I’m The Only Male Filmmaker Left In Nigeria Who Is Yet To Give Up – AY Makun

Nollywood producer, AY Makun has come out to write about the perceived lack of support he receives from his male peers in the entertainment industry.

He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he has worked so hard to stay relevant in the Nigerian movie industry for several years, so he does not understand why he must have breast and yansh to earn the support of his fellow men.

AY Makun added that he is still the only man left in the business of filmmaking who is yet to give it all up.

His words, “One day man go tell man, ‘wetin man do man.’ We work so hard to stay relevant and take care of our responsibilities. Must we have breast and yansh to have the support of our fellow men?

I am still the only man left in the business of filmmaking who is yet to give it all up. THE WAITER is a beautiful movie. I will continue to PERSONALLY push it with my full chest in cinemas nationwide. I am too legit to quit. #thewaitermovie.”

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.