In the 1980s, a 20-year-old Funmi (Gbubemi Ejeye) is being married off to a man, a farmer, without her consent. Her father has accepted the wine as culture demands, and in the opening scene of Farmer’s Bride, her mother is encouraging or persuading her to consider the man, an ‘old man’ whom Funmi says she … Continue reading Farmer’s Bride Review: Between Love and Tradition Lies the Undoing of a Woman’s Desire