How Yorubas started home video before Nollywood emerged – Nkem Owoh

Veteran Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, has explained how Yoruba filmmakers helped establish and popularise Nigeria’s home-video industry before the name Nollywood came into use.
Owoh made the clarification during an appearance on Curiosity Made Me Ask, a programme hosted by comedian and content creator Adebayo Abidemi, popularly known as Bae U.
The interview, published on the host’s YouTube channel on Saturday, came months after a debate over the contributions of the Yoruba and Igbo communities to the growth of Nigeria’s film industry.
The discussion followed comments by late actor Francis Duru, who argued in August 2026 that the Igbo built Nollywood, while t...