When Wealth Raises Questions: ‘19’ Explores Nigeria’s Culture of Easy Money
Tosin Clegg
In today’s Nigeria, the display of extravagant wealth on social media has become almost routine. Luxury cars worth hundreds of millions of naira line the entrances of exclusive nightclubs, while expensive champagne, cognac and limited-edition whiskies are ordered by the crate, often with little public curiosity about how such fortunes were made.
While legitimate wealth has grown through technology, entertainment, entrepreneurship and the digital economy, the scale of conspicuous consumption has also fuelled difficult conversations about the country’s growing fascination with quick money. Increasingly, many Nigerians are asking whether society has become too comfortable celebrating wealth without questioning its source.
It is this uncomfortable reality that ‘19’, a gripping new crime drama, confronts head-on.
