Soap Around The World / Part 5:
Berlin- Lagos - Port Harcourt
Length: 16.22 min.
For four years the sitcom "Basi & Company", written and produced by Ken Saro-Wiwa was a weekly event in Nigeria. Ken Wiwa explains the meaning of Mr. Basi for thousands of Nigerians who left the social security of their villages to fight for daily survival in the city of Lagos. In Berlin three Nigerians reflect on the sitcom in which satirical humour reveals the political situation in Nigeria.