Kemi Adetiba Is A Genius – Oscar Heman-Ackah

Oscar Heman-Ackah, husband to Nollywood filmmaker Kemi Adetiba, has come out to hail his wife after the release of her much-talked-about series “To Kill a Monkey.” He recently described Adetiba as a genius, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he watched his wife give her all to the movie, and the positive reviews thus far are a testament to the depth of Adetiba’s voice and the sharpness of her mind.

He added that he is never surprised by Kemi’s creative prowess, and he is immensely proud of her achievements.

His words, “It’s only been a few days since To Kill A Monkey was released… and already, the waves it’s making are impossible to ignore.

I’ve seen the reactions, the heated conversations, the quiet reflections… and I just want to say this: MY WIFE @kemiadetiba is a GENIUS.

I watched her give everything to this story, her mind, her heart, her discipline, her spirit. The weight of it, the questions she wrestled with alone… and somehow, she held the entire vision with clarity and courage until it stood, exactly the way she imagined.

To Kill A Monkey is not an easy film. It’s layered, uncomfortable, and deeply human. And the way everyone is responding to it, so passionately, is a testament to the depth of her voice and the sharpness of her mind.

I’m not surprised.
But I’m still in awe.

Baby… I see you. I love you.
And I’m proud of you beyond measure.”

WOW.

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.