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Woli Arole, Wife Reveal Baby’s Gender

Woli Arole and his wife
Woli Arole and his wife

Nollywood actor-turned-preacher Woli Arole has finally revealed his baby’s gender. Recall that the content creator recently announced that he and his woman had welcomed a child, and fans have been reacting.

Sharing a new video from his wife’s baby shower on his social media page, Woli Arole confirmed that they welcomed a baby girl.

His words, “Yayyy!!
It’s a baby girl.
Who’s correct!!!
The Lord gave us a baby girl!!
Congratulations to us once again.”

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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