My Father Chose My Stepmum Over Me – Charles Inojie

Charles Inojie

Popular Nollywood actor Charles Inojie has opened up about how his family shaped his upbringing. He recently revealed how his stepmother wanted to delay his university education in favour of her child, and fans have been reacting.

Disclosing that he spent only eight months living with his biological father, Charles noted that the brief period he lived with his dad was filled with conflict and rejection.

The veteran moviestar added that his stepmum eventually issued an ultimatum that forced his father to choose between her and his son.

His words, “In all my life, I’ve only lived with my father for eight months as his child. From the moment I moved in, it was trouble every single day. My stepmother told my father to choose between me and her, and he chose her.

When I finally got admission into the university, she insisted I should wait for her own child to grow so we could attend together a child I’m 18 years older than.”

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.