Shuga
What's Your Reality?
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.
Seasons
Season 1 (2009)
Young friends in Kenya navigate ambitions and broken dreams in this coming-of-age drama that explores sexual health, relationships and family issues.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Friday Nights
2009-01-01Ayira has hopes of the high life and catches the eye of an older man, meanwhile the fast boys flex their masculinity and Virginia plays hard to get.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: The Morning After
2009-03-08The Fast boys get caught slipping, while Ayira thinks she is playing Felix, but is she the one in control? Can she keep up with Felix and sustain her relationship with Ty or will she risk losing it all? We find out the reason behind Virginia's erratic behaviour, she's been hiding something from Leo.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Tomorrow
2009-03-15Everything comes to a head in the final episode, Ayira's risks losing it all as her actions catch up with her and Skola is free falling to his lowest point.
Runtime: N/A minSeason 2 ()
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.
6 episodes
Episodes
Season 3 ()
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.
0 episodes
Season 4 ()
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.
0 episodes
Season 5 ()
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.
0 episodes
Season 6 ()
The sixth series of Shuga returned to Nigeria and premiered on March 7, 2018. Set against the backdrop of a bustling Lagos metropolis, where we see the northern and southern communities blended together. In this new season we meet a host of new characters dealing with coming of age drama. Friendships are tested, relationships reach risky heights, and secrets threaten to break family ties.
18 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 2: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 3: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 4: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 5: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 6: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 7: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 8: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 9: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 10: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 11: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 12: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 13: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 14: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 15: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 16: MTV Shuga Naija
Episode 17: Episode 17
Episode 18: Episode 18
Season 7 ()
The seventh series was again based in South Africa and called "MTV Shuga Down South".
0 episodes
Season 8 ()
No overview available.
0 episodes