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Open the shop!

Hello, is anyone in there?

l ordered eggs. - People want their breakfast!

Open up!

Come on, will you? Open up!

l bet he's asleep back there.

Dad!

Dad, what's wrong?

Come on, get up.

Leave me alone.

Come on, it's Saturday.

Gerald and Mama Shiro need you. They have a party.

They can keep their money.

Are you ill?

l'm not here.

But Dad, you are here!

Look, here's yourhead. Here are yourarms.

This isn't me.

What happened?

They took my soul. l'm lost.

Who did? That woman.

l'm finished. But Dad ...

Dad!

The shop's closed!

Abila, what's up? What'sthe problem? -Abila!

Have a piece of arrowroot. lt's delicious today. Just like fish.

We Luo have become like the Kikuyu. We even feed our children arrowroot.

Like Ugandans!

Abila, what's up? Dad won't open the shop.

And he can't speak.

Sounds like any Friday. He probably had MamaAkinyi's special brew.

No, Mom, that's not it.

Dad really isn't well. He says he's lost his soul.

He lost his soul a long time ago.

Did you see him this morning?

You're not a baby any more. You know l'm at work here.

Don't worry, your dad will be fine.

Are you following me?

Why would l be following you? -You were at my house, and now you're here.

Abi, weren't you told not to speak to me?

Why? Because l'm from Mount Kenya.

l've got Kikuyu friends in Kiandaa, and a girl called Shiku is my neighbour.

Your dad fired me.

Dad said you were drunk 24 hours a day.

And snoring instead ofkeeping watch.

Did you see him yesterday?

l'm telling you, your dad's playing with the devil.

Last night ...?

Got a match first?

Your dad was with the Nyawawa.

She strangled him and dragged him all the way down to the river.

But Dad said the Nyawawa stories are all lies.

What did he tell you? -That they are fake.

Not real like you and me, just stories.

Then why are all those guys by the river?- Where?

At the South Kibera border. Look forthe shadow.

The darkest shadow.

Your dad's lost.

Once the Nyawawa gets hold of you, you're in trouble.

Didn't you see me?-Ages ago!

Never! Why are you following me?

Just because.

Shiku, this isn't a game. l'm looking for something important.

What? l can't tell you. lt's a secret.

l could help you. Abi.

Come here.

l'm winning this game. Forget it!

Check out who's with him!

What's up? -Abi, check this out!

Where did you get it?

What's this Kikuyu girl doing here?

Nothing. Oh, nothing? Fine, listen up.

About tomorrow. We're playing chicken on the rail track.

with the guys from Kambi Muru. We'll see who the chickens are.

lt'll be me and the Kisumu Express.

l'll have my feet on the track for so long, they'll flip!

Where are you going? l'm looking forthe Nyawawa.

They're all overthis place! Which one are you looking for?

Are you going with this Kikuyu girl?

Hey, guys, will we go all the way? -Not all the way ...

We can be with her all day, but won't go all the way!

Quit messing around! l'm looking forthe Nyawawa at the border.

The one with the cow's leg? l heard she's called Akinyi.

That's her. Have you seen her?

Who asked you?

Shut up! - Hey, listen,

don't you all go shooting your mouths off, alright?

This lady's not like you think. Nothing like what you hear.

You all know my brotherwho loves the ladies? He met thisAkinyi.

She almost drowned him at the dam. That lady is bad news.

What happened?

They may be cow's legs, but ifthat lady spreadsthem for you,

you're done!

But my bro's too slick forthat. He got rid ofher and escaped.

That lady's no joke!

Why does she do that to them? Do you know MamaAkinyi?

The one who ownsthe bar at the border between Soweto and Gatwekera?

Her daughter vanished when we were kids.

My mom told me she fell in love with some guy from Makina,

but he ran off to the States with some tourist.

When she found out, she went and drowned herself at the dam.

Afterthat they found her at the Gatwekera beach.

No wonder people say Akinyi and the Nyawawa are the same person.

She came back to get revenge on men who cheat.

Quit giving history lessons and just say you wantAbi.

You're such a child!

Child? Ever spread your legs? You know nothing!

Spread yours, then we'll see!

We won't go all the way! - We can be with her all day,

but we won't go all the way. We can be with her all day ...

So you're looking forAkinyi? You're out of your mind!

You want to end up like those guys who lost their souls or like Bojo's brotherand get married?

You've got a girlfriend over here!

Did you hearthat gunshot?

Something's going on at the Revival Church! Let's go and see!

See how stupid yourfriends are? -Relax!

l'm off.

Abi, wait for me.Abi!

When we're alone, you're cool, but when they're around, you're stupid.

Then leave me alone.

Who was following who yesterday?

What are you talking about?

l saw you stalking me after school, from Toi all the way home.

So what?

My guardian angel!

Come on, l just use the same route as you.

Why don't you want to be seen with me?

That's not true!

Then why were you running away? - l wasn't running away.

ljust have to find this Nyawawa.

Why? -My dad's lost his soul.

Did he go with her?

To her house? l think so.

This morning he looked like a ghost.

l've seen her, l swear. -Really?

Yes, l know where we can find her.

Where?

l knew Akinyi when l was little. She was my nanny.

Akinyi? Nyawawa?

Yes,And she was such a nice girl.

l think my dad's going to die. What am l going to do?

You have to face the Nyawawa like a man in orderto save your dad.

But how? l don't know.

Show me where to find her. -Come on.

There.

Where? -ln there is where l saw her.

You'll have to look for her.

You're not coming? She wouldn't show herself, if l came.

You go on. l'll wait here for you.

Abi, go on!

What do you want?

Don't come any closer! Come closer, and you'll be sorry!

l've come to help my dad.

The father's a coward, but the son is brave!

Are youAkinyi? l am many things.

You took my father's soul. -Are you calling me a thief?

l'm not a thief! They come here oftheir own free will and then

they forget themselves, because they're weak.

Who? Men.

They are weak. They can't be trusted.

They come oftheirown free will. -l want my dad back.

Only another man can help yourfather.

But a mere boy like you

can not!

l can! - No, you can't.

Fine.

There are seven tasks you need to complete before morning.

l've seen the dark side of yourfather.

l've seen his fear and all ofhis failings..

Now you will have to face them. But will it get him his soul back?

There will be a sign before each task.

A sun shining very brightly.

Afterwards light will be restored to yourfather's darkness.

l don't understand. - Of course you don't.

Because this is about the otherness inside a man's soul.

lt's a totally different world.

The reason why you are you, and someone else is someone else.

One!

Slip into someone else's skin and inhabit it in front of others.

Two!

Pay someone else's debt without stealing from someone else.

Three!

Help a sinnerwho's in trouble without judging him.

Four!

Fight a battle against a new world. Five!

Use yourwits to save someone else's life.

Six! Discover an unknown place and understand the difference.

And the last task:

Confront the monstrous snake, the one you fearthe most.

Now go. Look forthe sign.

One last thing.

Tell no one ofthese tasks.

Otherwise all your efforts will be in vain.

Did you see her?

And?

l have to find a sun. Not that one!

How can you let a child go by itself?

She told me she was waiting for Vinni. - What? You're a grown man!

Stop blaming me! - Who else can we blame?

You should have gone with her!

Get out ofmy sight! What'sthis doctortelling me now? HlV?

HlV, he says!

This isthe end of me. Now what will these children do?

This can't be my fault.

l've done all l can, but these kids won't listen.

One ofthe reasons is that their mother doesn't talk to them.

l don't want to defend myself alone.

There are plenty of other men here. l want a man to come up and defend me.

One of you come up here. Young man!

You defend me. Come on!

Slip into someone else's skin and inhabit it in front of others.

Come up here, man!

Let's see if we can solve this problem. Come on up here. Speak as yourfather.

Here, take this.

lt must be clearto you, that it isn't my fault, right?

Was this child born only to its mother? Wasn't there a father, too?

Let's call a girl up here, too, so she can support all women.

You there! Come on overhere. - Those people brought women to Beijing,

so don't ask a little girl questions like that.

We've agreed that children belong to both parents.

So go on, Mother, and tell this Father that the children aren't only yours.

Listen up, you helped the mother make the baby,

so the child belongs to both of you.

Now you listen to me.

lt's the job ofthe motherto take care ofthe children,

cook forthem them and do small jobs round the house.

The mother is closerto the kids, because the father is always at work.

He'stoo busy.

The father's job round the house isto beat them.

The motherhasto keep them washed. l don't have time forthat.

Exactly! - So ... - l have to think ofthe future, right?

So you admit it's yourfault, because you're not responsible?

Say, yourwife is pregnant ... -Ask him, he's my representative.

She's pregnant.

Let's say she was in labour, and the dishes are dirty.

Will you wait until she's given birth, so she can do them?- l'll get a maid.

No, there is no maid.

l can't wash dishes.

Let's say, for argument's sake, that you can't get a maid.

Now, l have a question.

Ask away.

Stop avoiding the question!

Do you admit l've won?

Abi, where are you going?

You made me look like an idiot in front of all ofKibera. - What?

My ''Mother''just made your ''Father'' look stupid.

Are you calling my dad stupid? - No, not stupid.

lt's just that his opinions have spread. - How do you mean?

They're old-fashioned.

l don't like being laughed at.

Abi, you made those people laugh, that's cool, isn't it?

Where are we going?

l saw another sign, another sun. - Where?

On the T-shirt of our landlord's thug, Kamangu. He's going to our shop.

l don't think Dad's paid the rent.

Open up! Come on, open up!

The bald guy, isthat him? Yes.

ls your dad home? -l told you what happened.

Put up the sign. You will pay me! Put it up.

Put it up. You think you can get away with it? You will pay me!

Stop, thief!

There he goes. Stop him, he's a thief!

Thief, today you'll burn!

Help a sinnerwho's in trouble without judging him.

Help me.

Stop, thief!

Stop, thief! - Where did he go?

Where is he?

He went that way.

By the way, what's he done?

He stole my mobile!

Thank you.

What did you do?

Take this.

lfthey catch me with it, they'll kill me.

Pay someone else's debt without stealing from someone else.

Now l can get the cash to pay the rent. -lt's a stolen mobile.

So what?

Selling a stolen mobile is just as bad as stealing it yourself.

He gave it to me.As a present.

Since when is a stolen mobile a present? Do you want to get yourselfkilled?

Don't be such a baby. This is the rent!

Yourdad won't let you pay the rent with money from a stolen mobile!

Did you see me steal it? - Why do you refuse to understand?

All the boys round here are idiots. - Leave me alone. l'm sick of you!

l'm the one who's sick of you!

Auntie Susan, wait!

Auntie, where are you going?

l'm offto work in Karen. You know the place, Mama Claire's.

Auntie, Dad's lost his mind. Please, go talk to him.

What? Right now?

Auntie, please, Mom will listen to you. Dad needs help.

So what's happened to my sister's husband now?- lt's hard to explain.

l want to come with you. Can l come with you to Karen?

Please, don't leave me. -Anothertime maybe, but not today.

You promised you'd take me some time. - l did, but not today, alright?

40 bob to Karen, this car! Only 40 shillingsto Karen!

Please get on, Madam. 40 bob to Karen!

Take the seat up front.

Only 40 bob! Two more passengersto Karen.

lt's 40 bob to Karen! Hey, kid! Have you got money forthe fare?

lt's 40 bob.

That's only 20. lt's 40 bob. Evertaken a share taxi before, kid?

What'sthis? -Please ...

Let's go!

l want to get offhere!

Let's go!

Fight a battle against a new world.

Are you getting offhere? -Yes.

Off you go then.

Thank you, madam.

Driver, let's go. - l'm getting off.

First you pay only 20 bob and now this!

You're not making any friends, get off!

lsthat your kid?

Help me set the table.

Use yourwitsto save someone else's life.

Auntie, why didn't you wake me? -l was just about to.

Abi, you did a good thing, coming with me to Karen.

lt was God's will that you came.

And you did a very good deed. Really.

Auntie, we should get back. -Okay, let's go.

From my dad.

He's so black, when he holds a baby, it falls asleep thinking it's night.

This guy's wife is so black, she scares offthe devil!

When his mom holds a baby, it falls asleep thinking it's night.

l'll push you around, if l feel like it. What are you going to do about it?

Guys, look!Another idiot from Soweto. -Today we'll see who the idiots are.

What's up, where were you? What've you got there?

Give it here.

Today's Sunday! Save this school stuff fortomorrow.

Get this stuff out ofhere!

Guys, it's the Kisumu Express! Hurry up, get ready, it's coming!

lf we win, the tracks are ours. - Fine,

but if we win, you never show yourfaces round here again.

Kaka, Willie, hang on! Don't chicken out.

Hang on!

Willie, don't chicken out!

Confront the monstrous snake, the one you fearthe most.

l'm finished.

You have to face the Nyawawa like a man in orderto save your dad..

l've seen the dark side of yourfather.

l've seen all ofhis failings.

l want my father back.

Amere boy like you cannot save him!

Yourdad's playing with fire.

He lost his soul a long time ago.

Mr Brian, are you happy?

Discover something incomprehensible and understand the difference.

Tell me, what are you doing? l'm trying to understand.

That's fine, but l don't think this is a very good place to do it.

Let's go somewhere else.

Alright.

l thought you were sick ofme. -l thought you were sick of everything.

l'm going to see how my dad's doing. - Do you think he's okay?

l hope so, afterwhat happened.

Going to church today? -l need to speak to the man upstairs.

This is for you from me.

Thank you.

Abi, give the lady a hand.

You're okay?

That was some hangover yesterday!

Kamangu was here yesterday. - What did he want?

Why did he comeon Saturday instead of Friday?

Abila, come over here.

Hurry up and get dressed for church.

Auntie Susan told me about yesterday.