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How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Bigboytinz(op): 9:18am On Jan 20, 2025
In those days Yoruba actresses were not even recognised blas Nollywood actresses. But today they've taken over the movie industry. 80% of the highest grossing movies s are produces by Yoruba actresses/women.

How come?
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Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by sirchim(m): 9:22am On Jan 20, 2025
Carry your division and go far away. Whether YORUBA, IGBO or HAUSAWA actors and actresses, we don't care. We only recognize 1 Nijeriya. Ba dogo turenchi.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Armaggedon: 9:29am On Jan 20, 2025
Edo state has more popular actresses than the entire Yoruba
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by EmperorCaesar(m): 9:36am On Jan 20, 2025
Armaggedon:
Edo state has more popular actresses than the entire Yoruba
cheesy
He is talking about highest grossing movies
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Armaggedon: 9:46am On Jan 20, 2025
EmperorCaesar:
cheesy
He is talking about highest grossing movies
he mentioned "actresses"

Coming to the so called highest grossing movies, how many of them have you watched?
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by VillageOracle00: 9:56am On Jan 20, 2025
angry
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Anazp: 12:01pm On Jan 20, 2025
Noticed it too. Yoruba actresses have taken over the industry. Na wa o
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by DiamondsAreFore: 12:33pm On Jan 20, 2025
Well, I have never watched and I will never watch anything Nollywood, so I don't care.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Sheuns(m): 12:41pm On Jan 20, 2025
Well, life is turn by turn. It is their turn now. Tomorrow, it will rotate to another tribe’s turn.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by OneCandleAway(f): 12:43pm On Jan 20, 2025
Bigboytinz:
In those days Yoruba actresses were not even recognised blas Nollywood actresses. But today they've taken over the movie industry. 80% of the highest grossing movies s are produces by Yoruba actresses/women.

How come?
.
Are you calling funke akindele yoruba actress? Someone that started with a BBC produced English series.

Everyone is trying to crossover, and not be limited.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Bulldozer90: 1:17pm On Jan 20, 2025
80% of known actresses in nollywood are Igbo. As someone rightly noted, Edo has more actresses than Yoruba.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Anazp: 1:25pm On Jan 20, 2025
OneCandleAway:
Are you calling funke akindele yoruba actress? Someone that started with a BBC produced English series.

Everyone is trying to crossover, and not be limited.
Funke crossed over to Yoruba when she wasn't really accepted in English Nollywood. Go watch her interviews
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by damosky12(m): 1:34pm On Jan 20, 2025
sirchim:
Carry your division and go far away. Whether YORUBA, IGBO or HAUSAWA actors and actresses, we don't care. We only recognize 1 Nijeriya. Ba dogo turenchi.
God bless you
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Morenikeji090(m): 1:37pm On Jan 20, 2025
Of course we are taking over coz Yoruba produce movies that got great homies
Bigboytinz:
In those days Yoruba actresses were not even recognised blas Nollywood actresses. But today they've taken over the movie industry. 80% of the highest grossing movies s are produces by Yoruba actresses/women.

How come?
.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by galserv:
Armaggedon:
Edo state has more popular actresses than the entire Yoruba
Mercy Aigbe and Toyin Aimakhuhuh

Are you a dull*rddhuh
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by fortunez1(m): 1:57pm On Jan 20, 2025
Wrong narrative from Op, the real deal is that some producers and movie directors want an Oscars while others don't have a vision for an Oscar.
So the budget for production differs , because those Cameras ain't cheap to buy or rent.
So desire becomes aspirations and aspirations to result.
I have some skits written down , just waiting for the right persons to work with.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Antivirus92(m): 2:18pm On Jan 20, 2025
Bulldozer90:
80% of known actresses in nollywood are Igbo. As someone rightly noted, Edo has more actresses than Yoruba.
Please remind them. They've come to chestbeat
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by sirchim(m): 2:28pm On Jan 20, 2025
damosky12:
God bless you
Amen and you too.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Pocca: 2:45pm On Jan 20, 2025
Are you aware that the Yorubas are uncomfortable speaking English?
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Pocca: 2:46pm On Jan 20, 2025
Are you aware that the Yorubas are uncomfortable speaking English?

Anazp:
Funke crossed over to Yoruba when she wasn't really accepted in English Nollywood. Go watch her interviews
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by LegendHero(m): 3:06pm On Jan 20, 2025
Antivirus92:
Please remind them. They've come to chestbeat
That’s because we have the bragging right to chestbeat.

Yoruba women produce 80% of the highest grossing movies in Nigeria. This is a great feat irrespective of their numbers.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by madridguy(m): 3:12pm On Jan 20, 2025
Are you aware Britons are uncomfortable speaking Yoruba?

Pocca:
Are you aware that the Yorubas are uncomfortable speaking English?
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by madridguy(m): 3:12pm On Jan 20, 2025
Yorubas owns everything entertainment in Nigeria.

You think having the first Television na small child play?
If not for the unserious government that allowed the bastards piracy guys milking them, Yorubas movies go don enter over 100 billion naira for box office.

Making good stories as far back as 60's.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Toosure70: 3:14pm On Jan 20, 2025
because Yoruba started movies in Nigeria.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Antivirus92(m): 3:15pm On Jan 20, 2025
LegendHero:
That’s because we have the bragging right to chestbeat.

Yoruba women produce 80% of the highest grossing movies in Nigeria. This is a great feat irrespective of their numbers.
pulling figures out of your unwiped a.ss.

Just one or two movies.....chest beating immediately
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by Armaggedon: 3:21pm On Jan 20, 2025
galserv:
Mercy Aigbe and Toyin Aimakhuhuh

Are a a dull*rddhuh
Ruth Kadiri
Yvonne Jegede
Debby Felix
Sandra Okunzuwa
Etinosa Idemudia


Matilda Obaseki
Nancy Isime
Jemima osunde
Adesuwa etimi
Linda osifo
Efen irele etc

Do well to show me any five Yoruba actresses that are as fairly consistent and popular within nollywood circle like the first five names I posted. I don't want to list Igbos because that would be listing the entire nollywood, and it's not possible.
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by LegendHero(m): 3:32pm On Jan 20, 2025
Antivirus92:
pulling figures out of your unwiped a.ss.

Just one or two movies.....chest beating immediately
Not one or two, 80% and more of all top grossing movies are produced by the Yoruba.

If you don’t know this by now, then you’re probably living inside the forest.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/top-10-highest-grossing-nigerian-movies-of-all-time-ahead-of-festive-season/amp/

Below is also the top 100 grossing movies, all Yoruba dominated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Nigerian_films

Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by galserv: 4:58pm On Jan 20, 2025
Armaggedon:
Ruth Kadiri
Yvonne Jegede
Debby Felix
Sandra Okunzuwa
Etinosa Idemudia


Matilda Obaseki
Nancy Isime
Jemima osunde
Adesuwa etimi
Linda osifo
Efen irele etc

Do well to show me any five Yoruba actresses that are as fairly consistent and popular within nollywood circle like the first five names I posted. I don't want to list Igbos because that would be listing the entire nollywood, and it's not possible.
Funke Akindele

Kehinde Bankole

Bimbo Ademoye

Omowunmi Dada

Joke Silva

Iretiola Julius

Etc Etc Etc

You are a learner!!! angry
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by OfoIgbo: 5:02pm On Jan 20, 2025
How come Netflix is about to leave Nigeria?

Will the departure of Netflix seriously affect Yoruba films which have massively benefitted from Netflix sponsorship due to the Lagos effect, to the detriment of other geopolitical zones that are too further afield from the Lagos-Netflix ecosystem.

This your chest-beating is coming at the wrong time ooh. You may regret it in a matter of months.

In a few months time, you may be replacing Yoruba with Nigeria, in your attempt to hide your nepotism

Armaggedon, LegendHero
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by AfonjaConehead: 5:15pm On Jan 20, 2025
galserv:
Mercy Aigbe and Toyin Aimakhuhuh

Are you a dull*rddhuh
Oga you forgot the other one, can't recall her name,Saidu balogun's former wife.





@op, please there's nothing tribal about Hollywood abeg
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by ednut1(m): 5:19pm On Jan 20, 2025
Bigboytinz:
In those days Yoruba actresses were not even recognised blas Nollywood actresses. But today they've taken over the movie industry. 80% of the highest grossing movies s are produces by Yoruba actresses/women.

How come?
.
people are making money you are sowing seeds of discord. Some of the so called Yoruba actress are not even Yoruba e.g toyin abraham, fathia balogun and mercy aigbe
Re: How Come Yoruba Actresses Have Taken Over Nollywood? by LegendHero(m): 10:49pm On Jan 20, 2025
OfoIgbo:
How come Netflix is about to leave Nigeria?

Will the departure of Netflix seriously affect Yoruba films which have massively benefitted from Netflix sponsorship due to the Lagos effect, to the detriment of other geopolitical zones that are too further afield from the Lagos-Netflix ecosystem.

This your chest-beating is coming at the wrong time ooh. You may regret it in a matter of months.

In a few months time, you may be replacing Yoruba with Nigeria, in your attempt to hide your nepotism

Armaggedon, LegendHero
Netflix ain’t leaving Nigeria. Also, even without Netflix, Yoruba movies gross the highest number at the box office and no amount of tears from people like you will stop the fact.

Even ordinary Benin get level pass Ibo people. Yoruba is way above your league.
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