thank you ooooooooooooooooooo mama-gee

My Nigerian brethen, I think this Ghana vs Nigeria comparisons has gotten out of hand.  It does nothing but make the Ghanaians ecstatic, it is like an opium for many Ghanaian. Several months ago, I was walking in downtown Calgary (Canada) with a Caucasian friend. As we were walking by a Bus stop, we bumped into a Ghanaian man who happened to be her acquaintance. She went ahead to introduce us, but  before we could finish exchanging compliments , and as soon as I told him I was Nigerian, he quickly interrupted, asking me whether I was aware that his country too now has oil in commercial quantities.  My friend and I were speechless for a moment - thinking how on earth could a mature adult be so childish and stupid - I calmly wished him good luck , and quickly changed the subject before he embarrasses himself any further.

Ghanaians often have low self-esteem and seek for attention whenever  they find themselves in the midst of Nigerians, and whenever matters concerning Nigeria is being discussed. However, I don't blame them, because when a dwarf finds him/herself in the midst of a giant, its very hard not to feel insecure.

My brethen, comparing Ghana to Lagos state, I think is more than just enough.  Anything further than that is a consolation for many Ghanaians and an insult to your country men/women.

dayokanu:

I think the Nigerian-Ghanaian rivalry esp from the Ghanaian side is getting out of hand.

A Ghanaian guy was dating an African American chic and he once beat the girl and Instead of him to admit his fault, he told the girl she was lucky because if it were to be a Nigerian guy, the beating would have been worse.

There was also a beauty pageant amongst African girls and the winner on facebook was like "I won despite contesting against 11 Naija people"

Lolz

are nigerians the only ones who have some veneer of sophistication in their area?


not all nigerians though- there are many who have the same mentality and behaviour described in the last two posts.

even some greens sef

Tpiah

Small small with the English, BTW I dey wait you for corner o

Ghanaians are obviously jealous of Nigerians. I applaud whomever retaliated against by Ghana by imposing a fee on foreign actors, for it will truly show which country is dominant in the African movie industry. First, Nigeria has a population of over $150 million compared to Ghana's $23 million. Common sense shows that we have the more lucrative market.

dayokanu:

Tpiah

Small small with the English, BTW I dey wait you for corner o

my brother, dem no gree that kind thing for my deeper life church.

sorry.

We want to discuss the apostolic journey of Brother Paul to Thesalonians and the Phillipians

^^ok then

head on to religion and start a thread there since you no wan waka


bible study it is, plus 40 days fasting and 45 days prayer retreat.

Princek12:

Ghanaians are obviously jealous of Nigerians. I applaud whomever retaliated against by Ghana by imposing a fee on foreign actors, for it will truly show which country is dominant in the African movie industry. First, Nigeria has a population of over $150 million compared to Ghana's $23 million. Common sense shows that we have the more lucrative market.

;

Lol. . . U must be an ibo man!!!

Nice one,

Tpiah where are you

This Nigeria-Ghana rivalry is getting out of hand Normally, Nigerians should not be bothered about Ghana's seeming economic growth. Ghana and Nigeria are light years apart in potentials and intelligence. I don't want to join issues with anyone here, but I've come across some nasty Ghanaians in Britain. These guys have carried their animosity towards Nigerians to Britain. The other day, two of them of them were arguing with me that their football is more developed and better than that of Nigeria. I listened to what they had to say before giving them my response. I told them- ' Ghana's football is on the rise because of the clueless football executives we have in Nigeria. When it comes to individual soccer talent, Nigeria is far ahead of Ghana. Ghana's football revolution started in 2005 but you've not won the African Nations Cup since then. If Nigeria employs a solid coach in 2010 and reforms the NFF, the Super Eagles will win the next African Nations Cup in 2012.' While I do not support the rabid increase in participatory fees by Nigerian Film Bodies, Ghanaians have to realize that Nigeria will soon get her acts together. Nigeria is the powerhouse of West Africa. When the sleeping giant wakes up, Ghana will catch cold a thousand times Cheers.

if na football Ghana pass us

they are slightly better

5 or 4 nations cup titles to 2 for Nigeria doesnt sound good

this is very silly, its not a competition, laws are meant to be made to support the people and not spite other nations! How did you guys feel when Nigeria was put on a terror list? simply because Nigeria had more problems to deal with than a haywire pant bomber at the time!
How many ghanian actors work in nigeria anyways? so who will really suffer from this? Nollywoods board gets a little too exited they need to pipe down! Gollywood had a very good reason for what they did, there were too many Nigerians immigrating and its not fair on the indigenes, nollywod is just being childish!

that part defies human logic

i need spiritual translation

Ohhhhhh!!!!!!!

Van Vicker fans ooooooo. It's a pity he might not have that money to pay. He will have to be acting from kumasi. I'm sure Ramsey Noah will breath heavilly, A sign of relief. The guy was already taking his job

My baby Jackie Appiah, I'll surely rally round to contribute money for you.

@zebra 543, you point is an incorrect one. There are far more Ghanaian actors who RELY on Nollywod than vice versa. All of their top actors make their bread and butter from Nigerian film, not their own. Even people like Van Vicker and Majid. They star more in Nigerian films than Ghanaian. Van even has a Nigerian manager, why do you think that is? The same can not be said for the likes of Gen, Omo T etc, they made their names and fame in Nigerian film and still do. Even if you look behind many of the well known titles coming out of Ghana, they have Nigerian directors.

To say that Ghana was trying to stop some type of stampede of \Nigerians and a falsehood. There is no mass immigration by way of film productions in Ghana, hey simply film then go, while providing employment and collanoration with Ghanaian colleagues. You seem to be one of those Nigerians who just process everything Nigerian as a menace. Without even looking at the reality.

Ghanaians have a problem with anything Nigerian once it becomes successul. Nollywood has a right to apply the same rules imposed upon it to foreign film makers especially Ghanaian. They have cut off their nose to spite their face, why would you close yourself of from the biggest market for your products? It will be to the benefit of Nigeria in the end and force these filmakers to appreciate what they have in fron tof their eyes rather than thinking the grass is always greener on the other side.


I would have preferred it if both industries could have remained civil and cooperative with eachother, instead of resorting to the usual African small mindedness.

I would have preferred it if both industries could have remained civil and cooperative with eachother, instead of resorting to the usual African small mindedness.

they started the madness

I know they started it, and they deserve to be treated in the same way. However, we could have been smarter in our response, focusing more on distribution etc of foreign films in Nigeria. We should overlook the size of our home market and the fact that foreign filmakers ignore it at their peril.

An indication that jealousy has crept in.

damilola15:

An indication that jealousy has crept in.

Jelousy on whos part? Its a straight reaction in kind from Nollywood.

Mark my words,verily i say unto you.Y'all soon be needing visas to travel to Ghana,i no fit shout.

londoner:


Jelousy on whos part? Its a straight reaction in kind from Nollywood.

who do you think I'm referring to, Ghallywood of course. - 
By the way, Ghallywood is what they call themself .

cold:

Mark my words,verily i say unto you.Y'all soon be needing visas to travel to Ghana,i no fit shout.

No be joke o, it's happen in the near future.

@ amaka- that is simply my point, the movie industry is not a playground where the administrators can behave like toddlers 'because they taxed us' is not a valid reason to imposing new fees, @ the end of the day there a very few if any ghanians in the nigerian film industry- this i know FOR A FACT! how many ghanian actors living in nigeria do you know?

@tkb are you saying there are no nigerians in ghana?

@londoner- thats not true, Many of the soo called 'nigerian movies' are actually shot in ghana, they just make it seem like nigeria ie by using the naira currency, because in the end nollywood is still more popular and people recognise nigerians more, Nigerian producers produce thier movies in ghana and nigerian actresses prefer to work in ghana because the legislations are too strict! There are many Nigerian actors living in ghana, the same problem which lead to the ban of many actors in nigeria some years back is what ghollywood is trying to avoid, this time with NIGERIAN ACTORS trying to hog the limelight. It makes no sense for them to freely shoot in ghana how will others be opportuned?
if most of you remove that superiority over ghanians complex you have you will see reason. Ghananians are not worried about Nigerians anybody who has been to ghana recently will know why, they are just trying to improve thier industry and make way for thier own people! A notion which i totally understand and fully support, Nigeria should take note of this in many of thier industries, the oil one for example- its time they stopped the influx of foreigners and supported thier own!

zebra543:

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@londoner- thats not true, Many of the soo called 'nigerian movies' are actually shot in ghana, they just make it seem like nigeria ie by using the naira currency, because in the end nollywood is still more popular and people recognise nigerians more, Nigerian producers produce thier movies in ghana and nigerian actresses prefer to work in ghana because the legislations are too strict! There are many Nigerian actors living in ghana, the same problem which lead to the ban of many actors in nigeria some years back is what ghollywood is trying to avoid, this time with NIGERIAN ACTORS trying to hog the limelight. It makes no sense for them to freely shoot in ghana how will others be opportuned?
if most of you remove that superiority over ghanians complex you have you will see reason. Ghananians are not worried about Nigerians anybody who has been to ghana recently will know why, they are just trying to improve thier industry and make way for thier own people! A notion which i totally understand and fully support, Nigeria should take note of this in many of thier industries, the oil one for example- its time they stopped the influx of foreigners and supported thier own!

Man arguing with you is like having a debate with a LASTMA official,I'v given up trying.This is one of the dangers i foresaw with the coming of the internet.Pre-school kids come online to give analysis on issues way beyond their intelligence scope;issues meant for doctoral thesis.But then again what can one do but put up with it*sighs*.

Im not arguing with you? Just because Im nigerian doesnt mean I should agree with this 'playground politics'

This is tit for tat

zebra543:

Im not arguing with you? Just because Im nigerian doesnt mean I should agree with this 'playground politics'

You dont have to agree with it.I'm a strong believer in letting the minority have their say,while the majority have their way.All i was expecting was some intelligent debate rather than acting like someone being guided 'by the spirit'.

I Support nollywood jo enough of this turning the other cheek, now is the time to hit back. Ghananians dey craze their hatred for nigerians, and any thing nigerian no get part 2. We dey call dem my broda, mean while dem dey call nigerians my enemy

zebra543:

@ amaka- that is simply my point, the movie industry is not a playground where the administrators can behave like toddlers 'because they taxed us' is not a valid reason to imposing new fees, @ the end of the day there a very few if any ghanians in the nigerian film industry- this i know FOR A FACT! how many ghanian actors living in nigeria do you know?

@tkb are you saying there are no nigerians in ghana?

@londoner- thats not true, Many of the soo called 'nigerian movies' are actually shot in ghana, they just make it seem like nigeria ie by using the naira currency, because in the end nollywood is still more popular and people recognise nigerians more, Nigerian producers produce thier movies in ghana and nigerian actresses prefer to work in ghana because the legislations are too strict! There are many Nigerian actors living in ghana, the same problem which lead to the ban of many actors in nigeria some years back is what ghollywood is trying to avoid, this time with NIGERIAN ACTORS trying to hog the limelight. It makes no sense for them to freely shoot in ghana how will others be opportuned?
if most of you remove that superiority over ghanians complex you have you will see reason. Ghananians are not worried about Nigerians anybody who has been to ghana recently will know why, they are just trying to improve thier industry and make way for thier own people! A notion which i totally understand and fully support, Nigeria should take note of this in many of thier industries, the oil one for example- its time they stopped the influx of foreigners and supported thier own!

YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. EVERY MAJOR ACTOR/ACTRESS IN GHANA HAS DONE AT LEAST 1/3 of their movies in Nollywood some of them half or even more than half (Van Vicker).
like londoner said thats where they are making their bread. . . thats where they got exposed to a market outside of their own backyard.
Nadia, Van, Majid, Jackie, John Dumelo (he's new but has done so many of his movies in Nollywood already), Juliet, Yvonne Nelson, the list is endless.
how many Nigerians do you see trooping to Ghana looking for work? LOL!
your example is totally unrelated. you can go to Ghana to film, YES. but at the end of the day, is it a Ghanaian or a Nigerian movie being produced? who cares where it was filmed. Nigerians have gone to other African countries to film before and it is STILL A NIGERIAN MOVIE.
who cares about the location! how is filming in Ghana stopping others from producing their own movies?
when they taxed Nigerians $1,000 to act in their movies. . . we have every right to imposed our own tax.
as if Nigerians are running to Ghana to do movies anyway. . .most of them get called to act in Ghanaian movies, not the other way around.
Nollywood pays better. 
to say there are very few Ghanaians in the Nigerian industry is a f****** joke!
Nollywood pays better as well, because there is more money in our industry. so who is really going to Ghana to act?
the only Nigerians that go to Ghana go there to FILM.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

which Nigerian actors are living in Ghana? NAMES PLEASE!

BTW, they want to better their own industry. . . then why are all their top actors running to Nigeria to do movies every other week? won't they stay back and better their own industry? na by force to act in Nollywood?
no one is forcing them to do Nollywood movies, they do it by choice.
so the beef is not with Nigerians trying to "hog the limelight" their actors don't wanna stay back and better their own industry instead of running to Nollywood.
MTSCHEW!

All ya sayin shit this is so effing good serves those mo'fuckaz right and right now they are prone to lose!