Moyo Akandé grew up in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
[2] Akandé trained as an actress at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2008.
The short film focuses on two sisters torn from their home in Nigeria for slavery, who start a perilous journey from foreign hands through the Scottish Highlands in search of freedom.
It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 in London and BAFTA Scotland in the same year.
[7][8] In 2019, Akandé appeared in four episodes of the Scottish comedy-drama Guilt.