Why I Kept My Return To Nigeria Private – Bukky Wright

Veteran Nollywood actress Bukky Wright has revealed that she kept her return to Nigeria very private. She recently had her say while speaking as a guest on The Morayo Show, and fans have been reacting.

Disclosing that she deliberately chose not to disclose her plans to many people because a personal life lesson has taught her to keep a lot of things to herself.

Stressing that she is nothing without her fans, Bukky added that their support has remained a major part of her journey in the entertainment industry.

Her words, “I didn’t tell anybody I was coming back. As a matter of fact, a lot of people didn’t know when I was shooting.

I kept everything to myself because I learnt something that what you keep to yourself manifests a lot better, which really worked for me on The Return of Omotara Johnson.

I remember when they were growing up, they were never interested in what I was doing, but after some time, he decided to go into music.

He is actually a biochemistry major. He wasn’t supposed to go into music but decided to diversify into music, and I supported him.

I will always say, without my fans, there is no me.”

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.