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Nigeria’s biggest filmmakers are all Yoruba – Chude Jideonwo claims

Nigeria’s biggest filmmakers are all Yoruba – Chude Jideonwo claims

Africa Links 24 with Racheal Ayodele
Published on 2024-09-23 15:56:28

Media personality, Chude Jideonwo, has claimed that Nigeria’s biggest filmmakers are predominantly from the Yoruba part of the country.

Jideonwo stated this while discussing the dominance of Yoruba filmmakers in Nigeria film industry.

The media personality in a post on Instagram, mentioned notable names like Toyin Abraham, Kemi Adetiba, Funke Akindele, Mo Abudu, Kunle Afolayan, and Femi Adebayo as examples.

He argued that Yoruba movies have the most presence on global streaming platforms, noting that Hausa and Igbo-language films are nearly absent.

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