A vicious would-be suicide bomber is heading for Nigeria's vast metropolis of Lagos and only
a down-on-her-luck prostitute can stop a horrific attack. This ominous fiction is part of
"Boko Haram", a new movie by Ghanaian-Nigeria director Pascal Amanfo. The film has been
banned by censors in Ghana and shunned by cinema owners in Nigeria.
A movie inspired by the very real and brutal Islamist group active in Nigeria was potentially so
inflammatory that it was released in the country with the title "Nation Under Siege" to avoid a
backlash.