My Daughter Was Bullied In Queens College – Bob-Manuel Udokwu

Bob Manuel Udokwu

Nollywood actor Bob-Manuel Udokwu has opened up about how his celebrity status affected his daughter’s experience in secondary school. He recently had his say during an interview with Chude Jideonwo on WithChude, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, his daughter was actually bullied at Queens College, Lagos, because some senior students felt the need to punish her for being his child.

Bob-Manuel added that his wife eventually decided to put their kids in public schools so their children could grow up normally despite his fame.

His words, “I have a good family. My kids are grown now. Being born and seeing your father is popular. And growing with all the inconveniences and all that.

I remember when my daughter was in Queens College, some senior students were just punishing her for just being (my daughter).

Today when we talk about it, she will laugh. But it was not funny. She was in JSS 1.

And I did not want to be in their face so that I do not distract them. We agreed they were going to go to public school, because I also attended public schools.”

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.