The Woman of Calabar rocks the airwaves

TV buffs are currently having a swell time watching and applauding The Woman of Calabar, which recently hit the airwaves, courtesy of Kaymouzo media productions. The Woman of Calabar, is the TV adaption of the highly successful play written by renowned playwright, Elechi Amadi. It finally hit the big screens in Lagos and Rivers States stations respectively with a bang. The 30–minute serial, which occupies the 5.30pm belt on Galaxy TV, Lagos, on Mondays and prime time, every Thursday on RSTV, was adapted and produced by pretty Victoria Ajayi, the head honcho of Kaymouzo media productions (KMP) and directed by Jide Alli. The 13-episode drama, seethes with romance and ethnic bigotry essentially. It further highlights the erroneous beliefs and misconceptions about efik maidens.
Parading popular faces like; Tina Mbah, Ngozi Nwosu, Toyin Osinaike, Ombogogo Ombo and promising acts such as: Emnanuel Ozzi and Ify Omalicha, the story revolves around the over-protective Debo Akrika, who would not allow her only son, Eme to marry a Calabar girl. Mrs Akrika’s anxieties are not unconnected with the age-long myth that Calabar women often cast spell on their men in order to keep them. Worse still, the sad memory of Debo’s brother who suffered a cruel fate allegedly in the hands of his lover, incidentally, an Efik woman, lingers.
Meanwhile, two botched attempts by Debo to separate the love-birds set the stage for a final face off between Adia and her would-be-mother-in-law. Filled with suspense and display of wits, the eventual confrontation between Debo and Adia culminates in a great revelation that fosters quick resolution of the conflict. The resolution however, reaffirms the imperative of love and unity in a multi-ethnic, multi-racial society like Nigeria.