Funke Akindele And I Can Compete Positively – Toyin Abraham

Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham has come out to say that she is ready to bury the hatchet with her longtime rival, Funke Akindele.

She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, their rivalry was actually fueled by their fierce competition created camps, enmity, and many professional gossips, but she has now realized that 2 people can compete positively as well.

Toyin added that she and Funke continuing the rivalry sort of led to their fans constantly fighting online.

Her words, “The fierce competition created camps, enmity, and many professional gossips.

The competition was much and with many gossips in between, we became competitors and persona non grata.

Aunty Funke and I continued the rivalry sort of. It pitted our fans against each other. We are two competitive Virgo women, we love to win and sometimes in that process, we splash dirt and mud.

But with time, age, and more wisdom, I have realized we can compete without being negatively competitive.

Aunty Funke, I celebrate you for showing us what is possible. You are a winner. You sold over 1B, you made it possible for other women to dream. You ran us street with that 1B o, this year, many of us will move to 1B and we pray God makes you bigger.

Thank you for making great movies and selling them like your life depends on it. You taught other women to hustle harder. I had set records in box office records, Aunty came and beat them, today I am happy because she has challenged me to set higher goals.

Sis, let’s compliment each other even in competition at the box office.

I owe you one post in December (only 1 o, I need to sell market…Lol). I pray that God will make all your dreams come true. I admire you and wish you all the best.

With Love, T!”

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.