Maybe Tope Alabi’s Daughter Didn’t Want Her Father At Her Wedding – Ronke Oshodi

Nollywood actress, Ronke Oshodi has come out to defend Gospel artist, Tope Alabi amid criticism directed at the singer for failing to invite her daughter’s father to her wedding. She recently had her say while speaking on Oyin Momo TV, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, Nigerians should stop jumping into conclusion because it could’ve been the singer’s daughter who refused to invite her father to her wedding.

Ronke added that while she is against excluding father from celebrations that involve their kids, she also knows that there are reasons for every decision a mother makes.

Her words, “Don’t let us blame Tope Alabi for not allowing the father of her daughter to be present at her wedding. The girl is 27 years old, maybe she was the one that didn’t want to see her dad. She is an adult. If she really wanted her dad, she would have insisted to her mum.”

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.