DRC President, Kabila turns Nollywood Addict As Nigerian Films Take the Congo By Storm!


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/nigerian-films-a-must-watch-in-drc-ambassador/


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Nollywood Addict, President Joseph Kabila

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Nigerian films, a must-watch in DRC – Ambassador
News Mar 21, 2011

Kinshasa - The Nigerian ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mr Hussein Abdullahi, said on Sunday in Kinshasa that Nigerian films were a must-watch for the Congolese.

`The Nollywood films are doing well in Congo to the point that even the Congolese President Joseph Kabila watches Nigerian films,’’ he said.

`We have been talking to Nigerians that it is another platform for us to be able to showcase Nigeria to the world. Nollywood is doing well in the DRC.’’

The ambassador said Nollywood films showcased Nigeria to the outside world and they are shown in cinema houses, video clubs, and shops and even in market places across Congo.

According to him, these films are very educational and have united many unhappy families in the DRC after watching some of them.

The ambassador also recalled that Nigerians had been on the peace-keeping operations in the DRC and had contributed to the peace and stability in the country.

He stressed that Nigeria had been known to contribute to peace-building and peace-keeping in many parts of the world, and particularly in Africa where it is a formidable member of the African Union.

Abdullahi alsosaid that Nigeria would translate its bilateral agreement with the DRC into a working tool by ensuring that the joint bilateral commission became vibrant

3000 Nigerians live and trade in DRC — Ambassador
He further declared that about 3,000 Nigerians live and trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria’s ambassador in that country, Mr Hussein Abdullahi, has said.

The DRC has a population of 67 million, Abdullahi said that most of the Nigerians were from the south eastern part of Nigeria and that they traded in auto spare parts, electronics, food items and clothing.

Majority of them, he said, operated their businesses from containers placed I various parts of the city.

“In Kinshasa we have 3,000 Nigerians mostly from the South East and they are essentially in the spare part trade going to Dubai and China to buy these things and sell within Congo and other countries like Zambia and the rest.

“We have just been able to establish the union. The president is Emeka Ejike and we are trying to ensure that we flag them with the new policies of what we call the citizen diplomacy.’’

Abdullahi urged Nigerian airlines trying to establish link in Congo to be involved in insuring that the Nigeria union is involved in these trade with them.

According to the ambassador, DRC is a land-locked country and has problem in terms of trading through a sea port. Its port is not big enough for maritime trade, but Nigerians are doing their best t cope.

The ambassador added that Nigeria’s balance of trade with the DRC was difficult to establish because the former Belgian colony had been through more than four decades of war and was just trying to stabilise its political arrangement.

He said while some countries had closed their embassies in the DRC because of its political crises, Nigeria had stayed on, making it the oldest diplomatic mission in that country.

Abdullahi also noted that Nigerians living in the DRC were not known for criminal activities, except in some cases where some did not regularize their residency papers, a phenomenon common among foreigners living in that country.

“ Nigerians are not involved in human trafficking. They are content with their spare parts business,’’ he stressed.

The ambassador said that the president of the Nigeria business union had been doing his best to organise the businessmen and women and educating them on how best to conduct themselves.

Abdullahi explained that majority of the Nigerian business people in the DRC got into the country through relations already resident there. (NAN)

didnt obasanjo, nzeogwu and co serve in congo in the 60s?

nigeria has long had a presence there.

ZIMBABWE GOES GAGA FOR NOLLYWOOD



Herald Newspapers, Zimbabwe


African Movies Now On Big Screen

LOCAL moviegoers will now have a chance to watch African movies on the big screen after Afriwood, a company that markets and distributes African films struck a deal with Rainbow Cinemas.

The bulk of the movies will be from the Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood which is the world's biggest producer of English films.

Popular Nollywood actors and actresses such as Rita Dominic, Desmond Elliot, Patience Ozwokor have entertained Zimbabweans with their drama filled films.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201103160068.html

PFt he is no Congolais this dude is a rwandaise, VIVE Congo Zaire, a Congolese never watches nollywood but rather listens to Soukous music. melesi