KAYODE KASUM TAKES A NOSEDIVE IN DRAMATIZING THE IGBO CULTURE. Set in modern-day Southeast Nigeria, The Serpent’s Gift follows the sudden death of Nduka Sylvanus, a successful Igbo businessman whose young widow, Ijeoma (Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman), becomes the unexpected custodian of his vast empire. The story pits her against Nduka’s grasping relatives in a battle over inheritance […]