bigfrancis21:


I won't even argue with you. Your bigotry will not allow you see the truth. Claiming unnecessary titles undue to you is childish. Nigerians anywhere anytime know that Nollwood is an Igbo success story. They made it what it is today. Just as the Jews dominate Hollywood such that over 60% of movie producers in Hollywood are Jews, the Igbos equally dominate in Nollywood. Just like the Igbos, the Jews have the tenacity to dominate wherever they go.

Hollywood (Jewish dominated) - number 1 in the world, Nollywood(Igbo dominated) - number 3 in the world. I see a striking resemblance here.

For now, there is nothing like igbo Nollywood is simply English speaking Nigeria movie. Go and create igbo nollywood like d Hausas as done in d North period.
Igbo people, ur sucess today r all yorubas dat u allied urself with in all ramification. do u things up in the east and see if things will remain d same.

Malawian:

you guys need to stop feeling insecure. if sola thinks his mgatimgbati name is not corporate enough for the igbo nollywood, he could have ported to the yorubawood - no disute.

we have rita dominic and stella damascus as well, so zip it. awon obe ekpo.

when u begin to see ur background, the tribe u are as an obstacle to ur greatness, u are not worth to be that real man. I believed is by God grace and his hardwork that made him a star and not..... Desmond

can he speak yoruba.

mikeapollo:


Nollywood is a creation of Yoruba.

Television, film industry, home movies were all pioneered by Yoruba in Nigeria, before others joined..

Funny how they're struggling to market their crappy films.

I have noticed that people with (yoruba father and Igbo mother) are always quick to tell you that they have an Igbo mother when you ask them about their identity.
I have one of them as friend, he is working in warri.
Don't know why they behave that way!

CharlyNick:
Maybe he's not proud of his Identity

All actors and actresses always pick stage names, infact 95 percent of them dont use their real names.

They need to have stages names for their alter egos or demonic spirits that possess them.

Phunmibi:


Same way you should ask Jonathan, Patience, Reuben and the likes why they bear Jewish and English name. wake up dude! Desmond lacks confidence and courage. Thus I don't find him feat as a Yorùbá man

He has made a name for himself, but sorry to ask who are you?. Igbo producer brought him from obscurity to prominency, now he is a lawmaker in Lagos.
You are here dragging nonsense.
Don't blame Desmond abi Sola, but blame his father that gave away their tribal surname to answer Elliott.
People like Kelvin Olusola is answering English first name but his surname gives us clue of where he comes from.
I don't mind answering Duke Charles as a stage name just for firm.
Desmond is wise Sha! Like Igbo boy.

Onijagidijagan:


For now, there is nothing like igbo Nollywood is simply English speaking Nigeria movie. Go and create igbo nollywood like d Hausas as done in d North period.
Igbo people, ur sucess today r all yorubas dat u allied urself with in all ramification. do u things up in the east and see if things will remain d same.

You do know that the same Nollywood you mentioned is responsible for producing Igbo language movies right? Or is Yorubawood responsible for the creation of Igbo movies? Or is it Kannywood? What does that tell you? And since last year do you know that there has been a huge increase in the number of Igbo language movies produced by Nollywood? And also that there is an Igbo language channel, in addition to the English language channel that showcase English-speaking Igbo movies, on cable TV?

So what is the issue?

dukecharles:


He has made a name for himself, but sorry to ask who are you?. Igbo producer brought him from obscurity to prominency, now he is a lawmaker in Lagos.
You are here dragging nonsense.
Don't blame Desmond abi Sola, but blame his father that gave away their tribal surname to answer Elliott.
People like Kelvin Olusola is answering English first name but his surname gives us clue of where he comes from.
I don't mind answering Duke Charles as a stage name just for firm.
Desmond is wise Sha! Like Igbo boy.

He is Igbo by maternal ancestry and a Nwadiana in Igboland. I'm pretty sure he has an Emeka or Ifeanyi as Igbo name somewhee. Igbos do not play with their nwadiana (a child or children born to their Igbo sisters). He also looks Igbo.

silverdam:
You removed fine name like Olusola from your name because of one stupid Nollywood movies and Igbo producers. Why is he so fake like many of us? But now that you want to join Politics and need the help of the people, you quickly remember Olusola.


Why would a sane person replace Olusola with Desmond? I'm proud to have a yoruba name "Oluwatosin" I will never substitute it for anything in this world, I'm proud of my culture and where I'm coming from. Why should I be ashamed of my name because of Igbo producers? Too bad!!!

Listen to yourself, you had the chance to use oluwatosin as your name on nairaland, but you 'proudly' used silverdam, now u spilling bunkum. In life we look for strategies that will enhance our chances, and that is exactly what Olusola did. So, swerve!!!

Ugomba:
I have noticed that people with (yoruba father and Igbo mother) are always quick to tell you that they have an Igbo mother when you ask them about their identity.
I have one of them as friend, he is working in warri.
Don't know why they behave that way!

I have one here in my office in the US, born to a Yoruba father and Igbo mother and she is so proud of her maternal ancestry. Physically, she looks very much Igbo. It also seems that non-Igbos born to Igbo mothers often tend to look more Igbo than their father's ancestry. Another example is Eberechi Yemi Alade, a half Igbo half Yoruba girl, who looks every inch Igbo.

bigfrancis21:


You do know that the same Nollywood you mentioned is responsible for producing Igbo language movies right? Or is Yorubawood responsible for the creation of Igbo movies? Or is it Kannywood? What does that tell you? And since last year do you know that there has been a huge increase in the number of Igbo language movies produced by Nollywood? And also that there is an Igbo language channel, in addition to the English language channel that showcase English-speaking Igbo movies, on cable TV?

So what is the issue?

if there is an igbo channel, that's the igbowood you and I have been waiting for 4 so long, but d English Nollywood success stories comprises of all Nigerians actors and actresses.

Same things is applicable to the super eagles, not that igbos have better players but is dominated as a result of d igbo coaches that we have been using for long time. so therefore we cannot call it biafran players.

silverdam:
You removed fine name like Olusola from your name because of one stupid Nollywood movies and Igbo producers. Why is he so fake like many of us? But now that you want to join Politics and need the help of the people, you quickly remember Olusola.


Why would a sane person replace Olusola with Desmond? I'm proud to have a yoruba name "Oluwatosin" I will never substitute it for anything in this world, I'm proud of my culture and where I'm coming from. Why should I be ashamed of my name because of Igbo producers? Too bad!!!

mumu.. If u were in his shoes, iu wud do worse

silverdam:
You removed fine name like Olusola from your name because of one stupid Nollywood movies and Igbo producers. Why is he so fake like many of us? But now that you want to join Politics and need the help of the people, you quickly remember Olusola.


Why would a sane person replace Olusola with Desmond? I'm proud to have a yoruba name "Oluwatosin" I will never substitute it for anything in this world, I'm proud of my culture and where I'm coming from. Why should I be ashamed of my name because of Igbo producers? Too bad!!!

why not use Oluwatosin as ur moniker ? Next time don't use silverdam but truthfully we always use a name to serve a purpose at a point in life and that's why some people pick nickname and u hardly know their real names.

Onijagidijagan:


if there is an igbo channel, that's the igbowood you and I have been waiting for 4 so long, but d English Nollywood success stories comprises of all Nigerians actors and actresses.

Same things is applicable to the super eagles, not that igbos have better players but is dominated as a result of d igbo coaches that we have been using for long time. so therefore we cannot call it biafran players.

It cannot be called Biafran players because officially Biafra as a name does not exist. If Igbos were also known as Biafrans, not in reference to a country but as an alternative name, then it could be plausible to refer to Nigeria's football team as being mostly a Biafran team (in terms of an alternative name to 'Igbo' and not as a country).

The Igbos, being accommodating of other tribes, accommodated talented non-Igbo actors and actresses and we all know that there are several non-Igbo actors, directors and actresses amongst the greater number of Igbo actors, actresses, producers and directors but that does not take away the fact that it is majorly and Igbo industry manned and run by Igbos in and out.

ernesty20:
mumu.. If u were in his shoes, iu wud do worse

ask him why he failed to u Oluwatosin as his moniker name , maybe because he wasn't proud of it too as he confessed.

Chinaimporter:

Now i see where your handsomness and classiness come from. A typical yoruba man can never be like you that is why you see the only yorubas good enough to have national appeal are those with igbo blood like you and segun arinze.
I know you hate your father for that singular drop of yoruba blood he gave you that almost totally contaminated you.
Thank God you have purified your blood by further diluting it with the blood of our brothers from akwa ibom and calabar.....the greatest and truest friends of the igbos and our eternal allies.May God give you the ability to shed all yoruboid thing from your blood

I'm 100% Igbo! But you are a bastard for this comment.

bigfrancis21:


I have one here in my office in the US, born to a Yoruba father and Igbo mother and she is so proud of her maternal ancestry. Physically, she looks very much Igbo. It also seems that non-Igbos born to Igbo mothers often tend to look more Igbo than their father's ancestry. Another example is Eberechi Yemi Alade, a half Igbo half Yoruba girl, who looks every inch Igbo.

no wonder. our women need to stop subsidizing this yoruba gene.

bigfrancis21:


I have one here in my office in the US, born to a Yoruba father and Igbo mother and she is so proud of her maternal ancestry. Physically, she looks very much Igbo. It also seems that non-Igbos born to Igbo mothers often tend to look more Igbo than their father's ancestry. Another example is Eberechi Yemi Alade, a half Igbo half Yoruba girl, who looks every inch Igbo.

in Nigeria, there is nothing like half igbo, Half yoruba. Any igbo that has lived in yorubaland 4 sometimes and knows the culture, are already becoming yorubas.

Majorities of this igbo women u r talking about are more like Yorubas. Yoruba men doesn't go to the south east to date igbo women but date mostly igbo women born and raised in the South West or spent a long time here.

Melancholy:
Abi oo, the likes of ayo adesanya,yemi black,bimbo akintola, were there for him as mentors. What a mediocre way of thinking!

He really goofed big time there, muan.Yorubas have proudly bore their names under or above the sea,home or abroad.SADE ADU,DAVID OYELOWO,HAKEEM OLAJUWON ETC..Olohun a gbe wa o.PROUDLY OMOLUABI...

Erave:




http://newtelegraphonline.com/desmond-elliotramsey-nouah-wasnt-nice-to-me-the-first-time-i-met-him/

If they say d Yorubas are hypocritical and confused, one will say they've been insulted but Una see am. If tomorrow n be APC dey e go change to another tribe tell Una say im grandfather na worefa. Ramsense!!!

Malawian:
no wonder. our women need to stop subsidizing this yoruba gene.

LOL. With the rate of inter-tribal marriages between Igbos and Yorubas, in the next 100 years it might start getting difficult to tell Yorubas from Igbos.

Eberechi Alade was born in Abia state. Some of her songs tend to have strong Igbo flavour than Yoruba. You can read up more about her here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemi_Alade

Lol. The thing just taya me. Some people no dey reason well before they talk

Babatindan:
ask him why he failed to u Oluwatosin as his moniker name , maybe because he wasn't proud of it too as he confessed.

adeoba2008:
I am a Yoruba man. I am proud to be one.

who come ask you

Onijagidijagan:

in Nigeria, there is nothing like half igbo, Half yoruba. Any igbo that has lived in yorubaland 4 sometimes and knows the culture, are already becoming yorubas.

Majorities of this igbo women u r talking about are more like Yorubas. Yoruba men doesn't go to the south east to date igbo women but date mostly igbo women born and raised in the South West or spent a long time here.

Desmond Elliot was proud enough to introduce himself as half Yoruba half Igbo. Same as Eberechi Yemi, Omawumi, Cynthia etc. Had they not told us, we would not know. Thus, children of inter-tribal marriages nowadays are beginning to claim both identities, even though Nigeria might be a paternalistic society.

Being familiar with the Yoruba customs does not make them Yoruba. It makes them more accepting of Yorubas than those from the SE or SS because they are used to them. Since birth, you have been exposed to Western education and civilization however it would be wrong to refer to you as a westerner because clearly you are not. Being exposed to Western ways and customs does not make you a Westerner. It only makes you able to adapt easily in a Western society you find yourself in.

Chinaimporter:

Now i see where your handsomness and classiness come from. A typical yoruba man can never be like you that is why you see the only yorubas good enough to have national appeal are those with igbo blood like you and segun arinze.
I know you hate your father for that singular drop of yoruba blood he gave you that almost totally contaminated you.
Thank God you have purified your blood by further diluting it with the blood of our brothers from akwa ibom and calabar.....the greatest and truest friends of the igbos and our eternal allies.May God give you the ability to shed all yoruboid thing from your blood

The most senseless comment from the most foolish dullard in the world. There are more full blooded Yorubas even in Hollywood and countless others in nollywood so are you this daft?
Oh! You are Chinaimporter- a substandard or fake individual

silverdam:
You removed fine name like Olusola from your name because of one stupid Nollywood movies and Igbo producers. Why is he so fake like many of us? But now that you want to join Politics and need the help of the people, you quickly remember Olusola.


Why would a sane person replace Olusola with Desmond? I'm proud to have a yoruba name "Oluwatosin" I will never substitute it for anything in this world, I'm proud of my culture and where I'm coming from. Why should I be ashamed of my name because of Igbo producers? Too bad!!!

now look at where he is now. But u that is not ashamed of ur useless Yoruba name, look at your poverty level

Lilimax:

Nwa nnaa, abeg repent and quit tribalism biko.
Ogini di?

Omo-iya mi, nwanne, biko y u dey mind dat one na? U for leave am jor! Quoting him is enuf relevance which pple av avoided by sheer ignorance of his comment.

bigfrancis21:


It cannot be called Biafran players because officially Biafra as a name does not exist. If Igbos were also known as Biafrans, not in reference to a country but as an alternative name, then it could be plausible to refer to Nigeria's football team as being mostly a Biafran team (in terms of an alternative name to 'Igbo' and not as a country).

The Igbos, being accommodating of other tribes, accommodated talented non-Igbo actors and actresses and we all know that there are several non-Igbo actors, directors and actresses amongst the greater number of Igbo actors, actresses, producers and directors but that does not take away the fact that it is majorly and Igbo industry manned and run by Igbos in and out.

Igbo are accomodating 4 where? in Lagos? u must be kidding me. for ur info,igbo people are not accommodating at all but that's not my point.

My point is that, Yorubas created Nollywood it started as a yoruba film before it splited into Nollywood English/Yoruba Nollywood cinema. Click on Wikipedia and read for yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria

abbey621:
I would have gladly done the same if I were in his shoes. We are talking about 1999 or 2000 here? Yoruba films ke! Yoruba films were making peanuts and little or no room for growth, the Igbo film makers completely changed the game which gave room for stars like Jim Iyke, Geni and so on., kudos Desmond hopefully your political career will be meaningful and not just a showcase.

any which way, the guy has made it,

APC just dumped this fool on the people of Surulere

I'm sure he couldn't win the election on his own merit

williamsean:
now look at where he is now. But u that is not ashamed of ur useless Yoruba name, look at your poverty level

There are millions of richer and more successful people bearing only their Yoruba names so what's your point? The Yoruba name he remembered again in order to win elections is useless abi? Oponu