Popular Nollywood actor and filmmaker Muyiwa Ademola has broken his silence after his cousin, Allwell Ademola’s burial in Lagos. Recall that Allwell’s burial ceremony, which began on Thursday, January 8 and ended on Friday, January 9, was attended by popular faces in the Yoruba movie industry.
Reacting to his noticeable absence at her burial, the veteran actor took to his social media pages to mourn his cousin, stressing that he was out of the country.
Muyiwa added that Allwell Ademola’s death is another painful reminder that tomorrow is never promised.
His words, “It’s a final Goodbye Couz The saddest part is my not being in the country to witness your final journey back home. Your death is just another painful reminder that tomorrow is never promised! Each day we live is deducted from the days we would live on earth, each birthday we celebrate takes us closer to our final birthday! May we live long, amen. Sun re o Omo Oba EniObanke Ademola, bami ki baba mi Awofe Ademola, ki Uncle Adetokunbo Ademola… o digba o! O di gbere!”
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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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