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That was me! Or both of us.
My other fave fact about Nigeria:
NOLLYWOOD IS THE 3RD LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD
"Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter." African proverb
In recent years the Nigerian Film industry has grown rapidly to become the third largest film producing industry in the world after the renowned Hollywood of the United States and the prolific Bollywood of India.
With the production of over 50 movie titles per week, Nollywood, as the Nigerian film industry has come to be known, is beginning to command global attention by its size and work rate and is arguably one of Nigeria’s positive cultural contributions to the international community. Also, the industry has not only transformed the way Nigerians see themselves, it has also become one of the major sources of employment in the country with over 5,000 guild members in 2004. However, the industry needs encouragement to ensure sustainable growth, and both foreign and local film industry experts agree that there is an urgent need to expose Nollywood to more technical depth and professionalism.
In recognition of this need to examine the impact and nature of this unique development in new media, Gemafrique, a firm of International Meeting and Events Planners and Finnu International Productions will host the 1st International Convention and Symposium on Nollywood titled Nollywood Rising: Global Perspectives on the Nigerian Film Industry from June 13th -17th 2005 at the Hilton Los Angeles, Universal City Hotel USA. The project is coordinated in the USA by Dr. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Assistant Professor of Art History at UCSB; and in Nigeria by Chike Maduekwe, Gemafrique Inc., Lagos.
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