Stop Comparing Me With Other Nollywood Actresses – Toyin Abraham

Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham has finally addressed her viral incident involving Funke Akindele that dominated social media months ago. She recently had her say during an appearance on the Morayo Afolabi Brown Show, and fans have been reacting.

Admitting that she has no interest in revisiting the controversy, Toyin stated that she has moved on from the saga and doesn’t wish to talk about what transpired at the event.

The moviestar added that comparisons with other actresses do not sit well with her anymore at this point in her life.

Her words, “There is nothing anyone would say that will get to me anymore.

If I respond to you, it’s because I am just having fun with you.

I want to play with you. I don’t want to talk about it because I don’t like talking about my past.

I don’t like it when they pitch me with anyone. I just want to be me, Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi.”

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.