Our Kids Abscond From School Regularly – Kanayo O. Kanayo

Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo has come out to urge parents to always pay their wards unscheduled visits in school.

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

According to him, those shocking visits always help parents to avoid stories that would make one age under 48 hours, so guardians should do it from time to time.

He added that many of our children leave school to go to unimaginable places, so they have to be watched regularly.

His words, “Do you know many of our children leave school to go to unimaginable places? His or her school maybe in Ekiti State, but is in Lekki Lagos State every weekend grooving. Please pay them unscheduled visits to avoid stories that may make you age under 48 hours”

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.