I Wonder How Going Back To The Old National Anthem Will Ease The Current Hardship – Kate Henshaw

Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has come out to tackle the Federal Government over the reversion to the old National Anthem.

She recently had her say via a post shared on her X handle, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, amid the intense hardship and lack of good governance on every level, it is a shame to see how our present government thinks going back to a colonial anthem will be a soothing balm for citizens.

Kate added that she cannot understand how our supposed leaders believe this will somehow make us feel more patriotic.

Her words, “In the midst of excoriating hardship & lack of good governance on every level but not to worry going back to a colonial anthem will be a soothing balm and inject patriotism back into our veins, a much needed drug.”

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.