I Come From Ikotun

Four years ago Kingsley arrived from Nigeria in Guangzhou China and shared a small room with other Africans in the basement of a commercial building He converted this modest space into a barbers shop Kingsley is keen to start an import and export company and to register it officially in Guangzhou He works every day until 11 pm then goes to sleep in a chair at McDonalds He must also send money to his wife so despite all his efforts he is still unable to put aside enough money to register his business In midNovember 2019 he goes back to Lagos to renew his visa There he and his wife rent a small stall in the Ikotun Market in the suburbs But business is hard Early in 2020 Kingsley is due to head back to China to continue his quest but with all travel blocked by the Covid19 epidemic he remains stuck in Nigeria Meanwhile in Guangzhou the director meets Evelyn a Nigerian woman trying to survive with her 6yearold daughter and with another one on the way