funmijoyb:
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Ose or Oshey ; Thank you
Oluwa; God
Baba; Father
Jo; please
Oya or Otiya
Patapata; everything
Lailai; Never
Lepa; Slim
Orobo; Fat
Ajebutter; Wealthy person
Ajepako; Poor person
Yeye; Joke
Keke; Bicycle
Igbo; weed or Bush
Oga; Boss
Mama; mother


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funmijoyb:
Lalasticlala

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Ose or Oshey ; Thank you
Oluwa; God
Baba; Father
Jo; please
Oya or Otiya
Patapata; everything
Lailai; Never
Lepa; Slim
Orobo; Fat
Ajebutter; Wealthy person
Ajepako; Poor person
Yeye; Joke
Keke; Bicycle
Igbo; weed or Bush
Oga; Boss
Mama; mother


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iameugene:
As far as im concerned, google and my iPhone dic proved dis... Proud Yoruba bwoi we d best everywhere... Y'all biafras keep on coming to lagos to claim tinz we kno ye tiffs.. Derris enough space for yall dumb asses in festac.. Ps stop claiming lagos as ur state...

LadyFiona:
Yeah, he said that .
We call moi moi...elele
Only knew garrison is EBA when I travelled to Lagos. Now it is mainstream according to untravelled Yoruba's on this thread, what the heck.!!!!

Onijagidijagan:

Not an insult bro. is foolishness if i say d word Chukwu, Chineke is a yiruba word.

is foolishness when igbo says they own Nollywood in Lagos.

is foolishness when igbo claims d three most famous yoruba words as theirs; Ashawo/asewo Akata, Oyibo/Oyinbo, Wahala e.t.c

somegirl1:


Celebrating wrong information. Good for you.

Onijagidijagan:


Since d birth of d first albino in yorubaland, Oyinbo has been used to desicribe them. you are foolish if u claim oyinbo/oyibo and Akata are igbo words for any reason.

Akata is a wild cat and Olongbo is d domestic cat.
your claims are not geniune.

it has direct meaning in our language for gosh sake.
yorubas documents their words way better than igbo does.

1.That's why ur people claims Lagos, Ibadan and Akure are Igboland. which brought all d problems u r facing today.
2. Also claiming ikweres, Ijaw, Itsekiris are all igbo because of crude oil

Claiming everything, you igbos are funny thiefs. This words are not yours.

Onijagidijagan:

What of Lagos?

Ihuomadinihu:
It is foolishness if you don't know that Oyibo is an Igboword. It is also foolishness when you fail to realise that no Igbo claims Ashewo to be Igbo. The Igbo word for Ashewo is Akwunakwuna or Iko for side chick and that is what we use in deep igbo conversations.
It is also foolishness when you have refuse to acknowledge that Yoruba,Hausa and Igbo made movies before 1992 but what we know as Nollywood has igbo written all over it. Pls refer to threads about Nollywood.

iameugene:
lmao this tin can pain ehn

iameugene:
lmao I was just about to ask that too.. He didn't mentioned lagos... Igbo are well known to claim good tinz they cant go to der own states and make it better like lagos.. Hench dey keep dominanting nd making it bigger... Lol nd dey wish its der state

iameugene:
lwkmd this one is saying igbo is written all over nollywood o kikikiki ... Nollywood comprises of all the movies acted in Nigeria this include Yoruba Igbo and Hausa yorubas maketh films with der language and ppl watch it very well.. Dey even made africa magic yoruba nd even hausa cause dey are proud to act like dat nd it's still selling ive not seen africa magic igbo (lol wonders who will watch dat tho) whilst most igbos maketh films with english, fear of being not watched if dey use der language for d films, speaking of which films dat r acted with u ppls language is sooo boring, ps an Igbo frend of mine said dat... So because most of u run from ur language using English makes i think u own nollywood.. Lol I thought all u ppl do is to claim now i see uve added stup!dity

iameugene:
lwkmd this one is saying igbo is written all over nollywood o kikikiki ... Nollywood comprises of all the movies acted in Nigeria this include Yoruba Igbo and Hausa yorubas maketh films with der language and ppl watch it very well.. Dey even made africa magic yoruba nd even hausa cause dey are proud to act like dat nd it's still selling ive not seen africa magic igbo (lol wonders who will watch dat tho) whilst most igbos maketh films with english, fear of being not watched if dey use der language for d films, speaking of which films dat r acted with u ppls language is sooo boring, ps an Igbo frend of mine said dat... So because most of u run from ur language using English makes i think u own nollywood.. Lol I thought all u ppl do is to claim now i see uve added stup!dity

Drchristian:
why do Oja oba used in some igbo market?

Ihuomadinihu:

I wouldn't stoop so low to insult you. Can't you Yorubas state your opinions without insulting others? Why are you all very Razz?
Anyway,go and ask Olu Jacob, Omotola, Funke Akindele etc who gave them the opportunity to participate in Nollywood. Folks like Desmond Elliot and Ramsey Nouah had to hide their Yoruba identity when they joined Nollywood. Nollywood has expanded,now we have assimilated actors from all over the Nation,even up to Ghana, Cameroon and Kenya. Don't take that priviledge and expansion for granted!

Onijagidijagan:

well said bro. i'm yet to hear of Nollywood in the south east. hope is not d Nollywood founded by d yorubas in Lagos they are claiming as Nollywood igbo. cuz it will be very pathetic.
Hausa has their nollywood in d north, Igbo sud go and create theirs.

somegirl1:


You've conveniently avoided my question regarding the yoruba word for "trouble".
Even when Igbos borrow/ acquire words where they are domiciled for the sake of integration or because we simply never had such words in our language, we never completely throw ours away.

Btw yorubawood and hausawood are not nollywood. They are spin-offs of nollywood, formed by Igbos, which was and still is predominantly Igbo.

The popularity of yoruba movies stops at the Benin border and Hausa movies are hardly ever watched outside of the north but nollywood movies are appreciated universally.

VoslerGrimsbane:


It's called kannywood. I don't know hat you're trying to say but they're no Igbos in kannywood.

somegirl1:


Saying same thing.
Nollywood is not the same as Kannywood.
Nollywood is dominanted by Igbos.

Ihuomadinihu:
It is foolishness if you don't know that Oyibo is an Igboword. It is also foolishness when you fail to realise that no Igbo claims Ashewo to be Igbo. The Igbo word for Ashewo is Akwunakwuna or Iko for side chick and that is what we use in deep igbo conversations.
It is also foolishness when you have refuse to acknowledge that Yoruba,Hausa and Igbo made movies before 1992 but what we know as Nollywood has igbo written all over it. Pls refer to threads about Nollywood.

somegirl1:


You've conveniently avoided my question regarding the yoruba word for "trouble".
Even when Igbos borrow/ acquire words where they are domiciled for the sake of integration or because we simply never had such words in our language, we never completely throw ours away.

Btw yorubawood and hausawood are not nollywood. They are spin-offs of nollywood, formed by Igbos, which was and still is predominantly Igbo.

The popularity of yoruba movies stops at the Benin border and Hausa movies are hardly ever watched outside of the north but nollywood movies are appreciated universally and nollywood actors known across the country.

iameugene:
K lol are u also saying igbos started nollywood kikikiki pls do me a favour and check d post above

funmijoyb:

Long before d white people came, Yorubas has always been using "Oyinbo" for the albinos or white animals. Meaning peeled skin, Removed skin, d ibos writers r just too biased when it comes to claiming somethings r theres without research.

bigfrancis21:


Oyinbo is Yoruba pronunciation. No one is arguing that with you. However, as for Oyibo deriving from Oyinbo? I am not sure about that.

somegirl1:


You've conveniently avoided my question regarding the yoruba word for "trouble".
Even when Igbos borrow/ acquire words where they are domiciled for the sake of integration or because we simply never had such words in our language, we never completely throw ours away.

Btw yorubawood and hausawood are not nollywood. They are spin-offs of nollywood, formed by Igbos, which was and still is predominantly Igbo.

The popularity of yoruba movies stops at the Benin border and Hausa movies are hardly ever watched outside of the north but nollywood movies are appreciated universally and nollywood actors known across the country.

somegirl1:


I've checked it and there's no mention of any other group starting nollywood, which is the bone of contention. Pre- nollywood there were plays and movies which you have referred to.
Some Igbo productions pre-nollywood include - Akaraka, Dilemma, Boy- o - Boy, Ugonma, The Cause and Things fall apart, with mainly Igbo actors, depicting Igbo culture.
These weren't considered nollywood movies.

Nollywood started in 91/92 with Living in Bondage, Circle of Doom, Evil Passion etc - produced, directed and acted by Igbos in Igbo language.
Don't even attempt to rewrite recent history.

macof:


Smh. There's nothing like Yorubawood. . That's not an official term. Yoruba movies are counted as part of Nollywood.

I'm really tired of the denial. It's obvious "Nollywood" refers to the Nigerian film industry, this industry began with people like Hubert Ogunde, Ola Rotimi. .these are the pioneers of film making in this country since the 60s. Living in Bondage, Asiri Nla and others from 1992 were improvements on what was already on ground.

The name "Nollywood" didn't even exist until the 2000s..just in case you are fixated on the name
why then should we be calling Living in Bondage the beginning of Nollywood?


The Igbos, Edos, Efik-Ibibio, Yorubas and even Ghanaians have contributed immensely to the film industry. It's foolishness to say an entire industry like the Film Industry is the work of Igbos. .thereby discrediting Kunle Afolayan, Lancelot Imasuen, Amata family etc Fact is when we speak of quality films we hear non igbo names more often than in low quality films. Igbo filmmakers are known to be stingy with their budget. . Thank goodness for Sensible men like Kunle Afolayan, Charles Novia etc

iameugene:
lol re write u say? But I showed u where i got mine from, pls where did u get urs from... Dont tell me ur an incarnated soul dat was der dat tym

macof:


Smh. There's nothing like Yorubawood. . That's not an official term. Yoruba movies are counted as part of Nollywood.

I'm really tired of the denial. It's obvious "Nollywood" refers to the Nigerian film industry, this industry began with people like Hubert Ogunde, Ola Rotimi. .these are the pioneers of film making in this country since the 60s. Living in Bondage, Asiri Nla and others from 1992 were improvements on what was already on ground.

The name "Nollywood" didn't even exist until the 2000s..just in case you are fixated on the name
why then should we be calling Living in Bondage the beginning of Nollywood?


The Igbos, Edos, Efik-Ibibio, Yorubas and even Ghanaians have contributed immensely to the film industry. It's foolishness to say an entire industry like the Film Industry is the work of Igbos. .thereby discrediting Kunle Afolayan, Lancelot Imasuen, Amata family etc Fact is when we speak of quality films we hear non igbo names more often than in low quality films. Igbo filmmakers are known to be stingy with their budget. . Thank goodness for Sensible men like Kunle Afolayan, Charles Novia etc

Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry, is the world's third largest producer of feature films. Unlike Hollywood and Bollywood, however, Nollywood movies are made on shoe-string budgets of time and money. An average production takes just 10 days and costs approximately $15,000.
Yet in just 13 years, Nollywood has grown from nothing into a $250 million dollar-a-year industry that employs thousands of people. The Nollywood phenomenon was made possible by two main ingredients: Nigerian entrepreneurship and digital technology.
In the late 1980's and early 1990's, Lagos and other African cities faced growing epidemics of crime and insecurity. Movie theaters closed as people became reluctant to be out on the streets after dark. Videos for home viewing imported from the West and India were only mildly popular. Nigerians saw an opportunity to fill the void with products of their own.
Experts credit the birth of Nollywood to a businessman who needed to unload thousands of blank tapes and to the 1992 video release of Living in Bondage, a movie with a tale of the occult that was an instant and huge-selling success. It wasn't long before other would-be producers jumped on the bandwagon.

Meet 'Nollywood': The second largest movie industry in the world

by Jake Bright JUNE 24, 2015, 10:25 AM EST

In 1992, in Nigeria, electronics salesman Kenneth Nnebue shot a straight-to-video movie in one month, on a budget of just $12,000. Living in Bondage sold more than a million copies, mostly by street vendors, and Nollywood – Nigeria’s movie industry – was born.

Nollywood also tries to pin down the origins of the industry - including the contributions of the founders of Nigerian film, Hubert Ogunde and Adeyemi Afolayan (also known as Ade Love) [/b]and their 1970s travelling cinema; to the collapse of the film industry [b]and its rebirth as Nollywood in the mid-1990s, based on cheap VHS technology; and the part played by the 1992 film Living in Bondage, which established this new Nigerian way of making films.

The first true Nollywood film resulted from an ill-advised business venture. In 1992 Kenneth Nnebue, a trader, ordered a large consignment of blank videotapes from Taiwan. Finding them hard to sell, he hired a theatre director to make a cheap film and copied it onto the tapes to boost their appeal. “Living in Bondage”, the story of a farmer in a big city who loses his wife and is haunted by her ghost, sold more than half a million copies.

Most filmmakers point to 1992 as the pivotal year for Nollywood. It was the year when “Living in Bondage,” a blockbuster thriller shot in the Igbo language, later with English subtitles, was released on video CD.

The industry itself was born out of economic desperation during the early 1990s, a period of military dictatorship, low prices for Nigeria’s oil and Western-mandated “structural adjustment” of its economy. Actors and cameramen were out of work because of budget cuts at the national television station. Movie theaters were closed because no one wanted to venture into the dangerous streets at night. According to legend, the first Nollywood movie was made by a small-time electronics trader named Kenneth Nnebue, who, stuck with a large shipment of blank videotapes, decided to unload them by making a movie about a man who sells his soul for wealth. That movie, “Living in Bondage,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies and established Nollywood’s archetypal plot elements: martial discord, greed, a conflict between Christianity and juju, as the occult is called in West Africa. From these accidental origins, a cultural phenomenon emerged.

Other merchants, overwhelmingly members of Nnebue’s ethnic group, the Igbo, followed him into business. They literally made things up as they went, shooting movies in just a few days, based on vague scenarios instead of scripts. Directors approximated tracking shots by pushing their cameramen around in wheelchairs. Quality was shaky, but the buying public didn’t care. Between 1994 and 2005, production in Nigeria went from a handful of feature movies a year to more than 2,500.

Kenneth Nnebue quit Nollywood a few years ago, retiring to his village to devote his life to preaching the Bible. But the industry he established remains tightly controlled by the same group of Igbo businessmen, an insular guild sometimes called the Alaba cartel.