Heritage (2003)

An old Archaeologist is unjustly incarcerated on account of official suspicion that he knows about the disappearance of fictional sacred Oduduwa Bronze Chest which was surreptitiously retrieved by the Ifa -Cult when it was suspected that the entire epochal archaeological treasure would be smuggled out of the country and sold off. A foreign doctoral student who insists on meeting the old Archaeologist in prison; unknown to the Archaeologist, may in fact be his biological son. The fruitful meeting between the two, although traumatic, also brings some new interests in the search for Oduduwa Sacred Satchel one of the sacred items sent out for authentication, which miraculously disappeared overseas. The young doctoral student becomes the focus of attention of the smuggling syndicate, still determined to get their hands on both the fictional Sacred Satchel and the Oduduwa Bronze Chest. This sensitization feature length film was inspired by the rampant smuggling of artifacts from Africa with evident connivance by African elite; an activity which began to rival the much more dreaded drug trade in especially West Africa.