
Veteran Nigerian actor, Norbert Young has recently expressed his
feelings for Nigeria’s movie industry, saying there’s no Nollywood but
rather ‘
Igbowood‘.
Nobert Young revealed this in an interview, saying the industry has
become stereotypical with the same faces doing the same things over and
over again.
‘You say you have actors and celebrities, how many actors
can you count? The same three or four people in every movie, the same
three or four girls in every movie. The same story about love or hatred
or betrayal or this and that. Is that an industry? Industry of just four
people and one tribe. I have said somewhere that it should be called
Igbowood just like you have Yorubawood and Hausawood. It is not
Nollywood if Nollywood represents Nigeria’, Young said.
Young is 53 years old and hails from Delta State. He graduated from
the University of Benin, Nigeria and studied Theater arts. He is one of
Nigeria’s most experienced and professional actors ever.