May Allah Guide Late Ogogo Through Aljannah – Saidi Balogun

Nollywood stars Saidi Balogun, Wunmi Toriola and Ayo Adesanya are currently mourning veteran actor Ogogo, following his death at the age of 66. The movie stars recently celebrated the life of their colleague on social media, and fans have been reacting.

Sharing a picture of the deceased, Saidi Balogun wrote, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'[un.🕊️🕊️🕊️] You can rest now my brother Taiwo Hassan Ogogo. May Almighty Allah guide you through Aljannah. This is truly painful.😭😭😭😭😭”

Wunmi Toriola wrote, “Erin WoHaSir TOdigbere 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔Rest on LegendOju ti owo💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔”

Ayo Adesanya added, “God loves you the most ..you will always be the one and only ogogo in our hearts RIP sir T 🙏That beautiful smile of yours will be missed dearly 🙏”

Ogogo began his acting career in the 1980s and became one of the recognised figures in Yoruba language cinema.

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.