Ghollywood actor Majid Michel has faulted comparisons between Ghana’s movie industry and Nigeria’s Nollywood. He recently had his say during an interview with Y1079 FM, Accra, and fans have been reacting.
Describing the comparisons as unfair, Majid argued that Nigeria’s larger population naturally gives it an edge when it comes to producing new moviestars.
The veteran filmmaker added that it is illogical to compare a country of less than 40 million people to one with over 200 million.
His words, “The comparison between us and Nigeria is such a stupid comparison to make.
If you have 50 children and I have 5 children, the possibility that you will have more criminals, doctors, good children and filmmakers than me is very high.
We are less than 40 million in Ghana. Nigeria is over 200 million, almost 300 million. So how on earth would you compare?
Why do they have more doctors than us? Mathematically, you should know why. So if Nigeria has more filmmakers than us, it only makes sense because they are way more than us.
It is also unfair for us to compare ourselves with any other established nation in the world. When it comes to leadership, we are adolescent.
There are countries that have been in leadership for over 300 years. They have built systems. We are way behind. So it is an unfair comparison.”
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