By Ndahi Marama

MAIDUGURI—“In  America: The Story of the Soul Sisters”, that won the “Best Film by an African Abroad” at the 2011 African Movie Academy Award, will be shown in Abuja on August 7, 2014 at the National Press Centre, Radio House.

The film, being sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Oracle Films, has been shown at many schools in the United States, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Hampton University, and many others.

Students from Nigeria and other African countries have reportedly found it very entertaining and inspiring.
According to Rahman Ladigbolu, a Nigerian film maker based in Boston, United States: “In America: The story of the Soul Sisters needs to be seen by our youths at home in Nigeria. The lure of life abroad has been confusing to many of us, and, for many who are able to travel out, they painfully learn that life abroad does not always justify its promise.”

Ladigbolu, the maker of the film lamented “in the past they were forcing us into slavery, but today we’re voluntarily selling ourselves into it”?