Adebayo Adenrele
Nollywood actress, Aisha Lawal has said Yoruba actors and filmmakers own the Nollywood Industry because they brought about its evolution.
The filmmaker said this while addressing critics who believe that the Yoruba aspect of Nollywood is ‘playing catch-up.’
According to her, “We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If you go back to research, you will hear from people like Hubert Ogunde and Ade Love.
“I don’t want to go into details. But, if you go and research very well, you will discover that Yorubas own this industry, we started this industry.
“We messed up at some point, but we are not playing catch-up. We are there already. Now, everybody wants to shoot a Yoruba movie.”
