Big Weddings Put Pressure On Marriages – Ruth Kadiri

Nollywood actress Ruth Kadiri has advised couples to avoid putting themselves under unnecessary pressure with elaborate weddings. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

Arguing that the expectations surrounding such ceremonies often affect marriages, Kadiri revealed that big weddings mostly place emotional and mental pressure on couples.

Ruth added that people fail to recognise how the demands of wedding preparations can influence their transition into married life.

Her words, “I do think that big weddings put pressure on couples. It puts pressure on the marriage itself.

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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.