I Once Prayed For God To Give Me A Child Or Take My Life – Dayo Amusa

Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa has come out to share her emotional journey through her fertility struggles.

She recently had her say during her appearance on The Debbie Show, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, her fertility issues took immense physical, emotional, and financial toll on her wellbeing, and she once cried to God to bless her with a child or take her life, not caring who could hear her.

Amusa added that millions of naira went down the drain just because she was trying to find fulfilment.

Her words, “I remember singing at the top of my voice and crying deeply, and I didn’t care that my domestic workers could hear me. I saw it as ‘God, it’s either you take my life at this moment or you fulfil that promise that you have promised me.

If there is anything positive about my life that is remaining, I think this is the time. If there is ever the time, let me experience the positivity in my life, but if there is none, kill me. I’m tired, I cried to God and told him that I was tired. I know millions that went down the drain trying to find fulfilment. I know how many millions I spent and how many surgeries I had, so if it’s going to happen, Lord let it happen.”

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.