‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ Review: A Twisty Nigerian Melodrama That Could Use More Mischief

Variety - Sep 16, 2026

One of three Nigerian films playing at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” immediately throws the audience into the central dilemma of its plotty narrative. In the first scene, post copulation, Baga Segi (Odunlade Adekola) demands that his fourth and youngest wife Bolanle (Omowunmi Dada) see someone about being […]

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