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This blog will go indepth to analyze the Nollywood industry and how the internet has influenced its spread. The Nollywood movie industry developed in 1990, and has been producing more movies than the U.S. and India since then. The Nollywood movies usually contain morals about life, like the ones heard in oral stories. They are characterized by the voodoos and evils in our society, and the exaggeration of everyday situations that make the best dramas for T.V.
Before the popularity of the internet, the Nollywood industry remained low scale. But the emergence and popularity of the internet has popularized it and has connected the indigens of Nigeria and fans of Nigerian movies to watch Nollywood movies via the internet.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Rumors in the Nollywood Industry

Just imagine going on the internet just to find out that your son has HIV. How would you feel? In the Nollywoood industry, Jim Iyke is known as one of the big victims. Rumors of him are usually on the internet. Thye have ranged from him being arrested (this was just recently) while driving on the road to him fighting wih fellow partiers at parties. Jim Iyke was rumored to have contacted HIV from his Ex. His mother heard this news and she could not help but cry for long minutes while talking to him on the phone. One of the websites thathas the information is http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/8846/14/recanter-jim-iykes-ex-lover-sally-contracts-hiv.html. Ini Edo, another actress, has been one of them too. Rumors about her on the internet have been geared towards ruining her marriage. One of the times, they claimed she was going to the set of a movie, but branched off to see some white man. And when she arrived at the scene, the director told her to go back home. Some of these websites that are really good at spreading rumors about Nollywood actors and actresses are modernghana.com and bellanaija.com.When rumors about Ini Edo came to a limit, her husband tracked the starter of the rumor and made him go back to the press to state that his rumors were all false about Ini Edo. As for Jim Iyke, he has a sensitive mother, who motivates him to deal with the situations with the press himself.
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2 comments:

  1. Jeffrey TannerApril 12, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    I think this is an interesting post because I think it would be unimaginable to find out somethinng like that on the Internet.

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  2. DominiqueApril 12, 2011 at 4:07 AM

    Thats so sad. I too find that hard to imagine having to deal with something so personal in such a public sphere. Prior to reading this, I had never heard of Nollywood before so I appreciate how much I came to learn from this

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