I Understand The Women Support Women Challenge, But Don’t Tag Me – Funmi Awelewa

Nollywood actress, Funmi Awelewa has come out to blast those tagging her in the ongoing Women Support Women challenge.

She recently revealed that she would not be part of the challenge after losing everything she worked for last year.

According to her, no one should add her to their friend list because she doesn’t have a friend, and only has colleagues.

She added that she understands the motive of the challenge but it is unnecessary for her to be tagged.

Her words, “To Everyone that tagged me, I no dey follow una do “black&white” challenge o
Don’t call me your friend, I don’t have one.

The last time I checked, some of you are just my colleagues.
Many of you write me off when I lost everything I worked for last year.
Year 2019 was colorless and the challenge reminds me of things I left behind.
I only live in COLORS now

My Kid Sis @iambablow is my only friend
Emabinu, I understand the motive of the challenge but ko necessary ke tag me mehn.
Una don help me repost my work before?
Una don call me for job before?
Una don buy my product before?
When I needed help, many of you away from me when I lost my car, house and many things last year. Anyways, I no longer live in black and white.
I only live in COLORS Now!
to a Life full of Colors & Glow.”

What do you think?

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.