In what category does one classify actors who only act Yoruba movies and have never acted in any official Nollywood movie?
Does one still refer to them as Nollywood actor (actor referring to both male and female here) or is there a different movie body for them...as in Yorubawood?
Hollywood is a representation of all actors in America or actors who migrate there and act in their movies right?.
There is only one name Hollywood.
Nollywood does not umbrella actors from the north,south or east unless they have acted in several Nollywood movies.
So how does one address an actor who has only acted in Yoruba or igbo language movies?
If i cannot say 'Nollywood actor....'' is it okay then to say Yoruba actor or igbo actor to represent where they are coming from?
I would really like to know what you think about this because any time i say actor,i have to add 'google is your friend since 1901* because if i say Nollywood actor,people begin to ask what Nollywood movies they have featured in.
This is really confusing!
Let TRIBALISM BEGIN!
ReplyDeleteI call them yoruba actors!
DeleteNollywood is for English speaking Actors/actresses
DeleteYoruba Wood.....aabbi Yoruba ''Stick'' na for yoruba alone
They dont name actually...what dey have is ''cacus''
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Dnt compare hollywood wt nollywood.hollywood has one language whc makes it easy for them to pilot d asociation.unlike naija wher d igbos dominate nollywood,leaving d yorubas and hausas,n whc isn't surpose to be.nollywood can only be effective when we acept one of our languages as our official language.and dat can happen.pj
ReplyDeleteDid the igbos stop them from getting roles...what the fuck are you gtting @
DeleteI hate tribalists like you, stop talking asif they own it, igbos are more cus I feel they started the whole acting or most of the intial actors werr igbos(like in circle of doom) , doznt make them kings
Igbos still have their own private movies that doznt have anytin 2 do with nollywood, so does yorubas even calabar people have their own movies now so I ask again what the fuck are u getting @
Yoruba and hausa people have their own stations on dstv yle igbo ppl dont, like what the fuck, everything you'd say igbo ppl like dominating, how come they do not have their own station
And as for hausa ppl, they do not like mixing with nollywood cus of their religion, do you know that as a srz hausa actress if you start acting in nollywood ud become like an outcast
So for the last time what the fuck is wrong with you this tribalistic horse shit
If u like act yoruba,igbo or hausa film so far say na for nigeria .all of dem na nollywood
Deletedont blames the Igbos that dominates Nollywood...
DeleteYoruba pple cant speak English......thats why dey are Limited
Back to sender if u insult me
We have Nollywood, Yoruwood and Kaniwood. Nollywood would have been all encompassing but trust igbo people. Anywhere they enter, they scatter. If The running of Nollywood were left in the hands of the Ejiros,the Amatas, the Amaka Igwes of this world, the Emem isongs etc, Nollywood would have been better and all embracing but all these illiterate biafra marketers? That's why the industry is no more like before, if not for DSTV and pirates, who for dey watch their movies?
DeleteAnd u literate non biafra marketer, what haave u gained in ur life? Scally wag!
DeleteIF YOU CAN'T BEAT BIAFRANS.NWANNE JOIN THEM.ARE A PIRATE? NWANNE TELL US NAW.THIS TInE
DeleteIts yorrywood darling! Lmao
ReplyDeleteBt seriously they shld all come togetha jor cz truly all them nollywood awards don't recognize yoruba efforts. Like dem ogogo, iya awero, iya rainbow, toyin aimakhu and the rest.
Funke akindele managed to cross cuz she gets involved in nollywood projects too. Think thts wt dayo amusa is tryin to do now releasing unforgivable and featuring desmond eliot, mike ezunroye.
Its also a good thing nollywood guys are open to working with them. I saw oge okoye in lagos girls (yoruba movie) and she did good tho the movie itself is the silly version of set it off.
Hehe so u read my epistle? Smh.
Hahahahaha. Mad child.
DeleteU are a clown! Lmaooo
DeleteOlodo, what's Yorrywood? Na real yorry yorry. Lol
DeleteThere are some Black Actors that only act in African American movies, they are still called Hollywood actors.
ReplyDeleteSo Yoruba/Hausa(Ibo actors don't exist) actors are Nollywood actors too, though Hausa actors call themselves Kannywood actors. My Igbo friends watch Africa Magic Yoruba so if anyone does not know a mentioned actor, the person should really kiss google.
I love your comments...and like some1 said some black actors do not act general movies, but that doznt stop them from being hollywood
DeleteI am igbo but I must say I love watching yoruba movies sef that all these useless nollywood films
Any actor who plys their trade in Nigeria within the movie and or tv industry is a Nollywood actor
ReplyDeleteyoruba is a tribe in Nigeria, so if person dey act yoruba film naah still nigerian film abi 9ja different from yoruba?
ReplyDeleteI tire oooh. Only in naija, kayewood,nollywood,yorubawood,beninwood na wa oooo AFRICA UNITE
DeleteOdunfa. I've heard about a yoruba group by that name.
ReplyDeleteAbeg Yoruba people should form their own wood cos they are too razz to be called Nollywood,even Funk sef it's only comedy that she does in the English sector,Nollywood is the best..they have class
ReplyDeleteThey are in dia sector already nd they are doing well. They are still Nollywood actors too. They are happy being Yoruba actors, bcos dats d KOKO. Nd they are razz?? 4 real? You're HIGH!
DeleteIgbo people dominated Nollywood cos they know buisness well,Film buisness too and their actresses speak good English nobody wants a bad actress in their movies,except Omo t and a few
ReplyDeleteTrue talk my dear...I use to like our yoruba movies but after I noticed I was drawing back in english lang', my dear I stopped b4 my brain go empty. Nollywood people dey try for english.
DeleteIf you think most of d Yoruba actors don't speak good english bcos they act only Yoruba films, then I think its safe to say you need a functioning brain. Cos you lack one. So bcos pple act yoruba films, they can't speak english? Mtcheww.
DeleteIts yollywood and its still part of nollywood
ReplyDeleteSome people are born tribalist!
Tufiakwa!
I guess the N in Nollywood stands for Nigeria which means Nigerian Hollywood shortened to Nollywood. Since all of these actors and actresses are Nigerians, then they are all nollywood actors/actresses
ReplyDeleteFor the first time, I am seeing unity amongst all the tribes as regards all the comments here. Kannywood or whatever they are all nollywood,and nobody should lay claim to the name cos it was even coined by a journalist in an article written in a foreign newspaper. And when he did that,he didn't take nigeria's multi faceted ethnic group into considerations. Let's not start any tribal sentiments because what we have is Igbo actors acting English movies,yoruba actors acting English movies,Hausa actors acting English movies. They all belong to Nollywood cos there is no disparity when they take their films to international film festivals.
ReplyDeletehelo, it is very good issue but i think very less important, they are seperate movies, and if you watch both or any, good for you. KINI BIG DEAL. I dont think youruba folks care about where they are classified. If you say yoruba nollywood actor, i guess thats settles the case. I think the blog owner is trying to fuel some tribalism here.
ReplyDeleteJumi
All na nollywood, yoruba, igbo ,hausa...
ReplyDeleteHollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, famous for its commercial area and entertainment industry, and a name used to represent the motion picture industry of the United States. (Wikipedia). If we use the second part as regards Nollywood, then it is all participants in the MOTION picture industry in Nigeria. BTW they need to buy land and name it Nollywood
ReplyDeleteNigerians are so dumb. The "N" in nollywood, stands for nigeria. So why would a part of the industry claim the title.
ReplyDeleteAs far as im concerned, yoruba, igbo, hausa movies should be classified as the real nollywood. A lot of the actors are blessed with devine talents and skills.
The so called english movies are mostly fake/ unrealistic story lines and recycled yankee movies.
On the other hand, the yoruba movies are mostly true to life. They are blessed with talented actors that mostly deliver on their roles. The yorubas work harder and do more research but are not rewarded accordingly..They just need to improve on their picture quality.
Im always infuriated when award shows are packed with the glorified english movie actors. They even think they are better than their counterparts.
I have a dream that one day the yoruba, igbo, hausa etc actors would be widely recognised and they will be paid bountifullly.
You really hits the nail on the head, the Yoruba films are the best becos they communicate and projects our culture, not all the junks done in the so called English films, nollywood award is biased and sentimental, Yorubawood had come to stay, the better they disengage from the Nollywood because they are not focus.
DeleteI even hate that the body is called nollywood!!
ReplyDeleteStella blogging is not by force,if u have nothing to write about pls take a break n cook for ur husband,enough of this irrelevant question n answer,and worst is ur monday bore wednesday bore saturday boredom..haba E do
ReplyDeleteLoad comments na. Abi u don sell d blog to that Ojo man?
ReplyDeleteThey all fall under Nollywood,but for specifics,u classify them in categories based on the language the movie was acted!
ReplyDeleteThere are also movies acted in efik,benin and various indigenous languages of naija,what will u call all those?so they all have to be called nollywood actor then add (the language the person acts in).else there will be so much confusion!#trust naija pple#
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ReplyDeleteClass indeed. Mr ibu displaying levels of stupidity only he has attained is class? Aki n pawpaw abusing deir father's mates in d name of comedy is class?? Ini edo, tonto nd d likes speakin thru deir noses in a failed bid 2 sound foreign is class??? I could keep going..it's nt class dear. It's mediocrity. Dat said, dey r all nollywood, whether igbo or yoruba. Afterall, it's d same bullshit dey spew. Tsk tsk
ReplyDeleteNollywood is the headquater,it comprises of yoruba-yollywood,igbo-igbollywood,hausa-haullywood...hmmm sounds weird,buh dats wat I can think of now,don't blame me,blame money been out searching 4 it n now am eggxausted...stella hope I was helpful. #phew
ReplyDeleteOkbyeamouttahere
D Yoruba actors don't mind being addressed as Yoruba actors. I think they like it. It gives them joy. Buh they are all nollywood actors.
ReplyDeleteLinda you ask some dumb questions sometimes.......Nolllywood is meant to be a name for all Nigerian actors and actresses that is if we are copying Hollywood.....the English movies are mostly boring and the story lines are so totally annoying....while the Yoruba movies are more interesting their acting is most times below standard and all that babalawo things and juju is so irritating.....I know Yorubas do a lot of jazz but must they rub it in our faces all the time? You can't watch one movie in peace before one babalawo rudely interrupts you....then what the heck is with the rubbish English they keep subscribing? The Nigerian movie industry needs to wake up on picture, sound and storyline quality......then the rubbish movie titles we even see sef, gosh....I.e, tea & coffee, recharge card, I want a husband etc.......please they need to get their acts together sharply.....a few of them no doubt are doing well but the majority are mediocre....
ReplyDeleteDis Stella sef, I taya for U with the kind of questions you ask. You really should no better and not turn your blog into an avenue for unintelligent tribalists. Of course, nolllywood encompasses the Nigerian movie industry irregardless of language
ReplyDeleteAnd to the dimwit that said Yoruba people cannot speak English, your stupidity is limitless. Yorubas are the most educated and enlightened in nigeria. Note that I said "most". How u judge a whole tribe by handful of artistes is beyond me. And dis is not to criticise them in anyway. They are masters of their craft and that is why they have a relevant industry regardless of the use of their local language!
ReplyDeleteShut up most educated my ass,have you heard mist Yoruba actors speak English,and their actors always look razz, they don't pick the good looking ones to be on the screen,horrible English,make up the only good thing is, they can act
DeleteAnon 4:37, you're d one who shld shut up. Y shld yu speak english in a Yoruba movie? So nt speaking english in Yoruba movies means the actors can't speak english?? Av yu hrd anybody mixing Yoruba wif english in any of Tunde Kelani's movies? He s arguably d best producer in d country. His movies are just d best.
DeleteTunde Kelani best producer my ass,Phone swap was a flop boring movie,best producers don't produce boring movies
Delete@Anon 1;27am....where u see @Linda here?
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Oversabi, they don't have to pick good looking ones to be on the screen . So long as they are good at what they do. That .my dear is exactly the problem with the naija English movies. Casting half baked actors and actresses who cannot act to save their lives because they are "yellow"!
ReplyDeleteAn actress is supposed to look good,why do you think Hollywood actors all watch their weight,even queen latifah had to loose a lot of weight, for the screen,an actress should look good,Yoruba actresses look horrible on the screen,bad make up,dressing,no carriage, but yea they can act,then the little English they speak while acting,enough gbagaun
Delete....or because they look a certain way or appeal to the producers's idea of "hot"
ReplyDeleteYoruba,Hausa or Igbo, all na Niger joor , and we are talking of nollywood here not englishwood abeg
ReplyDeleteTribalistic freaks on this blog. Yorubas just threaten you people. Na dem thief your birthright? Wetin ? Yoruba this,Yoruba that. We the Yorubas watch the movies and they look just fine to us. Thank you. Please stick with your lackluster alaba productions #enuffsaid
ReplyDeleteIGBO PEOPLE MADE NOLLYWOOD WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO AWAY WITH YOUR CLAIM OF TRIBALISM. JUST AS THE JEWS HAVE HOLLYWOOD, .IGBOS HAVE NOLLYWOOD
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