Synopsis
Sudani from Nigeria is one of the top rated movies ever in Malayalam which is described by critics as “a beautifully narrated, heart-warming human story which is a soothing balm for the soul in our fractured world” ! Samuel Abiola Robinson is a Nigerian footballer recruited by a club in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Although Africans are a familiar sight on sports fields here, Sudani from Nigeria makes it clear that locals have limited knowledge about the continent and are unaccustomed to social encounters with its people. How unaccustomed becomes evident when Samuel is variously described as Nigerian, Ugandan and Sudanese/Sudani, that last label inspiring the nickname Sudu