xaggar:


Was nollywood existing as a brand name for Nigerian movies back then? Those were just under the Nigerian film industry not nollywood.

Just because living in bondage wasn't a Yoruba movie you are quick to say it wasn't the forerunner of the nollywood movies we have today.

Go to northern Nigeria and mention living in bondage then add any of those "strange" names you have up there and see which was really recognised as a nollywood movie.

Stop trying to shift the hands of the clock.

I really really tried not to reply you... For God sake!! I ! Am! Not! Yoruba!

To answer your first question "Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry."

Infact , it was untill 2002 it was referred to as "Nollywood".


I couldn't care less whatever tribe did the movie first, I am just explaining the facts which are very clear.

Nollywood is way older than that movie . These are things we learnt as children in fine art, and Herbert Ogunde's movies serve as very great examples. What else do you want to hear?

If its about recognition, he got a lot of international recognitions , even from the British Broadcasting cooperation.

I love what the igbo's did. Lovely movies. Till today, their impact on Nollywood is really great; but history would not be bent over tribalistic feeling.

That is why I gave you a link on wikipedia to read up and get a better understanding that in as much as he was a theatre man , he made movies...

Google this thing! Read a book! Broaden your horizon and drop that tribalistic sentimental bull shit!



I dont know what is wrong with you nairalanders and tribalism.

You don't even know my tribe, you just assume cause I don't swing your way, I am one tribe or the other .

Ya all need re-orientation .

SLIDEwaxie:
Mercedes are the tecno of the auto world. But in their case, they are actually a high end producer.

Na to dey release mad and tempting designs every month. Kilode?

Shey make person dey discard his previous car dey run around for a new model ni?


The annoying thing is:

If one dey try to save for a model, before money complete, another one don come out. By the time u dey add money to buy that one, another again...

They should be banned o jare

Apple

Businessideas:

Okay I see a small boy on the thread I expect should be intellectual.
Nollywood is a national heritage and it didn't start with Living in Bondage.
As you can see, others,even Samanja , from the north,were players in the Nollywood project before the English-Igbo genre of Nollywood.
It's a national shame if our young ones like you have a poor sense of our national history,hence I am intervening to educate you.Like I said,I don't do tribalism because I was born and raised among all the beautiful Nigerian tribes and there was no Nairaland to corrupt my patriotism when I was your age

I couldn't have said it better... nairaland is just corrupting this children. The facts are there, and once you show them, they immediately brand you or identify you with a tribe .

What a generation!

freshdude99:

You see the problem with Yoruba people in Nigeria. You keep mentioning Yoruba names and dramas as if to say life begins and ends in Lagos. Just as u guys were doing ur bits over there, the igbos were doing theirs too in eastern Nigeria and behold the igbos got the breakthrough first....
Let me even shock u the more, if bestsellers like "things fall apart" could come from the east as far back as then, what's made u think that there weren't other pioneers in other genres in eastern Nigeria. Abi is pa Hubert ogunde the first to act a play in the whole of Nigeria? Yoruba people and tribalism =5&6

Before I proceed to explain thing to you , with the hope that you put tribalism aside and put on your thinking and reasoning hat. I am not yoruba, not even close, probably more eastern than you.

Here are some dramas that Hubert did in his time Muritala Mohamed (1976)
Oree Niwon (1976)
Nigeria (1977)
Igba t' ode (1977)
Orisa N'la (1977)


And here are the films he did
Aiye (1980)
Jaiyesimi (1981)
Aropin (1982)
Ayanmo (1988)

Which earned him recognition from BBC
Man of the Theatre - BBC (1983)


Here is a link to wikipedia if you wish to know more

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Ogunde


As for the very ignorant fellow up there that said people could not go to cinemas to watch Hubert Ogunde's movies, I would let you know that cinemas in lagos , like pen cinemas back in day , as I was told by my grand parents were packed full of people eager to watch.

There is no helping you people, you would rather choose tribalism than the truth , even if its glaring...

Any other non meaningful quote , i wouldn't reply .

Mentcee:


Yorubas and lies and rebellious spirit and turning the truth upside-down.

Tufia!

Infact, all that the very intelligent fellow you quoted said , I never watched those movies, I was taught in fine art classes as a young secondary school student. So, I don't really blame you for not knowing , nor the ignorance; I blame our failed education system and the elderly people that should have taught you more, but instead inculcated tribalism into you.

Mentcee:


Yorubas and lies and rebellious spirit and turning the truth upside-down.

Tufia!

I am not Youruba, but it saddens me as a people to see a living creature like you rather choose ignorance over the truth , just because a tribal hatred . We live in a time where its difficult for anyone to lie to anyone. Why dont you just check wikipedia or something and verify first before being tribalistic.

Its people like you that are making me contemplate on relocating out of this country...

Businessideas:

You see.That is the problem with you young ones,lack of humility.
I just mentioned and listed films that are Nigerian films even with national popularity and you can easily and humbly read about them online.
There are films like Block busters like Aiye by Hubert Ogunde Group,Taxi Driver by Ade Love the father of the popular Afolayan brothers, Duro Ladipo group that were the awada kerikeri group, Baba Sala with that film he was shown committing suicide in a train track and so many other films of Nigerian actors and theater you may be too young to know and can easily read on.
Nollywood never started with living in bondage and it is pure ignorance to say that publicly.
The English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films came to the table very very very late and that's why it lacked depth like the preexisting genre of Nigerian films led by the Hubert Ogunde et al.
I just corrected and educated you with love

You Sir are very right. Good to know we still have intelligent people on this platform

RIPEnglish:
why did they gone there?

To visit victims of the mud slide

Integrityfarms:


Did he scam you or your ancestors?

Statsocial:
What comment are we supposed to drop That you are a silly child with too much idle time?

my guy... i knew you would come here

Shinery0123:
He actually limited his attack on Nigerian private universities and not all these uni u mentioned

clearly you don't get my point. When those universities started, people also wagged their tongues ...

DrayZee:
"Invent" a car?
How can you invent something that has already been invented.
And these are the same people that will be comparing themselves to private university graduates.

you read my mind!!!

mercytripletz:
At least, it is better than your stupid grammar.

The guy clearly has very poor taste in jokes.

I don't want to be that cyber bully, so I would just leave this thread the same way I came in.

But before I leave, just so you know OP, Columbia University,Duke University, Yale University, California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Harvard University, Stanford University,Massachusetts Institute of Technology... They are all private universities.

Make your ASUU strike period productive

Intresting read... Even though I know many would not finish reading... I'm quite sure many would have taken Him for an internet-wire-fraud guy in school...

Nice

Zoharariel:


Because maga must pay - and boys must use the money to pop 20 buckets of moet & fvck 12 packets of olosho @ Quilox

You know, boys don upgrade gidi-gan now. Once you show interest like this, dem go just take “afoshe” command you to pay 10% commitment fee - even before inspection.

Dem no born you, you no go think am twice.

You go don wire the money before your eye go clear

please dont misunderstand me

I do not support any maga paying anything o

but it does look fishy though mehn



Holy Moly

Thoniameek:
Op how you fail to relate game of thrones the present day human life amazes me

Ever read 48 laws of power by Greene? And you still can't relate it to Game of thrones I'll say you should stick to watching Jenifa's Dairy (No offense to her fans)

Or op you just did a copy and paste of some boring American kid's review

See how the joker justified walking dead "audience and low ratings simply because it's original idea continue to reflects how humans would ..."

Dude, I know deep in your soul, you feel left out , and how can you condemn something you haven't sat down to watch well just cause your frustrated cause other derive joy from it... Thats just sad man

Thoniameek:
Op how you fail to relate game of thrones the present day human life amazes me

Ever read 48 laws of power by Greene? And you still can't relate it to Game of thrones I'll say you should stick to watching Jenifa's Dairy (No offense to her fans)

Or op you just did a copy and paste of some boring American kid's review

See how the joker justified walking dead "audience and low ratings simply because it's original idea continue to reflects how humans would ..."

Dude, I know deep in your soul, you feel left out...

I cant believe a full grow adult would write a long article to banter those that do not share the same tv show interest at himself... So you dont watch Game of throne, who cares? So we should give you a Nobel peace prize?

Not everyone can like the same thing , and if at this age , you are finding it difficult to understand , then you missed an integral part of growing up...

And I would like to congratulate you. You have gotten the attention you seek.

Why am I just sitting on my couch and grinning at this post

Seun:
Tyrion's stupid plan which Jon Snow, Dany, and many other people stupidly agreed to backfired. What a shocker. Now the NK has a dragon.

Emilia Clarke is a terrible actress. I understand that it was difficult for them to get good British actresses who looked underaged and were willing to do casual nudity and simulated sex on camera, but they should have tried harder. Main characters should be played by very good actors.

Emilia Clarke can't act. One of her "children" was executed and she could not produce a single tear. Not even fake tears. Her character was smiling at Jon Snow when he woke up, shaking her head when he was apologizing. Wtf was that? She can portray 3 emotions: (1) anger (2) happiness (3) horniness. When she is required to portray other emotions like sadness or inner conflict, all she can do is stare blankly into space.

Lmao... Calm down naa, cut her some slack ... What would you say about the chic that acts Sansa's role...

tshege:





You are very sick.
You are a pervert.
You are likely to end up having rape tendencies.


Haba! How can a young man reason aloud like dis?
You need a Mental health doctor I swear.

You are scum! Scum of the earth!
You dare objectify a lady like this.
No wonder ritual killers are on the increase because they take a good look at someone and think to themselves 'this fellow's skull might be useful for our rituals, let's find a wayof killing him and dismember his body'.



Can you objectify and think of all this useless thoughts against your relative?
Ode omo. Iranu

You took the words outta my head mehn

and resumption is just 27th!

his guys would hustle the money for him.

20K from 5 places... Just that he should just forget cafe and stick to indomie for the rest of the semester ...

The boy deserves cane. I thought an accounting student would know more...

Moral lesson: The gambler is never really happy.

He is not happy when he losses

He is not happy when he wins and did not use much more money on that gamble.

And that fellow would claim he went to school

O! it is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.- William Shakespeare.


Its insecure people that over dress and over do it to affirm their place in society .

Ghandi didnt need the Rolex, and Mother Theresa definitely didnt need jimmy Cho shoes.

God give all of us grace to be modest when we are up there . Amen

Bondia:


Pls take note that this thread was originally posted more than 10 years ago and the comment before yours like 4 years ago.

yeah, I just realised moments after I posted... Thanks for the heads up.

Gotten ...thanks

Just the thread i have been searching for

Gaining a little extra weight helps.

But i feel you should just like your self the way you are.