Nollywood actor Alesh Sanni has addressed widespread claims circulating online about how Temitope Osoba died. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.
Clarifying that cancer was not the cause of Osoba’s death, he urged Nigerians to show kindness to the family of the deceased after the tragic news.
Alesh concluded by urging members of the public to allow the people who loved the late moviestar to grieve in peace.
His words, “She didn’t die of cancer, please, and please let people grieve and post how they choose to. We all are human and this death is so for sure just be kind.
To my darling Temitope. You were so unique and different. Still like a movie, but I know you’re resting now because you fought so hard. I’ll forever miss you, my darling Temitope Omo Osoba hmmmmmm… this one pain me o.”
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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