Mr. Ibu, the most popular Nollywood film in South Africa
With Azuh Amatus

Friday, January 29, 2010
Our dear Nollywood has no doubt become a global phenomenon. Despite the several criticisms and bashings from some arm chair critics, Nollywood keeps breaking new grounds outside our shores.


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Mr. Ibu

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While in South Africa, all the places Showbiz Bits visited, movie buffs kept asking questions about Nollywood. The bulk of these movie buffs, were constantly demanding for the copies of Mr. Ibu, a comic Nollywood film starring John Okafor and some other popular names.

They happily squealed that the hilarious movie makes them laugh a lot, after which they tend to forget their sorrows and troubled moments. Whoa!

In fact, a South African couple painfully narrated to us, how some hoodlums broke into their home and carted away Mr. Ibu DVD, they bought the very month it was released. “Ever since, it’s been difficult getting another original copy of the exhilarating flick,” they said.

Moreover, the trio of John Okafor (aka Mr. Ibu), alongside Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze, better known as Aki and Pawpaw, are unarguably the most popular and well loved Nollywood stars in South Africa.

During our brief visit, several of their fans and admirers, mostly females, kept asking about them. One even confessed that she would not mind sharing a bed with the famous trio and possibly having babies for them separately. Can you beat that?

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