One actress who really struggled for several years in Nollywood before she eventually got her big break is Halima Abubakar. She saw the challenges, faced them and eventually conquered. But she said it no longer easy for up and coming actresses who are gifted but are not being allowed to prove themselves in the industry due to the high level tribalism of the Igbos who control the industry and are now making themselves lord over others. See her complains below...“I have experienced tribalism, I know people would say it is a lie, but that is the truth. Why have those from a particular group not reached out to people who are not specifically from their areas?“I have worked with a lot of Igbos, my marketer is Igbo, I have worked with a lot of them and I know those I have not worked with, I have not seen the right roles for me yet, but I believe they will come."But how about others, who are independently shooting movies, does that mean those are the only set of actors in Nollywood? I am not saying they should give me roles, but there are people who want to see fresh faces. We need to give others opportunity to showcase their talents.“I am saying, stop tribalism and bring everyone under the umbrella of AGN,” Halima insisted.Read more at: http://www.naijaonpoint.com/2013/05/igbo-people-are-killing-nollywood-with.html#ixzz2UiaOGVgK

Let her come and get more roles na
Eediot!
See the mgbeke sef
If I had my way she won't even get housegirl roles
I wonder how she slept her her way into nollywood undetected

That is ibos for you... give an ibo a house, he will make trouble in the house and disturbing other tenants with those smelly watery village soups. So, don't give your house to anything ibo.

Employ ibo as head of a section in your organization, he will look for ways to sack people from other region under him to employ villagers from his region. So, don't make a mistake of employing anything ibo into your company or help him into any company.

I know there are exception - I am assisting one with a job in Lagos now but I had to fight myself to do it. My mind is made up against ibo.

OsunOriginal: That is ibos for you... give an ibo a house, he will make trouble in the house and disturbing other tenants with those smelly watery village soups. So, don't give your house to anything ibo.

Employ ibo as head of a section in your organization, he will look for ways to sack people from other region under him to employ villagers from his region. So, don't make a mistake of employing anything ibo into your company or help him into any company.

I know there are exception - I am assisting one with a job in Lagos now but I had to fight myself to do it. My mind is made up against ibo.

Sharap jare
I say shut up your dirty mouth
Who is controlling the unknown Yorubawood
Isn't it Yoruba people
Who is controlling the moribund kannywood
No be Hausa folks
So why wouldn't Igbos control what they started?
Are you mad?

Olu Jaobs,Ini Edo,Omotola,Desmond Elliot,van Vicker ,Segun Arinze and many others became household names because of Nollywood founded,financed and marketed solely by Igbos at the initial stages
This same Halima would have remained unknown but for nollywood
Who gave her a chance
The same Igbos
Will Igbos be in the minority in nollywood when they made it what it is
That is not possible
Deal with it

She should try the Yorubawood if nollywood is not working out
As simple as that

babyosisi:

Sharap jare
I say shut up your dirty mouth
Who is controlling the unknown Yorubawood
Isn't it Yoruba people
Who is controlling the moribund kannywood
No be Hausa folks
So why wouldn't Igbos control what they started?
Are you mad?

Yes, YOU are mad! How did ibos start nollywood? Well, now that it is by starting, hope you folks don't cry for presidential ticket for any party as you'd have to start your own party too! Shikenan!

madam_oringo:

Yes, YOU are mad! How did ibos start nollywood? Well, now that it is by starting, hope you folks don't cry for presidential ticket for any party as you'd have to start your own party too! Shikenan!

Is the origin of nollywood a secret?
The rest of your nonsense is poo
Focus on the topic

And that's why the movie company is going down ....... due to tribalism

If what Abubakar is saying, then Nollywood is threading a dangerous path

Explains why our ibo brothers on nl are boating about 95% ibos in Nollywood, and why not when it's tribally motivated?

Watching and waiting.......

One upon a time when most nollywood movies were in Igbo, then we used to watch a lot of the movies. Igbos are the brain

child of nollywood, and I wish they would go back to making most of the movies in Igbo. Who or what is Halima Abubakar

for God sake and who gives a rat behind what a nobody like her has to say.

Freewilly: One upon a time when most nollywood movies were in Igbo, then we used to watch a lot of the movies. Igbos are the brain

child of nollywood, and I wish they would go back to making most of the movies in Igbo. Who or what is Halima Abubakar

for God sake and who gives a rat behind what a nobody like her has to say.

Don't mind these eediots
Living in bondage was the first movie that took the Nigerian movie industry by storm

Ruby_Pearl: And that's why the movie company is going down ....... due to tribalism

If what Abubakar is saying, then Nollywood is threading a dangerous path

Explains why our ibo brothers on nl are boating about 95% ibos in Nollywood, and why not when it's tribally motivated?

Watching and waiting.......

It is not going down at all
Nigerian Movies are hotter than ever before
I live in the USA and Americans are now watching it in their numbers
Why would Omotola and Gen be frolicking with the Hollywood crowd
People know know who they are
Those same Igbos you want to bad mouth took a cottage industry and took it international and made it the 3rd biggest movie industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood

babyosisi:

Is the origin of nollywood a secret?
The rest of our nonsense is poo
Focus on the topic

I'm hearing something new! So Igbos started Nollywood? So Hebert Ogunde of blessed memory, Baba Sala, Olu Jacobs, Joke Sylva, Sam Loco Efe, Oba Funsho Adeolu (in village headmaster) and many of those early known faces on home videos and soaps were all Igbos?

Wetin una nor go claim superiority in? Na wa o!!!

X-factoria:


I'm hearing something new! So Igbos started Nollywood? So Hebert Ogunde of blessed memory, Baba Sala, Olu Jacobs, Joke Sylva, Sam Loco Efe, Oba Funsho Adeolu (in village headmaster) and many of those early known faces on home videos and soaps were all Igbos?

Wetin una nor go claim superiority in? Na wa o!!!

Are we talking about local plays in the south west when others had their local productions like icheoku or an actual movie industry?

Ask yourself
How possible is it for others to have been the originators of nollywood and Igbos are the main actors,producers and marketers
Is that possible

X-factoria:


I'm hearing something new! So Igbos started Nollywood? So Hebert Ogunde of blessed memory, Baba Sala, Olu Jacobs, Joke Sylva, Sam Loco Efe, Oba Funsho Adeolu (in village headmaster) and many of those early known faces on home videos and soaps were all Igbos?

Wetin una nor go claim superiority in? Na wa o!!!

I saw that part and I played it as her ignorance. lol

babyosisi:

It is not down at all
Nigerian Movies are hotter than ever before
I live in the USA and Americans are now watching it in their numbers
Why would Omotola and Gen be frolicking with the Hollywood crowd
People ow know who they are
All thanks to nollywood

Which Americans?
The one you know or the ones you're making up?
The only place Nollywood movies are being sold are down-trodden African stores, with Haitians and Nigerians the main customers
Lol Even Non-Nigerian Africans here groan with despair anytime I mention Nigerian films
Same old plot, same old face, very hard to understand (sometimes even for me), makes no sense

“I have experienced tribalism, I know people would say it is a lie, but that is the truth. Why have those from a particular group not reached out to people who are not specifically from their areas?“

Abubakar should expatiate on this, name names and shame those useless tribalists
But that's a temporary solution

[size=18pt]Before they distort history.[/size]





The "Home Videos" Leads The Way To Nollywood

It seems that Nollywood as it is today came into being by accident, or better still as a natural development from a working formula. Confused? Let me explain. The theatre and television stations were the medium that was used by a lot of theatre artists. For some reason a comic actor, Mr.Okpuru Anyanwu, was finding it difficult to get his work shown on the TV stations in Anambra State of Nigeria, out of frustration, he shot his episodes on video and sold them on a weekly basis, to the Igbo speaking populace of the East. Anyanwu was actually onto something great here, as his video's became very popular and his growing audience eagerly waited with anticipation for the next video just as we can't wait for the next episode of our favourite soaps , dramas or comedies, be it "Dr Who", "Friends", "Ugly Betty" or "Desperate Housewives".
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When Kenneth Nnebue saw the success of Anyanwu he took it a step futher and produced "Living In Bondage" which unlike Anyanwu's videos, was done in English. "Living In Bondage" went nationwide and was an instant hit. Others caught on to this model and as it caught fire Nollywood was born.[/size]

Nollywood actually refers to the movies made in English, which is the reason they have such an universal appeal in the first place. There are between 1000 to 2000 movies produced each year in Nigeria. A majority of these are in English but it is important to note that there are films made in the main Nigerian languages of Yoruba (which has a long standing history of television productions for decades), Igbo and Hausa (the Movie Industry of the North refering to its self as Kallywood, can't say that this has stuck for sure).

http://papermoney.hubpages.com/hub/The-History-of-Nollywood

People like babaosisi are time waster tribalists! Before anyone had a clue what cinema was, Baba Sala was staging plays in Europe! Herbert Ogunde had a troupe that toured practically the whole world! Well, it's all good for you keep exposing your weakness of character and morality by being intellectually dishonest, not able to ascribe credit to the originators of an idea.

I forsee the stalling of nollywood with all the tribalism going on, only if more people in Nigeria will create rival platforms to nollywood. Let them give Nigerians more choices. If any of such can start a solid idea and eschew the tribalism the ibos are known for, it is just a matter of time before the tribalist organization is sunk.

babyosisi: [size=18pt]Before they distort history.[/size]





The "Home Videos" Leads The Way To Nollywood

It seems that Nollywood as it is today came into being by accident, or better still as a natural development from a working formula. Confused? Let me explain. The theatre and television stations were the medium that was used by a lot of theatre artists. For some reason a comic actor, Mr.Okpuru Anyanwu, was finding it difficult to get his work shown on the TV stations in Anambra State of Nigeria, out of frustration, he shot his episodes on video and sold them on a weekly basis, to the Igbo speaking populace of the East. Anyanwu was actually onto something great here, as his video's became very popular and his growing audience eagerly waited with anticipation for the next video just as we can't wait for the next episode of our favourite soaps , dramas or comedies, be it "Dr Who", "Friends", "Ugly Betty" or "Desperate Housewives".
[size=14pt]
When Kenneth Nnebue saw the success of Anyanwu he took it a step futher and produced "Living In Bondage" which unlike Anyanwu's videos, was done in English. "Living In Bondage" went nationwide and was an instant hit. Others caught on to this model and as it caught fire Nollywood was born.[/size]

Nollywood actually refers to the movies made in English, which is the reason they have such an universal appeal in the first place. There are between 1000 to 2000 movies produced each year in Nigeria. A majority of these are in English but it is important to note that there are films made in the main Nigerian languages of Yoruba (which has a long standing history of television productions for decades), Igbo and Hausa (the Movie Industry of the North refering to its self as Kallywood, can't say that this has stuck for sure).

http://papermoney.hubpages.com/hub/The-History-of-Nollywood

Written by a blogger......please what is the tribe of this blogger?

Anything can be posted on the worldww.......

Please what is the real history abeg?

I guess that everything posted by Laila Ikeji should be taken as a fact....NEXT

madam_oringo: People like babaosisi are time waster tribalists! Before anyone had a clue what cinema was, Baba Sala was staging plays in Europe! Herbert Ogunde had a troupe that toured practically the whole world! Well, it's all good for you keep exposing your weakness of character and morality by being intellectually dishonest, not able to ascribe credit to the originators of an idea.

I forsee the stalling of nollywood with all the tribalism going on, only if more people in Nigeria will create rival platforms to nollywood. Let them give Nigerians more choices. If any of such can start a solid idea and eschew the tribalism the ibos are known for, it is just a matter of time before the tribalist organization is sunk.

We are not talking about local plays in the SW that toured places
Or fly by night movies nobody saw beyond the SW let alone beyond the shores of Nigeria
We are talking about nollywood
The home movies on VHS tapes then DVD
Before living in bondage no movie had made it in the national stage in Nigeria let alone to other African countries
That is a fact
I ask again
If baba sala started nollywood how did Igbos come to control it
Can you tell us how that could have happened?
I won't allow you distort a well documented history

*Going to chop my food*

Chop chop....... awaiting more fire and bombs between Ali and Nollywood tribalists

Funny thing is, she aint the first person to point fingers

Nollywood na wash I can't even bear the sight of it, very colourless, tasteless and lack any spark. There's even no need to argue about who started cinema and films in Nigeria otherwise they'll turn this thread to one like Achebe vs Soyinka one, history will speak for itself.
As for Halima, she is part of the rot in the system full of mediocres and storylines that add no value nor impact any knowledge.

OsunOriginal: That is ibos for you... give an ibo a house, he will make trouble in the house and disturbing other tenants with those smelly watery village soups. So, don't give your house to anything ibo.

Employ ibo as head of a section in your organization, he will look for ways to sack people from other region under him to employ villagers from his region. So, don't make a mistake of employing anything ibo into your company or help him into any company.

I know there are exception - I am assisting one with a job in Lagos now but I had to fight myself to do it. My mind is made up against ibo.

from ur statement are u not tribalistic, so u can still do all this she said that ibos do.he who live in a glass house should not tro stones.u kw this yorubas are back starbers and dirty human beings and talk of noise making its ur tradition.

Ruby_Pearl:

I saw that part and I played it as her ignorance. lol




Which Americans?
The one you know or the ones you're making up?
The only place Nollywood movies are being sold are down-trodden African stores, with Haitians and Nigerians the main customers
Lol Even Non-Nigerian Africans here groan with despair anytime I mention Nigerian films
Same old plot, same old face, very hard to understand (sometimes even for me), makes no sense

Don't try too hard in your bid to discredit the industry because of your hatred for Igbos
Nollywood is a multi million dollar private industry that employs thousands of people
You need to get educated of what exists in your own country if tribalism will let you
Others already know it

When world renowned African film maker Sembene Ousmane, told a group of American scholars who asked him about Nollywood that ‘Nigerians had found a way to reach the African audience and that is great accomplishment’, it was considered a ground shaking, epoch making compliment. Considering that African Film makers had hitherto dismissed Nollywood as a Mickey Mouse industry, Sembene’s statement that Nollywood had found the way for the liberation of our people’s cultural, material, economic and creative sensibilities through storytelling was a victory for Nollywood. Africa through Nollywood has finally found a way of telling our own stories our own way. This is the Nollywood we celebrate today.

Nollywood’s arrival in 1992 with Kenneth Nnebue’s Living in Bondage signified a change on the Nigerian filmmaking scene. With video technology, Nollywood brought African filmmaking from the sidelines of global filmmaking into the centre. Finally, an audience that had long yearned for a movie culture they could call their own, found a place they could call home. Withno formal structure, no government aid, no backing from financial institutions, no grants from donor agencies, and solely dependent on informal marketers who were largely importers of electronic appliances, what is today a global phenomenon took off. In merely 20 years, Nollywood has done more for this country than any other art form; it has placed our dear nation on a pedestal that has spiked interest the world over. No other African country can boast of any indigenous artistic expression that equals Nollywood. Its stars are the cynosure of all eyes at international events; they are worthy brand ambassadors for some of the biggest brands in the world; Nollywood has provided employment for and radically changed the lives of thousands of Nigerians; it is the subject of seminars, conferences, workshops and many other creative and intellectual engagements. The Federal government’s NEEDS document recognised Nollywood as far back as 2005. The recent SURE-P document did the same. As I’m sure we all know, Mr. President instituted a $200m fund for the entertainment industry on the strength and popularity of Nollywood. Many scholars and researchers have made a name simply by researching and writing about Nollywood. Documentaries have been made by many filmmakers from across the globe, all in an attempt to understand the peculiarities on what has become the most industrious indigenous filmmaking tradition out of Africa and the black Diaspora.UNESCO even named Nollywood as the 2nd largest Film industry after Hollywood and before Bollywood

http://momo.com.ng/interviews/features/africans-tell-african-stories-through-nollywood-amaka-igwe/

Why do nairaland moderators allow threads against Igbos but at the same time waste no time in suspending and closing down threads exposing yorubas?

HolyTruth: Why do nairaland moderators allow threads against Igbos but at the same time waste no time in suspending and closing down threads exposing yorubas?

No be their way

HolyTruth: Why do nairaland moderators allow threads against Igbos but at the same time waste no time in suspending and closing down threads exposing yorubas?

You dey mind them, they let the likes of Eko Ile, Eko Atlantic, Bluetooth say what ever they want about Igbos and their commends don't get hidden.

I'm sure the mods did not see the offensive posts on this thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/1306944/fashola-commissions-lekki-ikoyi-link-bridge

babyosisi:

Sharap jare
I say shut up your dirty mouth
Who is controlling the unknown Yorubawood
Isn't it Yoruba people
Who is controlling the moribund kannywood
No be Hausa folks
So why wouldn't Igbos control what they started?
Are you mad?

Olu Jaobs,Ini Edo,Omotola,Desmond Elliot,van Vicker ,Segun Arinze and many others became household names because of Nollywood founded,financed and marketed solely by Igbos at the initial stages
This same Halima would have remained unknown but for nollywood
Who gave her a chance
The same Igbos
Will Igbos be in the minority in nollywood when they made it what it is
That is not possible
Deal with it

She should try the Yoruba wood if nollywood is not working out
As simple as that

^^^LOL@ 'try Yoruba wood '

While at it, maybe she could 'try Morning wood' as well!

Igbos have done Nigeria proud more than any group.
Nollywood was founded and developed by the igbos we will not allow Yoruba people to come infest it with their dirtiness and diabolism.
Igbos are the Americans of Nigeria.

hahahahaha Nigeria won african cup they say it was biafran team,nollywood industry was no-where to be found 20yrs ago.When movies like "things fall apart" was making waves world wide,actors ie sam loco,okonkwo an influential clan from umuofia.This is how the world at large gradually learn that igbo people never had any king,they have chiefs,nze na ozos and noble men that represent each constituency during a town meeting.White man learned that igbos practice kind of parliamentary system of democracy,kings and queens where introduced to penetrate igbo ideology by (WHITE COLONIALIST)i believe is the only way to penetrate igbo ideas and culture.

My gladly advice to (Halima) retract that statement and tell urself the truth,their is no way producers,marketers,cameramen etc will ignore you if you are talented!and you will fetch more sales for them and they choose not to put u in the scene,this days is about merit not tribe...

Send this %#$&(*! to the entertainment/celebrities/crappymovies whatever section!

backtosender: hahahahaha Nigeria won african cup they say it was biafran team,nollywood industry was no-where to be found 20yrs ago.When movies like "things fall apart" was making waves world wide,actors ie sam loco,okonkwo an influential clan from umuofia.This is how the world at large gradually learn that igbo people never had any king,they have chiefs,nze na ozos and noble men that represent each constituency during a town meeting.White man learned that igbos practice kind of parliamentary system of democracy,kings and queens where introduced to penetrate igbo ideology by (WHITE COLONIALIST)i believe is the only way to penetrate igbo ideas and culture.

My gladly advice to (Hlima) retract that statement and tell urself the truth,their is no way producers,marketers,cameramen etc will ignore you if you are talented!and you will fetch more sales for them and they choose not to put u in the scene,this days is about merit not tribe...

I read that too
Nigerians won African cup,Yorubas drank conc acid at the name of the players instead of celebrating the victory
Tufia
Now they are downing nollywood because yoruba wood has gone nowhere
I think I have only seen one movie with the Halima in it
The way she packed herself into a tight dress put me off
If she is not getting roles,sure it is her acting
She has no talent

Is Mercy Johnson Igbo?
Omotola ,Funke Akindele and Ini Edo nko,are they Igbo
Ikwerre people say they are not Igbo so politically Tonto Dike and monalisa who are Ikwerre are not Igbo
How come they are getting roles
How come they are sought after in roles
Her acting sucks but she wants to blame it on Igbos
Stupeed girl
Or she wants them to start doing federal character in movie roles too

Nollywood producers are primarily business men and a good business man will cast the best characters that will bring him the dough
If they all happen to be Igbos or Yorubas that is what he will do
Simple

Like I said earlier if nollywood does not favor her,her star may shine in yorubawood
She has options

isale_gan2: Send this %#$&(*! to the entertainment/celebrities/crappymovies whatever section!

Entertainment section ? this rubbish will be on the front page first thing to morrow morning.