Kayode Peters Buried In Canada

Nollywood filmmaker and actor Kayode Peters has been laid to rest in Canada. He was recently buried amid tears and emotional scenes from family and friends.

The burial happened on Saturday, at the Milton Evergreen Cemetery in Ontario, following a funeral service at McKersie & Early Funeral Home.

A clip shared online captured mourners weeping and comforting one another as the actor’s casket was lowered into the ground.

Recall that a Night of Tribute was held in Lagos on July 22, followed by another in London on July 29.

Kayode was best known for his work on the TV sitcom “My Flatmates,” as well as other comedy projects like “Extended Family,” “Twilight Zone”, and “Papa Ajasco & Company.”

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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.