Nigerians Confuse Humility With Weakness – Mary Njoku

Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Njoku has talked about humility in Nigeria.

The movie star believes Nigerians often mistake people’s humility and honesty for weakness and foolishness and it is very sad.

According to her, they fail to accord such people the respect they deserve because they are perceived as soft.

She added that this is the reason why the humble ones bring out their inner madness from time to time.

Her words, “Nigerians don’t respect humble and honest people. They confuse humility and integrity with weakness and foolishness. Some people can make you bring out the ‘inner madness’ Later na dem go Dey scream say Mary don change!”

Do you agree?

Mary Nnenna Njoku (also known as Mary Remmy or Mary Remmy Njoku, born 20 March 1985) is a Nigerian actress and film producer, and Director General of the award-winning Lagos-based film house, ROK Studios, in Nigeria, which was recently acquired by French TV giant, CANAL+. She produced and starred in Thy Will be Done, Husbands of Lagos; starred and directed Single Ladies and Festac Town.

Mary Njoku, who is the sixth child in a family of 8, was born in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, Nigeria. She is from Nsukka, Enugu State. She attended Amuwo Odofin High School, National College Bagada and Navy Town Secondary School. She holds a diploma in Computer Science. From 2010, Njoku attended Lagos State University where she studied for a degree in English Language. In 2012, Njoku attended London Film Academy in the UK where she did a course on Producing: Movie Magic Budgeting & Schedule From childhood, she had a passion for acting and started acting on-stage when she was in Secondary school. Njoku joined the Nollywood industry in 2003, at the age of 17.

Njoku made her acting debut in the 2004 Nollywood movie ‘Home Sickness’, which she featured alongside with Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha. She came to limelight after featuring in popular Nollywood blockbuster ‘Blackberry Babes’ in 2011. Between 2011 and 2013, Njoku produced iROKtv, a YouTube platform that featured interviews with Nigerian celebrities, as well as coverage of Afrobeats and Nollywood events. In 2015, Njoku became Chief Content Officer at IROKO Partners. By March, she held her first world premier for her film Thy Will Be Done at the BFI IMAX London, the first ever Nollywood film premiere in IMAX. In August 2018, Njoku produced the movie Nwanyioma, where her role required her to completely shave her head.