Category: Nollywood – Others

Amadi

Arts, Entertainment – Nollywood, History – Civilization, Nollywood – General, Nollywood – Others, Social – Relaxation

Amadi; the first Nigerian feature film in a local dialect, shows an artist who has managed to overcome the artist’s dilemma of satisfying audience who advocated that African films should reflect the aesthetic and intellectual pre-occupation of black people rather than imitate third-rate Western films. The plot of the film centres around Amadi (John Chukwu)…
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Nollywood

Entertainment – Nollywood, Media – TV & Radio, Nollywood – General, Nollywood – Others, Nollywood – Yoruba

Nollywood; is the often criticized but common expression for the Nigerian film industry. Nigerian movies are seen as the pivot of a developing African film industry and the cultural mainstay of Africans in the continent and the Diaspora. Nigeria has not been able to win major awards on the international stage yet it is the…
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Olu Jacobs

Entertainment – Nollywood, Nollywood – General, Nollywood – Others

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs was born in 11th July 1942 in Abeokuta Ogun State to Egba- Alake parents. Olu’s love for the Arts started at an early age, but his parents were adamantly against it, his father especially. This however, did not deter him from pursuing his longlife dream of becoming…
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