Diary Of A Bad Man: ONIKOLA Movie by Funmilayo Fiberesima: an exposé on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

I spent a whole afternoon with the beautiful Funmi Fiberesima somewhere quiet in Lekki, and it was simply one of those occasions in real life we all wished had a replay button. Our chat bordered on everything in the entertainment industry, with a degree of focus on her new movie which premiered the weekend before.

ONIKOLA doesn't just touch on a most critical issue which is mostly muted by our society, but dissects the web of complications shrouding that most vile culture of butchering the vagina of little girls, using Kumbi (played by Funmilayo Fiberesima) as a case study.

Most people see female genital mutilation in the same spectrum as child witch-hunting, but to me, it is far worse. At least the so-called child witches are accused of something! Those girls have no clue why they are so painfully being sexually deactivated for life.

ONIKOLA literally means The One Who Marks (the circumciser), and this movie centres on Kumbi's rejection of being mutilated, while making reference to Omosewa (played by Ronke Ojo) who has been circumcised, and faces the torment of living with her scars of frigidity.

One thing this film doesn't do is belabour every scene with the message of FGM. It truly is an entertaining masterpiece featuring other actors as Ibrahim Chatta, Sunday Afolabi and veterans like Dejumo Lewis, Bunmi Olatilewa and Tola Oladokun.

Follow @F_Fiberesima007 and watch out for her upcoming movie, "ONIKOLA". Its about Genital Mutilation.
— Bar Baric (@Bar_Baric) August 1, 2013

Shooting started in February 2012, and by August last year, I promised this movie was worth waiting for. It premiered at the Ikeja City Mall on Sunday, October 3rd, and goes to DVD. Attending the premiere were the heavyweights of the Nigerian movie industry, particularly stars of the Yoruba genre. Get the DVD, watch it, enjoy it, learn, and thank me later. You can't possible go wrong with a movie written by Gbenga Adesanya, Steve Anu Adesemoye, and Abosede Oshin.