Everyone Should Be Allowed To Believe In Whatever Their Heart Desires – Yul Edochie

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has come out to write about religious extremists on social media.

He recently shared his opinion on the internet, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, no one has the right to force their beliefs on others, so people should avoid doing such.

He added that everyone has the right to believe in whatever, and even if it is fine to preach what you believe, no one should force another person to accept it.

His words, “Everyone has the right to believe in whatever. You can preach your religion but you have no right to force your religion upon others.”

“It’s not your job to fight for God. God created the world, He can fight his battles. Instead, fight to liberate yourself from bad leadership.”

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.