Adetutu faces many responsibilities. She must juggle her role as Arugba (the virgin) in the annual community festival with her studies at the university. She must also care for an ailing and grieving friend. Other plot points include Adejare, a demanding king, Adetutu's blossoming musical career, and her growing fondness for a gifted artist named Makinwa which places a strain on Adutu's relationship with the other members of her all female musical group.
Madam Dearest is a Yoruba movie about Bukky who’s husband is jailed for life. Due to family pressure, she moved on with her life and had a son for a Ghananian who is one of her husband`s employees. Her husband, Biodun, was later exonerated and released from jail only three years into his jail term. In her confusion, Buky tells her husband that he`s the father of her son. The world of the employee crumbles and this starts the greatest cover-up of all battles.
When a usurper, Lapita, seizes the throne of Jogbo the scene is set for a film about the power struggles and corruption of a mythical African state tied up to the rituals of kingship – principally the beating of the Saworoide (or brass bell) drum. A homespun political parable emerges drawing interest by converting the typically unstable African political stereotypes into a fable complete with songs and a Greek Chorus that reflect upon the plot.
