Faithia Balogun faces heavy criticism as she promotes her movie Efunroye: “She was a slave trader”

• Nollywood actress Faithia Williams recently took to social media to promote her upcoming movie, Efunroye
• In the process of promoting the film, the movie star described the protagonist as a ruler and warrior who rewrote history
• Faithia’s description of Efunroye was met with backlash from Nigerians on social media as they explained the role she played in history

Nigerian actress Faithia Williams has joined the growing list of filmmakers to make epic movies based on her upcoming film, Efunroye.

Just recently, the movie star took to her official X page to promote the film by praising the character it was named after, Efunroye Tinubu.

Faithia had shared a photo of her movie poster and accompanied it with a caption stating that Efunroye was more than just a warrior. According to her, she was also a ruler who rewrote history.

Nigerians react as Faithia Williams praise Efunroye for her upcoming movie. Photos: @faithiawilliams
Source: Instagram

In her words:

“Power. Trade. Legacy. She was more than a warrior, she was a ruler who rewrote history. ‘Efunroye: The Unicorn’ is coming to your screens soon!”

See her tweet below:

Nigerians blast Faithia Williams over Efunroye movie

Following Faithia Williams' post, several Nigerians took to X to express their displeasure. Many netizens claimed that Efunroye was nothing like the actress had described. According to them, she was a ruthless slave trader who did not deserve to be celebrated.

Read some of their comments below:

LD said Efunroye was a slave trader who didn’t want slavery to end:

Christian called it a shame to praise a slave trader:

Erimus asked if slave traders were now to be celebrated:

Concerned Citizen asked if Faithia was alright to think of making a movie on Efunroye:

Black Angel said Efunroye should have been called a beast:

Komoh praised Faithia for bringing history to people’s screens:

Read more comments from Instagram below:

Unusuallycat:

“That’s so true! When we visited Badagry in 2018, I was shocked to see different statuses of many African leaders who sold their own people in exchange for umbrellas, cups, and spoons! I really hope the movie portrayed this woman as she really was fr.”

Doris_property_officiall:

“Imagine a movie about ESCOBAR and the writer describes him as good, peaceful and kind hearted 😂, so funny.”

chycaody:

“I would love to watch it, there's always something to learn in an historic movies.”

Fush_exclusive:

“Either you like it or not she was brave and a powerful woman in her days.”

opara_mbaise:

“I want to watch . There are always many perspectives to history and it’s interesting to see them all.”

Deevasecrets:

“Let me go research first and know her perspective? Maybe for new generations to know their history I am sure.”

asa_chiboy:

“If history was taught in Nigerian schools, we will understand that 80% of what happened to us pre colonial era was our own fault. We did it to ourselves and we are still doing it to ourselves but ofcourse, we blame it all on the white men cos that’s the part they want us to know so bad just so that we won’t look inwards and they will continue with whatever they are doing. Only a few Nigerians knows this.”

Faithia warns Bimbo Ademoye against unwanted pregnancy

Legit.ng recalls reporting a video that went viral a while ago of Faithia Williams warning her junior colleague, Bimbo Ademoye, about her interactions with Mr Macaroni.

In the clip from behind the scenes, Mr Macaroni, aka 'Freaky Freaky Daddy' was seen in a loved-up pose with Bimbo, who she held tightly as they hugged.

Amid the lovey-dovey moment, Fathia was seen strolling by as she went on to jokingly issue a warning to Bimbo against getting pregnant on a movie set.

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Source: Legit.ng