Is Nollywood Controlled By Igbos? (Tribalised?)

Why Do People Say "Nollywood Is Tribalised"

I have read people say the nollywood is tribalised, that the Igbos are in control, so they only choose Igbo actors and actresses for their movies, which I totally disagree with.

Names of non-Igbo actors and actresses:
  Ramsey Nouah,
  Lilian bach,
  Liz Benson,
  Jide Kosoko,
  Ini Edo,
  Carol Ekanem,
  Omotola Jalade,
  and many others.

So why do people still hold this view that nollywood is tribalized.  Come to think, let the Yorubas start producing English movies likie the Igbos, because when they produce Yoruba films they are not giving non-Yorubas the opportunity.

what I have come 2 realize is that nomatter what tribal divison will alwayz be a case in Nigeria. ignore what u can because u can neav make everyone happy. if u go 4 da audition and u got hired, good for you,

by da way, I like u name, is it AFAMDI or AFAMEFUNA

koool,  welcome to nairland that is if you are new

my dear, I don't toast people and certainly not toasting him, has it become a crime to compliment somebodys name or even welcome him here. dawg, am generally a nice person.am not here to look for a man or something but to mingle with my fellow people, hahahaa, know you r joiking though, and by da way, I like your own name. Is it Uchenna, Uchechukwu, Uchechi or what, lol

lol@hotangel, that is so hilarious I must say, That is the stigma I talked about. Actually inhigh school, one of ma Ghanian friends alwayz telling me about this beautiful igbo girl that acts, that she is light skinned like me etc. So when we were saying a movie at her house, she showed me and I laughed. Am like, because she is light skinned does not mean she is igbo. I told her that she is Yoruba from the WEST and imagine arguing with me, lol. am like, you can alwayz tell from the name but concluded that she might have an igbo blood in her

Where is this nonsense that only Igbos are light-skinned coming from?

No- that is nonsense.

The people on my mother's side of the family are light skinned and they aren't Igbo.

The people on my father's side are Igbo and they aren't light-skinned.

In fact none of the (few, granted) Igbos that I know could be described as light skinned.

excatly, back to the topic

the boys from the east control nollywood but i won't say its tribalized

I beg what is all this?
What is Nollywood itself?
Isn't it all home made movies made in Nigeria or by a Nigerian Directors including the Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa movies are know as Nollywood. Can someone please tell me its not only English movies that are regarded as products of Nollywood.

@my2cents. From what I've read and heard, the Yoruba's have been in home movies, theater long before the Nigerian English movies evolved.

To me they are all known as Nollywood.

Let me rephrase myself 

I don't speak yoruba or ibo or languages other than Ibibio, and so I don't watch those movies.  I am personally referring to english movies.  99.9999% of those I have watched feature 99.999% ibo, then just for kicks (in my opinion), they throw in someone from another tribe.

Just to make it plain: I have no problem with who is in the movie.  After all, in the states, 99.999% of movies feature whites.  All I am after is a good movie that I can sit and watch with my family.  Something to let my kids know what Nigeria is like and to look forward to.  I could care less who is in it as long as they had the talent. 

I just thought I was the only one who thought the way the author of this thread did. 

I feel ya IAH, but I don't spk Yoruba and so will never watch those 

Nothing against movies made in a particular language, but I can only spk for those I can watch and understand.

So if there are 1000 yoruba movies done in a week, and only 1 english movie, and in that 1 english movie, all i c is ibos, then to me, it would seem that only ibos star in movies.  Obviously, other than people like omotola whom I have read has starred in ibo movies, chances are that only yorubas will act in yoruba movies.

I think we are just beating to pulp an already dead horse here 

mizkay,

Not at all, but the fact of life is that there will always be discrimination and stereotyping, whether it is on naija levels and tribalism or oyibo levels and racism.  Of course I don't advocate that one let it run their lives. Rather I am saying that it should be recognized from afar so that one can arm themselves appropriately.

As long as there are 2 groups of people - majority and minority, irrespective of endaveour, expect one group to say they are being marginalized, even if they are the ones getting the most benefits.  Also, those who r in the majority will always say there is no discrimination because they don't experience it.  Something to think about there folks.

As always, my 2 cents

the calabar ones are almost igbo anyway

so it is igbo dominated , igbo movies thats what the yorubas call it , well over here they do.

Igbo this, Igbo that, boy, can't we just have a break?

@mizkay

:-)

Guess I will,  It’s turning into a siege