Leave Destiny Etiko Alone, Her Dress Shouldn’t Be A National Issue – Uche Elendu

Popular Nollywood actress, Uche Elendu has come out to defend Destiny Etiko after she was criticized for what she wore to meet Governor Yahaya Bello.

The movie star recently gave an excuse for Destiny Etiko’s choice of clothes, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, she and Destiny were on their way to the airport when the governor called for them to meet with him in his office, so it was not deliberate.

She added that Nigerians should leave the actress alone because her dress is not a national issue.

See what Uche wrote,

LOL.

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.