Veteran Nollywood actress Ronke Oshodi Oke has opened up about Funke Akindele’s private generosity. She recently had her say during a podcast interview, and fans have been reacting.
Revealing that Funke gave her a significant sum of money while she was ill, Ronke hailed her colleague for constantly reaching out to help strangers online without seeking recogniton.
The moviestar added that she believes the filmmaker would’ve assisted Ogogo privately before his death.
Her words, “You might call Akindele and she will not answer, but when she hears that such a person has any problem, she will be there for the person.
No one will go to Funke Akindele’s house crying and would leave the place still crying.”
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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