Osuofia speaks on Yoruba filmmakers’ role in emergence of Nollywood

Veteran Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, has clarified that Yoruba filmmakers pioneered Nigeria’s home-video industry but did not start Nollywood. Owoh made the clarification during an appearance on Curiosity Made Me Ask, a show hosted by comedian and content creator Adebayo Abidemi, popularly known as Bae U. The actor was responding to questions about his earlier comments on the contributions of Yoruba and Igbo filmmakers to the development of Nollywood. He dismissed claims that he had said Yoruba people founded Nollywood, explaining that the name did not exist when he and other filmmakers began producing movies. He said the name Nollywood was adopted later after in...