My Remaining Years Must Be Filled With Activities That Would Impact Others – Taiwo Ajai-Lycett

Nollywood actress, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett is celebrating her 81st birthday today.

She recently shared amazing pictures of herself on Instagram and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, she prays for her life to be more joyful and exciting, and she hopes to reap all the complete benefits of her labour.

Taiwo added that she wants her remaining years on earth to be jam-packed with activities that would impact others.

Her words, “81 full years of living! What more can I ask for?”

“Today, on my 81st birthday, I say a lovely prayer for myself: that my life be joyful, exciting and that I reap the full benefits of my labor. I pray that the remainder of my life will be the finest of my life and that I will have no regrets for the rest of my life. My remaining years would be jam-packed with activities, impacting others, loving myself, and loving the people around me.”

“I’m so thankful for all of you, thank you for showing me love, thank you for being a source of joy and happiness in my life.”

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.