Quick Info
Status: Ended
Network: MTV Base Africa
Type: Scripted
Rating: 0.0/10
Shuga
Overview
Daring drama, set across multiple countries, that follows the lives of young people as they encounter love, lust, and the challenges of growing up.
This production, originally released in 2009, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Drama genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 0.0 across its 8 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Drama.
- • Produced in Nigeria.
- • Original Language: Afrikaans.
Seasons
Season 1
3 Episodes • Aired 2009-01-01
Young friends in Kenya navigate ambitions and broken dreams in this coming-of-age drama that explores sexual health, relationships and family issues.
Season 2
6 Episodes • Aired TBA
The storylines in this season are rape, transactional sex and homosexuality plus a bunch of other issues to be explored included HIV testing, stigma, condom use, gender inequity and the role of multiple partnerships in driving the HIV epidemic.
Shuga Naija
0 Episodes • Aired TBA
The third season of the series, dubbed Shuga Naija, was shot and set in Nigeria. Shuga Naija tells the story of several Lagos youths and how they deal with love, sex and relationships.
Season 4
0 Episodes • Aired TBA
The fourth season of Shuga was filming in Nigeria, in early 2015. Shuga 4 focused on themes involving adolescent girls, stigma, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), HIV testing, gender based violence, first sex and the disclosure of HIV status.
Shuga: Down South
0 Episodes • Aired TBA
The fifth season was called "Shuga: Down South" and it was based in South Africa. It was set in the cool clubs, hangouts and schools of Johannesburg’s Braamfontein, and the township of “Zenzele”. The seasons themes included abusive relationships, sexual assault, back alley abortions, and "blessers" in addition to continuing the conversation about HIV. This was one of the darkest seasons of Shuga as it featured the death of a character.
