Why I Hardly Ever Watch Nollywood Movies – Chimamanda

Renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, says she stands up to any foreigner who tries to castigate or badmouth the Nigerian movie industry.

Ekohotblog reports that the multiple award winning writer disclosed this in a recent interview with, a popular television host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu.

While she expressed delight and gratitude for the existence of Nollywood, she bemoaned her inability to keep up with its pace of innovation and creativity, noting that she hardly ever watch Nollywood movies

“Nollywood is something I’m grateful exists. If I’m outside Nigeria, you dare not talk bad about it. I will fight you. But I hardly ever watch Nollywood. Years ago, I would start something and it was just hard to finish,” she said.

She opined that there were many aspects of the movies that needed to be improved on. She, however, noted that things are beginning to change judging by the movie she watched recently.

“I would be like there are problems with the dialogue, the continuity. There were problems with basic things but I think it’s changing a bit. But I did watch something that I quite liked, the new ‘Living In Bondage’. I quite liked it.

“I watched it because a friend of mine had suggested it and because I feel very emotionally attached to the original ‘Living In Bondage’. It’s charmingly innocent. Jazz in Nollywood has always been a thing that I liked to mock.

“People turning in chickens and that kind of thing. But the way jazz was done in this remake was really good.

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“It’s a testament to what Nollywood has become and what it can do. But I’m must say that I’m much more willing to give Nollywood a chance than I’m to give mainstream American TV shows a chance.”