skales67:


Nope. They have a name for their own movie industry. Kannywood is Hausa

Nollywood actors and movies are bedrock of Igbo and Niger Deltan actors.

babyfaceafrica:
what is their name

phase1:


yorubawood.

skales67:


Nope. They have a name for their own movie industry. Kannywood is Hausa

Nollywood actors and movies are bedrock of Igbo and Niger Deltan actors.

EmekaBlue:
Abeg is yoruba movies also called Nollywood?

EmekaBlue:
hausa movies too right?!

praizblog:
Nollywood actors Especially yoruba actors Muyiwa Ade mola, fathia williams, iyabo ojo and many others were presented award of recognition from the wife of the president Aisha Buhari.

See more photos and video below

Gist From Praizenews ; http://www.praizenews.com/yoruba-nollywood-actors-received-recognition-awards-from-aisha-buhari/

supereagle:

The name is for all the actors in Nigeria, although ,the English version has hijiked it

babyfaceafrica:



Alex Eyengho defined Nollywood as "the totality of activities taking place in the Nigerian film industry, be it in English, igbo , Hausa , Yoruba ,
Itsekiri, Edo , Efik , Ijaw , Urhobo or any other of the over 300 Nigerian languages ". He further stated that "the historical trajectory of Nollywood started since the pre and post independent Nigeria, with the theatrical (stage) and cinematic (celluloid) efforts of the likes of Chief Hubert Ogunde, Chief Amata, Baba Sala ,
Ade Love , Eddie Ugboma and a few others


source Wikipedia

phase1:


Na plenty turenchi you dey speak. Hausa is kannywood, yoruba is yorubawood/oduduwood, Igbo/NDelta is Nollywood. You know it, I know it.

Iamgrey5:
Think again

Yorubas started Nollywood

skales67:

Igbos PERFECTED IT and MADE IT GLOBAL!

babyfaceafrica:
what is their name

skales67:


Nope. They have a name for their own movie industry. Kannywood is Hausa

Nollywood actors and movies are bedrock of Igbo and Niger Deltan actors.

Iamgrey5:
Who are the Igbos

Omotola Jalade

Ramsy Noah

Destmond Elliot

Olu Jacobs

Joke Silva

the Afolayan brothers

neolboy:
But why are Yoruba actors and actresses more active during election period?


My observation though

Iamgrey5:
Who are the Igbos

[s]Omotola Jalade

Ramsy Noah

Destmond Elliot

Olu Jacobs

Joke Silva

the Afolayan brothers[/s]

skales67:


Nope. They have a name for their own movie industry. Kannywood is Hausa

Nollywood actors and movies are bedrock of Igbo and Niger Deltan actors.

skales67:


Kenneth Okonkwo

Pete Edochie

Kanayo O Kanayo

Genevieve Nnaji

Rita Dominic

Stephanie Okereke

Amaechi Mounaghor

Nkem Owoh

Bob Manuel Udokwu

Patience Ozokwor

Ucharia Anunobi

Ngozi Eseonu

Rita Njemanze

Jim Iyke

Emeka Ike

These ones are veteran actors and most of them started acting way before the names on that your "dwarf list" up there. I have not even included the recent crop of Igbo actors.

No argue with me

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luxy44:


Oponu, na Ibo be English na...that's why u have to wait more than 2 decades to get an indigenous channel on a cable tv. Bedrock ko, chairrock ni

Iamgrey5:
Who are the Igbos

Omotola Jalade

Ramsy Noah

Destmond Elliot

Olu Jacobs

Joke Silva

the Afolayan brothers

DREAMZZZ:
omo no go dah way u go lose oo

Iamgrey5:
let us go there please

Jide kosoko

Funke Akindele

Fusho Adeolu

Bimbo Akintola

Etc

DREAMZZZ:
lol who wan begin list nonsense with you jobless boy when i get patients to take care of...you have google
Cure your ignorance

Iamgrey5:
Uncle Nairaland imaginary doctor, you mentioned me first not the other way round. So I wonder why you had mention your imaginary occupation cause I don't give a Bleep.


Moving on, I believe you should put your money where your mouth his and back your claim with proofs. As an imaginary student of science that you claimed to be, you should know science students only work with facts.


Google is a search engine not a tool to legitimize false statistics

DREAMZZZ:
lol pikin go and get a biro and start listing names of yorubawood actors ....you only listed 5 above....you can do better...or even better still write a project on how yorubas started nollywood and dominated it