The Igbos Did Awesome Job – Woli Arole Slams Actress Over Claim That Yorubas Own Nollywood
The Igbos Did Awesome Job – Woli Arole Slams Actress Over Claim That Yorubas Own Nollywood
Nigerian comedian cum actor, Woli Arole has tackled his colleague, Aisha Lawal.
This comes after Lawal made a divisive statement about Nollywood. She claimed that Yorubas are the real owners of Nollywood.
She made the claim in a recent interview with Tribune.
She said: “We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If you go back to research, you will hear from people like Hubert Ogunde and Ade Love. I don’t want to go into details. But, if you go and research very well, you will discover that Yorubas own this industry, we started this industry. We messed up at some point, but we are not playing catch-up. We are there already. Now, everybody wants to shoot a Yoruba movie.”
In response to this, Woli Arole said Nollywood is beyond being owned by a tribe, stressing the growth in the film industry is a collective effort.
Commenting on a blog post, he wrote,“Yoruba were part of the major origin of filmmaking in Nigeria. Google Hubert Ogunde.
“Nollywood is beyond being owned by a tribe the growth became a collective effort, we can’t take away the Sam loco Efe, Osufia, even northern actors and actresses from it.
“The Igbos too did an awesome job in that industry. It’s a collective building.”
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