Columbus Irisoanga’s Death Is A Huge Loss For Nollywood – Hilda Dokubo

Nollywood legend, Columbus Irisoanga has passed on. Hilda Dokubo recently made the announcement via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, the death is definitely heavy on Rivers State and the entire Nollywood industry, but it proves that there might be a shortage of Angels in heaven.

Her words, “There can’t be shortage of Angels in heaven that the few here are called home like this na!

This one is heavy on Uniport Rivers State Nollywood.

Our uncle Coli @colu_mbusirisoanga has gone to be with the lord.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.