My Mummy Wa Character Makes Me See Marriage In A Different Perspective – Kemi Ikuseedun

Mummy Wa

Nollywood actress and content creator Kemi Ikuseedun has said that her Mummy Wa character is the biggest turning point of her career. She recently had her say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, preparing for the role actually requires emotional depth and personal reflection, and she never expected the character to resonate so widely.

Kemi added that she simply thinks of her mum whenever she has to play Mummy Wa, and the role has made her see marriage from a different perspective.

Her words, “I did not know that it was going to resonate with a lot of people but I’m indeed grateful that it did. I’m just so happy that Mummy Wa is a character that’s loved by everybody and also Daddy Wa’s character.

I think of my mom, I just imagine my mom, me being in my mom, and everything.

Mummy Wa is what people know me for. I’m trying to build on other things but definitely, being Mummy Wa is my biggest turning point.

To be honest, yes it has. It has made me see marriage from a different perspective. To be honest, sometimes it makes me feel like marriage is one scary institution; the fact that my character is always chasing the other character makes me feel like, ‘eh God, I don’t want to be chasing my future husband like this.’ I pray my future husband has only eyes for me and me alone.

Yes, I’m launching my WA park and storybook line ‘Tales of Mummy WA’s Garden.’ So yes, I look forward to it. And I have my own initiatives as well, my emergency kit so that is also there.”

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.