I Once Priced My Own Casket In Abeokuta – Dele Odule

Dele Odule

Veteran Nollywood actor Dele Odule has opened up about one of the darkest moments of his life. He recently had his say in a viral video circulating online, and fans have been reacting.

Speaking during an interview about how a severe personal and financial despair pushed him to the edge, Odule revealed that the experience was so devastating that he went as far as pricing his own casket.

The moviestar added that his colleague, Olaiya Igwe, was a witness when everything almost fell apart for him.

His words, “I had priced my own casket before, when everything and my life were in shambles in Abeokuta.

I didn’t get myself anymore; I didn’t believe I could break through.

Olaiya Igwe knows about it; I went there with him, and he started crying like a baby.”

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.