Nollywood: Cinema of Nigeria

The creation of Nollywood started in the 1960s. It was when the first Nollywood movies were being created by historical filmmakers such as Ola Balogun, Hubert Ogunde, Jab Adu, Moses Olayia and Eddie Ugboma. ("History,”) They are considered the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers.

These pioneers started the Nigerian movie industry in a country full of citizens that looked to Hollywood for their entertainment. According to Britannica.com, Hubert Ogunde was a pioneer in the field of Nigerian folk opera. He created the Ogunde Concert Party also known as Ogunde Theatre in 1945. It was the first professional theatrical company in the nation. Because of his contribution to the creation of the Nigerian film industry, he is often hailed as the father of Nigerian theatre (Sheffer, Setia & Tikkanen).

Ola Balogun is another pioneer that contributed towards the creation of Nollywood. He is credited with directing a variety of films that cover a broad range of subjects.

He has directed films about politics, corruption, poverty, and music. Even though he is still in the film industry, his major passion now is not being behind the cameras but on stage singing. He ventured into the Nigerian music industry in 2001 and now travels around the world promoting Nigerian culture through his music ("Ola Balogun," 2009).

N.B: Some issues some people try to make look tribal are not only strange but very ridiculous. Late Chief Hubert Ogunde who was a teacher and then a policeman before going into full time acting in the father of them all and so it is wrong for anyone to want to tell lies to counter Aisha because of her tribe.

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They are now calling theatre arts Nollywood.


Go around Africa and go and find out which Nigerian movies made it to the hearts and souls of the people as early as possible.

Let's see if these your scratch scratch face movies will count.

chigator2:
They are now calling theatre arts Nollywood.


Go around Africa and go and find out which Nigerian movies made it to the hearts and souls of the people as early as possible.

Let's see if these your scratch scratch face movies will count.

they started by rejecting the name nollywood, thinking the new industry will crumble but their own hatred and division crumbled.
They started with the idea of 'Yoruba nollywood' Vs "Igbo nollywood" but Igbos paid no attention to them.
They again came up with "new nollywood" and "old nollywood" and discovered that Igbos still hold sway.
They started with "Asabawood" but we didn't pay them attention.
Now, they have embarked on claiming the industry as their "own" like the biblical harlot before king Solomon.

Trash!!!

Why do these people always lie? Could it be in the air they breath, water they drink or ewedu they eat?

Every ethnicity in Nigeria acted plays and had troupes that entertain during festivals, even before the colonialists arrived. It's not a Yoruba thing!

Nollywood became a commercial success after Igbos ventured into it. The first commercially viable movie was Living in Bondage!

Igbos have a golden touch and they bring success to anything they venture into, unlike the sadwasted skull miners