₦airaland Forum

Emeka Ike recently claimed that he was one of the
founders of Nollywood. His claim is however being
challenged by veteran producer Wale Adenuga who
believes that Emeka Ike should check his facts again
before making any such claims: “ When somebody
claims he founded Nollywood, Oga Bello and of
course I cannot be part of that. You were alive in
1983 when I produced my first film when Emeka
Ike and his Nollywood people were still in
school. They started their own film-making in
1992 and they are claiming that 1992 was the
beginning of film-making in Nigeria.
Would you then call me a member of Nollywood?
Bello made Omo-Orukan in 1980s. Will Bello now
come under Nollywood formed by somebody
who began his career in 1992? Emeka Ike started
in 1992 and in one of his interviews I read, he
said he founded Nollywood. So, would I belong
to such industry founded by Emeka Ike who was
born when I was making films? Or will Ogunde of
blessed memory consider Emeka Ike as his own
pioneer ?
Young boys and girls have pocketed Nollywood and
sent veteran actors into forced retirement. These old
actors are now living in abject poverty due to
inactivity. Some of them facing avoidable deaths. But
you see, there is nothing bad in adopting Nollywood
as name for Nigeria film industry, what I expected
was that when you are telling the story of that
Nollywood, it behooves on you to say it started in
1950s, giving credence to those who started it before
you.
I can’t be part of a Nollywood started by Emeka Ike
because I was making films before he was born. I
can’t consider him as my pioneer. That is why
Yoruba and Hausa are not part of it. Go and ask
Muazu in the North who has been making films
since God knows when, will Emeka Ike be his
pioneer? They defined Nollywood as product of
1992. It suggests that those who have been making
films before 1992 are not part of Nollywood. That to
me is a dangerous claim.”

ohh please

Dat is a stupid say by him.where dis guy wanna put Segun arinze Clara chukura,Pete edoche,rmd ,even geneve nt to talk of d yoruba actress and actors,Iya awero,Iya rainbow,baba sala,aluwe,oga bello,prince jide kosoko and many more

I don't wanna write much, but I think their is a gang up against the nollywood by some yoruba urchins, they will always castigate nollywood, and downplay everything about it. They have written thousands of articles trying to rubbish the hard work of these people, and you will never see them reply,
One of those lies was that the producers are tribalist...but when Ghana came, The yorubas came and used their media war and chased Ghanaians away. They out numbered yoruba actors and actresses, olu jacob, funke are always used in nollywood. Those producers only care about those that will bring returns. But lazy yorubas will stay in their place hating. Yoruba travel and explore, atleast your herbal doctors are all over the East making cool cash, learn from them..

patrick89:
I don't wanna write much, but I think their is a gang up against the nollywood by some yoruba urchins, they will always castigate nollywood, and downplay everything about it. They have written thousands of articles trying to rubbish the hard work of these people, and you will never see them reply,
One of those lies was that the producers are tribalist...but when Ghana came, The yorubas came and used their media war and chased Ghanaians away. They out numbered yoruba actors and actresses, olu jacob, funke are always used in nollywood. Those producers only care about those that will bring returns. But lazy yorubas will stay in their place hating. Yoruba travel and explore, atleast your herbal doctors are all over the East making cool cash, learn from them..

What is this one saying? so to you it is right to misrepresent history. you stink of tribalism. SMH