Venita’s Comment About How Tiv Men Treat Their Wives Was Disturbing – Ex-Husband

Ex-husband of Nollywood actress, Venita Akpofure, Terna Tarka has come out to respond to her controversial statement about his kinsmen during her time in the BBNaija All Stars house.

Recall that Venita claimed that Tiv men give their wives to visitors for entertainment purposes, implying that they allow their women to sleep with their guests to entertain them.

Coming out of the house, Venita said, “The statement I made about Tiv people got twisted a bit. My daughters are actually Tiv. There’s no way I will be trying to make any kind of malicious or slanderous comment towards their people.

Actually, in my season we did a whole play around the Tor Tiv coronation which I participated in and was super excited about.

So, you know, sometimes you will say something maybe it is a little bit carelessly. And I think it got really misconstrued. And for those that are offended by it, I’m regretful about that.”

Reacting recently, Terna Tarka revealed that there is no such disturbing cultural practice among his people, and it never crossed his mind to give Venita out to visitors for entertainment purposes.

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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.