africa.film: nollywood
Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: kamau | Filed under: film, globalization | Comments Off
Screenshot from Spiegel Online site photo gallery: “Action Flicks and Love Stories”
Spiegel Online article and photo gallery on Nollywood. Bet you did not know that it is the second largest employer in the country after the oil industry. Snip:
Nollywood is the massive, pulsating film industry in Nigeria, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared the world’s second-largest film industry, after India’s Bollywood, based on the number of films produced. Shooting past Hollywood without the world noticing, Nollywood has made it to second place with films about family, love and honor, about AIDS, prostitution and oil, and about ghosts and cannibals.
In other words, films about Africa.
Hat Tip: Scarlettlion via Twitter
