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# Nigeria’s first lesbian feature film to be released this year
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/nigerias-first-lesbian-feature-film-to-be-released-this-year/
- Published: 2020-08-17T10:30:40.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-15T12:56:56.000Z
- Description: The first lesbian feature film, titled ìfé, is due to be released online later this year in Nigeria, marking a milestone for LGBTQ+ cinema in Africa.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Arts, News, Previews, Queer Corner, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Nigeria

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The first lesbian feature film, titled *ìfé* – meaning ‘love’ in the Yoruba language – is due to be released online later this year in Nigeria, marking a milestone for LGBTQ+ cinema in Africa. The film follows the relationship between Adaora (portrayed by **Cindy Amadi**) and her female partner (**Uzoamaka Aniunoh**) as they fall in love over the course of three days.

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LGBTQ+ activist Pamela Adie.

**Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim** directed the film in collaboration with **Equality Hub**, a non-profit organisation which aims to ‘amplify the voices’ of queer Nigerian women through digital storytelling. **Pamela Adie**, a prominent LGBTQ+ in Nigeria, told Reuters there has never been a film like ìfé before in the country, and the reception to the film trailer ‘has been mad’. The official trailer has already been viewed nearly 15,000 times on YouTube.

LGBTQ+ voices are commonly censored in Nigeria as queer people are often prosecuted under a variety of laws; in 2014, [legislation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/13/nigerian-president-signs-anti-gay-law?ref=scenemag.co.uk) was put into place that means those in same sex relationships may be jailed for up to 14 years. LGBTQ+ characters are rarely featured in African media, and 2018 Kenyan film *Rafiki* was banned for its lesbian centric storyline. Pamela Adie believes that *ìfé* will help change Nigerian attitudes towards queer people by illustrating that ‘love is love’ and showing how prejudice and homophobia negatively affects LGBTQ+ people and their relationships.

The trailer for *ìfé* can be viewed on the film’s [official website](https://ifeemovie.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nigeria-lgbt-600.jpg)