Veteran Nollywood actress Bukky Wright has shared that her in-laws took her children away from her when they were still very young. She recently spoke publicly about a painful chapter in her life, and fans have been reacting.
Narrating that her marriage into a wealthy family came with struggles that shaped her journey, Bukky stated that her ex-husband’s parents dismissed her potential and concluded that she would never achieve anything meaningful in life.
The moviestar added that joining Nollywood was not driven by fame but by a deep desire to create a path for her children to find her when they grow older.
Her words, “My children were taken away from me when they were young because I married into a very wealthy family, and they did not think I would amount to anything in life, but here I am today. I never even thought of becoming a star. I actually started acting so that when my children grow up, they would at least know where to find me.
A lot of people don’t know this about me. I’m not a very social person. I’m more of an introvert. I am a cyber security analyst, an IT auditor, a writer, and an actor. I am from a polygamous family, and I didn’t get to know my father until I am one. I am from Abeokuta in Ogun State, contrary to people’s believe that I am from Ile-Ife in Osun state.”
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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.
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