Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie has come out to respond to her husband’s nephew, Yul Edochie after he mentioned her while reacting to Mohbad’s death. Recall that Yul recently accused Nigerians of bullying him relentlessly for marrying Judy as a second wife, adding that he could have died from the abuse….CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING
According to him, Rita Edochie has not called him on the phone since he lost his son with first wife, May Edochie, but she has been steadily commenting about his marriage to a second wife.
Reacting, Rita said Yul should not complain about her not calling because she has not been talking to Yul
directly since she knows he is not himself.
Her words,
WOW.
Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.
The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.
Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.
Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries….CONTINUE READING
