Kudi Alagbo Stepped In As Priscilla’s Mother When I Was Busy With My Nollywood Career – Iyabo Ojo

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has come out to appreciate her longtime colleague, Kudi Alagbo, for her role in raising Priscilla Ojo. She recently had her say during the final celebration of Juma Jux and Priscilla’s elaborate wedding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, after more than five ceremonies held in both Tanzania and Nigeria already.

According to her, Kudi consistently filled in for her in Priscilla’s life, especially when she was juggling motherhood and her Nollywood career, and she is forever grateful to her.

Iyabo added that when she was very occupied at movie locations, Kudi never failed to step in as a mother and guardian for her kids.

Her words, “This is part of the people that raised Priscilla, this is Mummy Priscilla.

Thank you, so much. For those times, I hunt for jobs, when I go to locations

You will stay at home to stand in gap for me.

You will feed and care for her and Festus.

You do give them all the necessary training, including beating them once in a while.

This is the real Mama Priscilla, she was the one that taught Priscilla how to cook.

She was the one that bathed her, fed her, and took her to school.

Thank you, so much.”

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.