Nollywood actress, Bimbo Ademoye has come out to recall an outstanding act of kindness from her senior colleague, Toyin Abraham. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.
According to her, she once accidentally deleted a video from her YouTube profile and had to reupload it, only to receive little to no views, but Toyin Abraham came to her rescue by reposting it on her popular page for more publicity.
Bimbo added that the kind act still lingers in her heart till this day, and she is forever grateful.
Her words, “I remember when I lost my video on YouTube, you put a call through to ensure I was ok, took it upon yourself to post on your page to plead with people to watch the new upload. That act still lingers in my heart. I’m forever grateful .Happy birthday ma.”
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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.
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