Popular Nollywood actor Kamo State has addressed rumours about his relationship with actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele. He recently had his say while speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba, and fans have been reacting.
Clarifying that there is no truth to claims that they have drifted apart, the skitmaker shared that even though people don’t see them together as often as before, their relationship remains as strong as ever.
Kamo added that their busy work schedules is the main reason why they cannot be around each other frequently.
His words, “Before I met her, she had been like a role model to me; I love very much. The first time I saw her in person was on the set of Everybody Loves Jenifa.
I started calling her mummy because of how she treated me on set.
We are still together, even closer. But now she is very busy with her December project, which didn’t give her a chance.
I am also not the same as I used to be last year, and her prayer is that I should also always be called to work on projects.
Actress is a very good person to me and my family.”
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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