Daughter of Nollywood actor and filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, Eyiyemi, has shared her views on marriage, wealth and polygamy. She recently had her say during an interview with BBC Yoruba, and fans have been reacting.
Explaining that money often changes how men behave in relationships, the actress stated that she would rather marry a poor man than a wealthy one to avoid such predicament.
Stressing that she prefers a man who is financially modest but hardworking, Eyiyemi added that wealth can make men disrespectful and unfaithful.
Her words, “I can’t build with a man. Why can’t I build with a man? You know men; they are ingrates.
If I marry a man who doesn’t have money and see money, if I marry him, he will stay with me, not because he loves me, but because he doesn’t have the money to flirt around.
I was born into wealth. Any man who wants to marry me must be doing something for himself. I can’t be feeding him, but I can support him.
I can’t be a second or third wife for any man. It is not because I am jealous or anything. A polygamous home comes with a lot of troubles.”
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.
