Nollywood: How Igbo can change the Omenana narrative.

By
Remy Ilona
Nollywood's annual produce is $650m, while the 2nd biggest film industry in Africa, South Africa's is $35m, according to CNN or another Western media. And as we know, Igbos dominate Nollywood. So let's say that Igbos produce/earn $500m.

What do you make of this? Nothing, nobody, except Igbos is holding Igbos down. 

BTW, the output would have been $500 billion if Igbos are doing Omenana, and will be $5million in the next 20 years, if many more Igbos don't return to true Omenana, because like the buying and selling which is powered by Omenana-igba odibo, the creativity is embedded in Igbo sense, and the bonds of brotherhood forged by umu nna.

I repeat: we Igbos are holding ourselves down. When we want we'll reconnect to CHI UKWU through Omenana, and stop bleating that we are marginalized! We'd like to have the likes of Zack Orji in Omenana Defenders, where they can be helped to get it better.

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