I Didn’t Know Ogogo Was Battling Cancer – Peter Fatomilola

Veteran Nollywood actor, Peter Fatomilola, has said that he didn’t know Ogogo was battling health challenges before his daughter disclosed it online. He recently had his say during an interview with African A-List, and fans have been reacting.

Describing the late Ogogo as someone he considered a son, Fatomilola stated that he would have sought the advice of people more knowledgeable than him if he had known about the actor’s condition.

Peter added that Taiwo Hassan’s death is a big loss to his family, friends, Nollywood and the country as a whole.

His words, “Taiwo Hassan, In the industry, he is like a son to me. Personally, I can’t say I heard that he had challenges.

Until recently, when his child spoke out and made things public. Whatever is troubling a person, if it is kept under wraps, by the time it escalates beyond control…

If we hear that something like this is happening to a person, which I am not aware of, I will inform those who are wiser or more knowledgeable than 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.