The funeral rites of the veteran Nollywood actor Kola Oyewo will commence on Wednesday, August 5. His family recently made the announcement via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.
According to them, a Wake-Keep and Service of Songs will take place on the 5th of August, while his interment and later social reception will go down on Friday, August 7.
It read, “Wednesday, August 5: Wake-Keep/Service of Songs at St Mary’s Catholic Chirch, Igboya, Ile Ife, starting from 5pm to end by 7pm.
• Thursday, August 6:
i. 10am-12 noon: Commendation Mass at St Mary’s Catholic Chirch, Igboya, Ile Ife
ii. 3pm-8pm -Artistes Night, Tributes, cultural Display at Oduduwa Hall OAU, Ile Ife
iii. 1pm- 4pm: Exhibition of Dr Oyewo’s works and pictures at The Pit Theatre, African Studies Building. The display will continue till 4pm on Friday, August
• Friday, August 7:
i. 7am: Motorcade to Oba Ile with the corpse
ii. 9.45am: Lying in State at Ese Ola’s compound
iii. 11am: Requiem Mass at St Joseph Catholic Church, Oba Ile
iv. 12.45pm: Interment (Strictly by invitation for family members and close allies) at Labaluyege Villa, Oba Ile
v. 1pm: Reception at Aderounmu Grammar School Field, Oba Ile.”
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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