 But that is what happened! Why are you guys laughing at me? 567 01:11:09,480 --> 01:11:15,840 You know, Raymond Obinwa is a very African traditional man. 568 01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:19,560 Like all these kind of things… And… 569 01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:21,080 I suspect he did some juju. 570 01:11:22,240 --> 01:11:25,720 Sorry? Hello, sir! I just need a few minutes of your time. 571 01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:29,480 I just want to ask you a few questions about the… It's just five minutes, please. 572 01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:31,040 Just five minutes. 573 01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:35,520 Ehm, it's about the masquerade. I want to know your experience. 574 01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:38,240 I don't know anything about any masquerade. 575 01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,760 Musa, please get rid of this man! 576 01:11:40,840 --> 01:11:45,320 I don't know anything about any masquerade. 577 01:11:45,400 --> 01:11:47,720 I didn't mean to cause any trouble. 578 01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:48,760 Come, come, come. 579 01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:52,320 That masquerade is the son of the devil! Son of the devil! 580 01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:54,040 Say what? 581 01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:58,080 - O… - O-ko-ro-shi. 582 01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:03,040 Oh. O-ko-ro-chi? 583 01:12:03,120 --> 01:12:05,960 "Okorochi." Hmm… 584 01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:11,200 He was great entertainer. Great entertainer! 585 01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:13,880 And he also believed in justice. 586 01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:18,120 I remember one time he and I were walking. 587 01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:21,080 He caught this crook stealing. 588 01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:26,120 He beat the living daylight out of him! 589 01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:30,880 Jagar! Jagar! 590 01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:36,000 I can't lie to you! I swear on my mother! 591 01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,000 I swear on my father! I can't lie to you! 592 01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:39,840 A monster? 593 01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:45,000 It wasn't really a monster. It was more like a masquerade. 594 01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:46,920 It had supernatural powers. 595 01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:50,720 It definitely didn't behave like a human being. It moved like a spirit. 596 01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:54,000 What fucking spirit? Fuck that spirit! 597 01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,200 Fuck anything fuckable about that spirit! 598 01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,200 All I want is my fucking money! Aren't you a man? 599 01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:02,560 - I'm a man! - So why? 600 01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:05,360 It disappeared! It disappeared! 601 01:13:05,440 --> 01:13:07,080 It froze me! 602 01:13:07,160 --> 01:13:11,440 I was trying to move, but I couldn't! Then It started to whip me! 603 01:13:17,480 --> 01:13:21,400 Me! I don't know where Doris found those characters. 604 01:13:23,400 --> 01:13:25,720 I didn't actually find them. 605 01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:28,600 They just appeared out of nowhere, hm? But they were nice to me. 606 01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:32,000 - Nice? - Mm-hm. 607 01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:33,920 Those guys are strange! 608 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:39,440 I don't really know about that, but the masquerade really helped me. 609 01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:42,240 He was really nice to me, so… Mm-hm. 610 01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:05,600 Hey! 611 01:14:06,440 --> 01:14:11,280 - Greetings, my brothers! Greetings - We are one! We are one! 612 01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:12,560 I salute my Igbo brothers! 613 01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:16,200 Our tradition will live forever! 614 01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:17,720 Hey! 615 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:21,080 Okoroshi! Mighty masquerade! 616 01:14:21,160 --> 01:14:24,080 When the mighty masquerade comes out… 617 01:14:24,160 --> 01:14:28,280 the whole town is electrified. 618 01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:32,760 Yes! Yes! Yes! Okoroshi 619 01:14:32,840 --> 01:14:36,160 Greater than spirit, greater than man. 620 01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:40,480 Allow me to introduce myself. 621 01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:43,680 I am also the vice president of IPSSHRR! 622 01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:45,240 IPSSHRR! 623 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:49,320 Okoroshi! I salute you. 624 01:14:51,360 --> 01:14:55,920 My brothers, you did great. 625 01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,400 Sorry I wasn't present. I was held up in Abuja. 626 01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:06,000 You know, meeting president and politicians. 627 01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:13,600 I heard and I was filled with joy, I was dancing. 628 01:15:13,680 --> 01:15:18,800 I heard that you people took the great masquerade Okoroshi out. 629 01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:20,920 And they were dancing and rejoicing! 630 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,080 Yes, that is what we are supposed to do. 631 01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:28,000 So that they will know that the time of IPSSHRR is here now! 632 01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:32,480 - My people! - We are one! 633 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:34,000 OK now… 634 01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:38,920 Standing on all protocols duly observed 635 01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:42,000 and moving on to the next course of action. 636 01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:48,280 Our brothers in Enugu, headquarters, 637 01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:50,680 they have sent me here. 638 01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:55,480 And they have given me the order that the great masquerade Okoroshi 639 01:15:55,560 --> 01:16:00,240 will be taken to the east, so that every necessary plan and preparation 640 01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:02,960 will take place at the headquarters. 641 01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:08,360 Calm down! Calm down! Calm down, I am still speaking. 642 01:16:08,440 --> 01:16:11,920 Shut up! I am still speaking. 643 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,200 Ah! 644 01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:17,600 There is a saying: 645 01:16:17,680 --> 01:16:22,480 "When the ancestors call, we answer them immediately," is that not so? 646 01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:28,600 What we know, is that the great Okoroshi and our ancestors all came from the east. 647 01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:32,840 So therefore, let the masquerade return to the east. 648 01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:42,480 Honorable… Honorable! I salute you. 649 01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:46,520 This way you came in, we knew it was going to be an intense meeting. 650 01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:47,920 - For sure. - Hm… 651 01:16:49,160 --> 01:16:50,960 But, erm… Hm. 652 01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:56,320 We are considering that… 653 01:16:56,400 --> 01:17:01,840 that the great Okoroshi… will remain with us here in Lagos. 654 01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:03,120 - Ohh! Oh! - Mm! 655 01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:10,920 That way, we can be communicating back and forth with Abuja. 656 01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:16,000 And carrying out all the wishes. From here. 657 01:17:17,960 --> 01:17:24,960 The crown belongs to the head and not the stomach. 658 01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:28,600 Now the head is itching for the crown. 659 01:17:28,680 --> 01:17:33,120 So therefore, let the masquerade return to the east! 660 01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:39,320 Hm. 661 01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:45,200 Honorable, please don't be upset. 662 01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:51,280 But if the ancestors, our great ancestors, 663 01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:56,640 decided that Okoroshi 664 01:17:56,720 --> 01:17:59,920 appear in Lagos, 665 01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:05,840 is it not a clear sign that the masquerade should reside here? 666 01:18:05,920 --> 01:18:08,560 - Exactly! - Eh? 667 01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:12,960 Let the masquerade remain here. 668 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:16,920 You? Is that coming from you? 669 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:21,120 How can you utter such words? Abomination! 670 01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:25,920 Elder Nwankwo! Since when have we been asking questions of the ancestral spirits? 671 01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:27,680 - Is that possible? - No! 672 01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:29,480 Good, so we are on the same page. 673 01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:31,520 The only thing we can be sure of 674 01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:36,080 is that the great spirit of Okoroshi belongs to the Igbo land. 675 01:18:36,160 --> 01:18:39,680 So therefore, let the masquerade return to the east! 676 01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:44,320 No! My brothers, listen to me! 677 01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:50,080 Any tribe, or clan, or ethnic group, 678 01:18:50,160 --> 01:18:54,160 or any country, even America, the country of the white men, 679 01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:57,440 cannot exist without its people. 680 01:18:57,520 --> 01:19:01,960 Am I lying? Therefore… 681 01:19:02,040 --> 01:19:06,880 any land where a whole community of Igbo people have gathered, 682 01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:08,280 is Igbo land. 683 01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:12,840 Therefore, chief, let the masquerade remain here! 684 01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:15,960 Take it easy! Quiet! 685 01:19:16,040 --> 01:19:22,080 Take it easy, take it easy. 686 01:19:22,160 --> 01:19:28,240 Look, I have not come here for any political and geographical story. 687 01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:31,080 I have come here with a short and simple order. 688 01:19:31,160 --> 01:19:33,920 They gave me a mandate to tell you 689 01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:37,680 that the great masquerade Okoroshi belongs to the Igbo land. 690 01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:42,000 So therefore, let the masquerade return to the east! 691 01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:47,600 Wait! Wait! So what about us? 692 01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:50,640 Will we not take part in anything to do with Okoroshi? 693 01:19:50,720 --> 01:19:52,960 - Ahh… Ah! - How fair is that? 694 01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:56,840 When we are the ones the masquerade came to? 695 01:19:56,920 --> 01:19:59,640 OK. Let me tell you something. 696 01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:01,240 If the masquerade is to stay here 697 01:20:01,320 --> 01:20:04,120 what of our brothers and sisters in different parts of the country? 698 01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:08,200 Those ones in the southeast, southwest and in the north? What do they do? 699 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:09,440 We have a solution. 700 01:20:09,520 --> 01:20:14,400 That is why I have set up a social media arrangement. 701 01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:19,360 Elder Nwankwo? You sent me a message through WhatsApp. 702 01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:22,240 On my birthday you wished me a happy birthday on Facebook. 703 01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,000 Aren't you all on Instagram? Aren't you all on Twitter? 704 01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:29,200 There are arrangements for Okoroshi to be on social media. You follow him there! 705 01:20:29,280 --> 01:20:33,040 And for those of you who know that you want to be physically present, 706 01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:36,280 or involved physically, then all of you should move to the east. 707 01:20:36,360 --> 01:20:39,040 You expect me to shut down my business and move to the east? 708 01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:39,920 Yes! 709 01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,920 What about me? Do you know how long I have lived in Lagos? 710 01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:43,800 What about some of us who are married to Yoruba? 711 01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:46,360 - You will come with her! - You think it's easy to move? 712 01:20:46,440 --> 01:20:48,640 Bring her! Come to the east, there is space. 713 01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:54,520 "Whenever a bird flies always from its mother's nest, 714 01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:59,960 there must be a worm that will bring it back to that nest." 715 01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:05,760 Please! Please! Please! Forget all these Pete Edochie proverbs. 716 01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:08,920 This is not a Nollywood home video! 717 01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:11,920 What I want to know is… 718 01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:17,520 what exactly is the plan for our brothers in the headquarters, for Okoroshi! 719 01:21:17,600 --> 01:21:19,200 Tell us! 720 01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:24,640 When you are having your executive meetings, do you invite junior members? 721 01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:28,240 Hello, Nneka? 722 01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:32,200 Yes, I think I know where your husband is. 723 01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:34,960 Jagar! 724 01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:36,800 What the hell is wrong with you? 725 01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:42,080 Jagar! Jagar! He's outside. That masquerade that stole your money! 726 01:25:19,320 --> 01:25:21,400 Hey! You masquerade! 727 01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:27,200 Come here! 728 01:25:45,880 --> 01:25:48,760 Look at this one! They call you Okoroshi or whatever! 729 01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:51,000 You want to freeze me! You! 730 01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:54,920 The gods of the underworld have bathed me! I am Jagar! 731 01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:14,480 Huh! 732 01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:38,440 Sir, thank you for inviting us here today. Thank you for having us. 733 01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:41,920 We appreciate this so much. May I begin? 734 01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,240 Please. 735 01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:49,000 You have been doing extensive research 736 01:28:49,080 --> 01:28:55,480 on the relationship between the spiritual and the physical. 737 01:28:55,560 --> 01:28:58,680 Can you kindly tell us some of your findings? 738 01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:04,720 Well, as elements of the spirit worlds materialise in the physical world 739 01:29:04,800 --> 01:29:11,240 they become distorted by the chaos of urban Nigerian life. 740 01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:13,280 Ah. How so? 741 01:29:13,360 --> 01:29:17,080 Because certain energies of the spirit worlds 742 01:29:17,160 --> 01:29:20,200 match with certain energies of the physical world, 743 01:29:20,280 --> 01:29:23,240 disruptions in the physical can cause corruptions 744 01:29:23,320 --> 01:29:26,040 in how the spiritual manifest materially. 745 01:29:26,120 --> 01:29:29,880 The spiritual-cultural displacement that Nigeria is going through. 746 01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:32,200 And we are even stuck there… 747 01:29:32,280 --> 01:29:37,920 Yes. It has created an imbalance in the general Nigerian consciousness. 748 01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:41,400 And it naturally trickles down into daily living. 749 01:29:41,480 --> 01:29:44,280 It's something we desperately need to sort out. 750 01:29:44,360 --> 01:29:50,200 Now, there have been some positive findings in this area, right? 751 01:29:50,280 --> 01:29:53,800 I mean, take for instance your own very book: 752 01:29:53,880 --> 01:29:59,240 "The revival of traditional African spiritual archetypes." 753 01:29:59,320 --> 01:30:00,720 It's your book, you wrote it? 754 01:30:00,800 --> 01:30:03,400 In this very book, you posit 755 01:30:03,480 --> 01:30:07,320 that there have been conscious and unconscious efforts 756 01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:10,760 to bring a balance into this… 757 01:30:10,840 --> 01:30:12,400 Yeah, indeed. 758 01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:15,320 The response to cultural displacement is replacement. 759 01:30:15,400 --> 01:30:18,560 And, like you said, there have been conscious and unconscious efforts 760 01:30:18,640 --> 01:30:21,920 to bring us back to our intrinsic spirituality, 761 01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:26,800 in a way that is symbiotic with our socio-cultural realities. 762 01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:30,320 You see people returning to lost traditional practices, 763 01:30:30,400 --> 01:30:34,920 you see corporate Nigeria seeking an identity of African corporateness 764 01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:39,360 in things as little as trading the suits for agbadas and bubas. 765 01:30:39,440 --> 01:30:43,480 Sir, let me just stop you there. This very tie is Adire! 766 01:30:43,560 --> 01:30:46,520 Yes! You see more people returning to traditional religions. 767 01:30:46,600 --> 01:30:51,000 There is a lot of haphazardness about it, but things are being done in that regard. 768 01:30:51,080 --> 01:30:54,120 And we're positive for more. 769 01:30:54,200 --> 01:30:58,320 Actually sir, this haphazardness 770 01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:01,480 that you say you have observed in your findings… 771 01:31:01,560 --> 01:31:05,960 Take for example Raymond Obinwa. 772 01:31:06,040 --> 01:31:09,200 That is the imbalance! 773 01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:13,680 You see, when the spiritual tries to materialise in the physical, 774 01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:19,240 the corruptions show up as imbalanced psycho-spiritual states. 775 01:31:19,320 --> 01:31:24,360 And this is a global phenomenon, mind you, it's not just in Nigeria or Africa. 776 01:31:24,440 --> 01:31:27,360 Yes. If you look to the United States, for instance. 777 01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:32,920 Incidents like the Slender Man stabbings, the Son of Sam murders, Richard Ramirez…. 778 01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:38,920 All these are indicative of altered and imbalanced psycho-spiritual states. 779 01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:44,880 Of a displaced spiritual psychological collective. 780 01:31:44,960 --> 01:31:49,560 What is most captivating and intriguing about Raymond Obinwa 781 01:31:49,640 --> 01:31:53,400 is that the individual experienced complete transmogrification 782 01:31:53,480 --> 01:31:57,160 to the extent that you begin to wonder… 783 01:31:57,240 --> 01:32:02,280 the extent that the physical and the spiritual really operate? 784 01:32:02,360 --> 01:32:05,280 There's still work to be done, but I believe we're in the right direction. 785 01:32:05,360 --> 01:32:07,720 Wow, wow, wow. 786 01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:09,680 Wow. 787 01:32:15,960 --> 01:32:19,040 If there's one thing I can tell you, 788 01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:24,960 the case of Raymond Obinwa will not be the last of its kind. 62388

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