Don’t Go Backwards In Life All In The Name Of Japa – Ugezu J. Ugezu

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Popular Nollywood filmmaker, Ugezu J. Ugezu, has come out to warn Nigerians to stop being in a hurry to go overseas in search of greener pastures.

He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, a Nigerian doctor once gave up his practice in the country in search of a better life in the United States, and when he got there, the hardship abroad forced him to sell meat for a living.

He then cautioned Nigerians against making rushed decisions to relocate because the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

His words, “In the name of JAPA, a practicing medical doctor in Nigeria sold his clinic and relocated to the US. Finally, he is now in a US city. Guess what? He now works as a butcher in a meat shop, hiding from Nigerians to avoid being noticed…FOR HOW LONG?

A lot of things are not really the way they appear. BE GUIDED. [Ugezu J. Ugezu Writes]”

WOW.

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.