I Don’t Feel Pressured To Get Married – Bisola Aiyeola

Popular Nollywood actress Bisola Aiyeola has opened up about her views on marriage. She recently had her say in a new interview, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, even though she is very much open to getting married someday, she does not consider it the most important aspect of her life.

Stressing that marriage is not the foundation of her existence, Bisola added that she is content with her life and does not feel pressured to get married.

Her words, “For me, if marriage comes, I will get married. But it is not the core of my existence. I mean, I’m doing pretty good. I have a 17-year-old daughter.

Being a single parent and looking after my daughter, I still let her know that being a single parent is not that easy.

That’s not what you should aspire to be. Bearing the whole load of raising a child shouldn’t be for one person alone. I turned 40 in January, and this is the best time of my life.”

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.