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These people are so insecure it's hilarious 😄

NewDea4:


You can never rewrite history you shameless, useless criminal...Nollywood started when Igbo film-makers began recording their movies on VHS tapes!

Don't be deluded. Yorubas too were recording movies in vhs during that time infact earlier than that. Its just that Yoruba films then were limited to southwest due to language barrier. What propel Igboz movies then was the use of English even we in southwest watched those films. But its not to say those Igbo English films started earlier in vhs than yoruba movies. That's a blatant lie from hell. We are d pioneer of nollywood

Lol, what are you guys even dragging? People are developing thier country you are dragging for trash?

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland through the vision of our forebears. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Entertainment business is total package and it's bringing in billions into Nigeria through the Nigerian music, sports and film industry pioneered by the Yoruba and still owned by the Yoruba.

The chart bursting Nollywood films are produced in Yoruba but subtitled in English, Asake sings in Yoruba, all the Nigerian music Stars that performed at his UK show, including Tunde Baiyewu of Light House, are Nigerians and Yoruba with link to Nollywood. Most of those sound tracks in Yoruba films come from these Yoruba global Musicians.

Even Gospel musicians like Tope Alabi are connected to Nollywood while World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua, World Athletics record-holder Tobi Amusan, along with Odunlade Adekola, Olamide, Teni and others are Glo Ambassadors, Iya Rainbow, Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule from Nollywood as Airtel Ambassadors, with their faces all over local and international Nigerian entertainment contents sponsorship.

Yoruba started Nollywood when the rest of Nigeria and Africa had not even seen or watched a TV in their lives and the Yoruba still own Nollywood till date.

The Yoruba can teach others in Nigeria and Africa how they sustain this global feat and dominance of entertainment if others are humble enough to learn from the Yoruba. We are all Nigerians/Africans and we can learn from one another.

Must you insult to make a sense out of your nonsense...go get a good life.....you are too bittered and pained to be a human

GoodLife4live:
Dem never even born u our mum talkless u... First televised movie was in 1973... A Yoruba film..

Jaguar in 1978 in bronkin English..
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LagosPrince:
Yoruba started Nollywood yet, most Yoruba actors and actresses didn't break through the English version of Nollywood from baba suwe to Mr latin down to Femi adebayo.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life and since Yoruba actors and actresses couldn't break through the English version of Nollywood probably because there english sucks, Dem kuku create Nollywood Yoruba to console themselves.

sometimes you ignore these Yoruba guys

Hahaha edey pain this woman, I no even know her for one day

ehikwe22:
Yoruba movie industry has really catch up and performing very well now but that doesn't mean they own Nollywood. For thr past 30 years of my life where I've been the AGR bracket of awareness, I've always heard, seen and known the Igbos as the face of nollywood and everybody in Africa, Europe, and America everywhere I've been to and I have friends in that knows nollywood always Link it with the Igbo. Igbo people neglected Igbo version of nollywood and projected the English version which is the version that sold all over the world and every human in this world always mention Igbo and Igbo culture - white people call me Igwe when we joke, they heard that from nollywood.

How come because the Yoruba rebranded in 2022 they suddenly became the owners of nollywood? This is betrayal of the highest order. Don't try to change history because you're now on an advantaged position with big platform. Igbo nollywood died when they started mass creation of low budget movies and the Yoruba used this opportunity to take advantage of an already built brand - it's not bad as we're all Nigerians. But give glory to whom it's due.

Even in music, Yorubas only started dominating since about 5 years ago.

This superiority complex will be the end of us. What will it take people to acknowledge that others slaved and contributed to the industry they are currently dominating?

Igbos dominated the movie industry and if not for the revolution of how movies were distributed, our SW folks wouldn't have penetrated.

Just because you are currently on top doesn't mean you were always ontop. Acknowledging the efforts of others and give honour when it's due won't take anything away from you.

LagosPrince:
Yoruba started Nollywood yet, most Yoruba actors and actresses didn't break through the English version of Nollywood from baba suwe to Mr latin down to Femi adebayo.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life and since Yoruba actors and actresses couldn't break through the English version of Nollywood probably because there english sucks, Dem kuku create Nollywood Yoruba to console themselves.

Maybe you need to check your English first before commenting on 'there' English that sucks

LagosPrince:

All Yoruba films Yet, living in bondage made more money and name than all this films you put out here.

You go school at all. You no see living in bondage below those movies.

And yes yoruba started Nooly wood, that’s pure fact

All Nigerian movies recognized outside the country as Nollywood, but within Nigeria, we differentiate it by languages like Kanohood etc.

igwebuike01:

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Also Mr. Raw and Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap. But I have seen many yorubas laying claims to be pioneers of indegenous rap

You're deluded. Even nigga raw can not claim he started indigenous rap. Go google eddy remedy aka player meji.. Ojb jezreeel. When did nigga raw starr rapping. U re a real clown.

Omoawoke:


You go school at all. You no see living in bondage below those movies.

And yes yoruba started Nooly wood, that’s pure fact

All Nigerian movies recognized outside the country as Nollywood, but within Nigeria, we differentiate it by languages like Kanohood etc.

The brand name came from English speaking movies that mainly dominated by Igbos.

igwebuike01:

Read the interview. The interview said that the new technology of streaming platforms is helping yorubas catch up. Before then it used to be igbo controlled distributors and marketers. (Idumota Lagos, Iweka road Onitsha and pounds road Aba). You are just trying to catch up from long years of absolute Igbo domination by taking advantage of new streaming technology

We started it

Deal with the fact

And currently, this is beyond catching up, Yorubas are leading nollywood and taking it bigger than Africa. So I wonder who needs catch up

I can name 10 Yoruba actors and actresses that became very popular when they made screenplays on Igbo produced Nollywood movies...Ramsey Noah (half Yoruba) became a sensation when he was featured in those classic lover boy movies all produced by Igbos, Desmond Elliot another Yoruba boy went from the "Everyday people" TV show regular guy to becoming a popular super star actor when he started acting in Igbo Nollywood English movies, Bimbo Akintola, Omotola Jolade, Olu Jacob's (even though he was a bit popular in the few 80's British sit coms he featured in) but his prototype Igwe roles earned him more fame across Africa, Eniola Badmus, Jibola Dabo etc. None of these actors made it big in Yoruba Nollywood so they had to find their fame in the Igbo Nollywood English movies. How many Igbos made it big in Yorubawood movies? infact how many Non- Yorubas besides a few made it big by casting in yorubawood?! but lots of Nollywood stars of South West and South South extractions were popular across Africa cause of major roles they played in Igbo produced classic movies...the likes of Shan George, Sam Loco Efe, JT Tom West, Kate Henshaw, Dakore Egbuson and several other South South actors and actresses became famous from Igbo Nollywood movies.

funmijoyb:
Who doesn't know Yoruba started Nollywood and Music in Nigeria.
South Westerners are the pioneers entertainments including skits and comedy

Clap for yourself,yet p square changed the music(classic video and vibe) with do me.i do you,igbos no be your mate,yet the davidos greatest song is written and produced by igbo(Tecno "IF" davido said it himself,he has no hit song butbtecno called.him and changed his life,Yet perruzzi igbo boy is the writter davido can't do without 😁 infact if you hear perruzzi sing you will decode he sings back up for all davido songs to make the frog voice blend(simply he grooms him.

Yet igbos keep being the president of Nollywood till date and gave olu Jacobs,omotola, there stardom in movie industry,simply means that without us you can not shine,just like without us living many and developing Lagos,it won't be what it is today

Meanwhile how is OYO(Ibadan),osun,ekiti,Ondo,ogun?you can't compare them to any southeastern states,if only other other subsequent governors of abia state maintained the good work of orji uzo in ABA,ABA would.have been more beautiful than all your sad wastern (south western) states.

Before you argue this,I was born and bread In ABA in the 80's,so I witnessed orji uzo in the millennium and I have been around all your sad wastern states,una no reach,I no even wan mention Enugu,Owerri etc.na that ABA you dey yab I wan use.

In summary,igbos no be una mate,whatever we touch turn it gold.you wonder why super eagles wings got clipped?it's because of igbo hate,when did you won that real.trophy?1994 abi 1996......go and check the names of the teammates 😁

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland through the vision of our forebears. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Entertainment business is total package and it's bringing in billions into Nigeria through the Nigerian music, sports and film industry pioneered by the Yoruba and still owned by the Yoruba.

The chart bursting Nollywood films are produced in Yoruba but subtitled in English, Asake sings in Yoruba, all the Nigerian music Stars that performed at his UK show, including Tunde Baiyewu of Light House, are Nigerians and Yoruba with link to Nollywood. Most of those sound tracks in Yoruba films come from these Yoruba global Musicians.

Even Gospel musicians like Tope Alabi are connected to Nollywood while World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua, World Athletics record-holder Tobi Amusan, along with Odunlade Adekola, Olamide, Teni and others are Glo Ambassadors, Iya Rainbow, Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule from Nollywood as Airtel Ambassadors, with their faces all over local and international Nigerian entertainment contents sponsorship.

Yoruba started Nollywood when the rest of Nigeria and Africa had not even seen or watched a TV in their lives and the Yoruba still own Nollywood till date.

The Yoruba can teach others in Nigeria and Africa how they sustain this global feat and dominance of entertainment if others are humble enough to learn from the Yoruba. We are all Nigerians/Africans and we can learn from one another.

tribalist. After writing a full post filled with tribalism, you tried to preach one Nigeria at the end.

LagosPrince:
Yoruba started Nollywood yet, most Yoruba actors and actresses didn't break through the English version of Nollywood from baba suwe to Mr latin down to Femi adebayo.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life and since Yoruba actors and actresses couldn't break through the English version of Nollywood probably because there english sucks, Dem kuku create Nollywood Yoruba to console themselves.

it is their and there. Let start from there. You were saying?

Nollywood started with "Living In Bondage". Before then Nigerians were making films and series just like we've been making music for more than 20 thousand years but things turn around at some point to start a new order.

Make I no lie, I don’t know who started what but the Nollywood I know na Igbos and Deltas full am, maybe Yoruba movies Ehen…I don’t know the pain Yorubas are going through but may God deliver them

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland through the vision of our forebears. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Entertainment business is total package and it's bringing in billions into Nigeria through the Nigerian music, sports and film industry pioneered by the Yoruba and still owned by the Yoruba.

The chart bursting Nollywood films are produced in Yoruba but subtitled in English, Asake sings in Yoruba, all the Nigerian music Stars that performed at his UK show, including Tunde Baiyewu of Light House, are Nigerians and Yoruba with link to Nollywood. Most of those sound tracks in Yoruba films come from these Yoruba global Musicians.

Even Gospel musicians like Tope Alabi are connected to Nollywood while World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua, World Athletics record-holder Tobi Amusan, along with Odunlade Adekola, Olamide, Teni and others are Glo Ambassadors, Iya Rainbow, Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule from Nollywood as Airtel Ambassadors, with their faces all over local and international Nigerian entertainment contents sponsorship.

Yoruba started Nollywood when the rest of Nigeria and Africa had not even seen or watched a TV in their lives and the Yoruba still own Nollywood till date.

The Yoruba can teach others in Nigeria and Africa how they sustain this global feat and dominance of entertainment if others are humble enough to learn from the Yoruba. We are all Nigerians/Africans and we can learn from one another.

Tribe don enter this one too....Yorubas una worst past Hausa....everything is tribalism.

... "By the 90s, most cinema houses had collapsed due to a lack of activity (which is related to the failures of what Yorubas always start). Churches acquired others that had not collapsed. As expected, video on demand was the thing, and films like Kenneth Nnabue’s Living in Bondage had paved the way for the new Nollywood making it a lucrative venture which till today is striving better. Video rental clubs thrived for families, and the allure was paying as little as N100 for a limited amount to a film.

When Igbo man touch business, u know the answer.

Yoruba don't own anything, Igbo don't too neither Hausa....until we stop this tribal issue, people with mid brains like u wont allow this country forge ahead.

Omoawoke:


Did you read the write up at all.
Education is the ability to unlearn and learn.
Yorubas actually pioneered nollywood but lost track at some points.
But nollywood was started by Yorubas, that’s the point of the op.

Yorubas has never dominated nollywood and they never claimed to have dominated until now. During thr colonial era, different ethnic groups shoot some mushroom plays including the Yorubas. Hausa have theirs, Edos have theirs, Igbos have theirs etc. It was nothing big neither was it an industry or the movies created for commercial purposes or commercial quantities for distribution. It was the Igbo that at a point created a standard movie industry known today as Nollywood - while the Hausas and the Yorubas expanded their own local branches instead of merging with the mainstream Igbo controlled nollywood.

The Igbo controlled movie industry is what is known as nollywood, Hausa called theirs Kannywood but Yoruba and the Igbo language movies didn't create separate names for theirs that's the only reason Yoruba can wake up today and tag their movies as nollywood movies.

igwebuike01:

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Also Mr. Raw and Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap. But I have seen many yorubas laying claims to be pioneers of indegenous rap

Lagos influence Lagos influence

Abeg, na Igbo get Lagos

If wishes were horses, igbos will lift Lagos on their heads and carry it to southeast. Lmao

foleskay:

Don't be deluded. Yorubas too were recording movies in vhs during that time infact earlier than that. Its just that Yoruba films then were limited to southwest due to language barrier. What propel Igboz movies then was the use of English even we in southwest watched those films. But its not to say those Igbo English films started earlier in vhs than yoruba movies. That's a blatant lie from hell. We are d pioneer of nollywood

The first film produced on video in Nigeria is 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye. Subsequently, Alade Aromire produced Ekun (1989) on video.[4] However, the boom experienced in this era is generally believed to have been kick started by Kenneth Nnebue's Living in Bondage (1992). Do you know why? When it comes to business or to make something boom....you know the tribe to contact and remember is not how far but how well. Learn to remove tribalism from everything

ehikwe22:


Yorubas has never dominated nollywood and they never claimed to have dominated until now. During thr colonial era, different ethnic groups shoot some mushroom plays including the Yorubas. Hausa have theirs, Edos have theirs, Igbos have theirs etc. It was nothing big neither was it an industry or the movies created for commercial purposes or commercial quantities for distribution. It was the Igbo that at a point created a standard movie industry known today as Nollywood - while the Hausas and the Yorubas expanded their own local branches instead of merging with the mainstream Igbo controlled nollywood.

The Igbo controlled movie industry is what is known as nollywood, Hausa called theirs Kannywood but Yoruba and the Igbo language movies didn't create separate names for theirs that's the only reason Yoruba can wake up today and tag their movies as nollywood movies.

Yorubas started it and dominated it in the 1960s.

You cannot change history. Deal with that fact please

igwebuike01:

And you think no igbo equivalent of your old skul yoruba rap? In this indomie generation da grin is the first yoruba rapper

A. Y is the first nigeria to rap in Yoruba language in 90s..

It be like say u be indomie generation... Most of your comments are being generated from social media ...

No physical experience

Okay. Time to rename it Oduduwood, like north did for Kannywood.
I don't know why we continue to deceive ourselves about the one Nigeria. Because of cheap cash from crude oil in the Niger Delta region, politicians still congregate in Abuja for barely existing one Nigeria.

Europeans have since the fall of Berlin Wall dismantled all the multi religious and multi ethnic countries that once existed in Europe because Europeans know that such countries never work.

LagosPrince:

That's where you're driving at including the OP.

You people are obsessed with the Igbos so much that you want to measure dicks with them at any given opportunity.

Stop this inferiority complex.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life. Even the OP admitted that some Nigerians think that Nollywood started with "Living in bondage" which we all know Actor Kenneth okonkwo was the lead actor.

Person no mention igbo, yet you still come cry.

ada9ja:


Name on of the first Yoruba movies in VHS, the year?

Una like to argue.

This is a fact not a call for debate. Yorubas started nollywood and commercialized it.
Igbos have moved from snatching lands to stealing glory

igwebuike01:

Nollywood is about recorded home videos which was started by Igbos. TV series no be Nollywood

There are no more home videos today. So, is Nollywood gone as well?
The lady was right, it all started with folks like Hubert Ogunde, Ade Love, Baba Sala, Jimoh Aliu and others.
The home video time was just a phase in the evolution of the movie industry, it wasn't a new Industry.

igwebuike01:

Cinema and TV no be Nollywood. How many times can we correct you? Nollywood is the commercial production of recorded home videos

Stop lying

Yorubas commercialized nollywood

Wale Adenuga was the first blockster in Nigeria

Omoawoke2:


Una like to argue.

This is a fact not a call for debate. Yorubas started nollywood and commercialized it.
Igbos have moved from snatching lands to stealing glory

"snatching lands to stealing glory" so your people lands were snatched by Igbos....so your glory were stolen by igbos too....eyaaaa....you people are finished