I Now See Value In The Simple Things Of Life – Zainab Balogun

Popular media personality and Nollywood actress, Zainab Balogun-Nwachukwu has come out to urge her followers to take their health seriously.

She revealed this recently while adding that she had surgery weeks back, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, human beings should learn to not ignore visible nor invisible pain because they could end up causing serious issues in the future.

She added that she is currently finding the value in simple things like being able to stand up straight.

Her words, “In October I told God I wanted to be surprised with a testimony for each day. I probably should have been more specific because the last few weeks have been quite special From having surgery expectedly, the road to recovery, watching my body change to finding value in things like simply being able to stand up straight. I had an amazing medical team from the start. My family and friends were always showing out. This picture marks the first time in a while where I felt like my old self if not better! There’s so much to unpack which I’ll share much later but for now I am well, blessed and gradually feeling like a spice again. The important thing to note is, listen to your body. Don’t ignore visible nor invisible pain. Don’t put it off.”

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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.