December 24, 2007, Heritage Hotel, Oshogbo, Nigeria

Plot elements of Nollywood films–

• Male honor, public humiliation
• Gifts among family members, particularly from men seeking daughters in marriage
• Sin of sex outside marriage
• Evil of non-Christian devil magic
• Overriding importance of marriage and marriage into “good family”, to the point of parent-forced marriages going awry, children escaping arranged marriage for love marriages
• Evil aunt taking care of orphaned nieces, abusing them over her spoiled daughter
• The wealth and vice of the big city, the modern ways in conflict with tradition
• The prevalence of fraudulent activity (419 law, FCEE agency to counter fraud)
• Bandits and violence
• Foreigners as bandits, negative influence on Nigerians who travel abroad
• Submission of women, women like children, only to serve and comfort husband
• Domestic violence and abuse
• Value of foreign education in business
• Importance of flashy car, especially Mercedes (sensual car cinematography)
• Pregnancy and miscarriages, but little of early childraising
• Lack of funds for life-saving medical treatment
• Hysterical grief of women at loss of loved one
• Tendency to pair lighter-skinned women with darker-skinned men
• Importance of forgiveness for past wrongs