Veteran actor Nkem Owoh, popularly referred to as Osuofia, has rejected claims that Yoruba individuals began Nollywood, insisting that his feedback had been in regards to the origins of dwelling video in Nigeria.
Osuofia defined that the identify Nollywood did not exist when he and different filmmakers started making movies, including that it was adopted later after discussions amongst these concerned within the business.
“I never said Yoruba started Nollywood. When did Nollywood come out? When we started film, there was no Nollywood as a name,” he mentioned.
He credited Yoruba filmmakers, together with veteran filmmaker Hubert Ogunde, for beginning the home-video custom and serving to make it fashionable.
“Ogunde is not Igbo. I am telling you that Yoruba started it,” Owoh mentioned.
He maintained that his place had been misunderstood, stressing that his declare was about dwelling video and not the creation of Nollywood.
