It is Wrong To Call Genevieve Nnaji A "Nollywood Starlet"

It is Wrong To Call Genevieve Nnaji A "Nollywood Starlet"

There are two instances I have seen where foreign publications erroneously called the most celebrated Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji a "Starlet" and I felt slighted by it. The most recent one was by popular film writer and curator, Nadia Denton, curator of the Beyond Nollywood part of the Black Star season at the British Film Institute (BFI) and the author of The Nigerian Filmmaker's Guide to Success: Beyond Nollywood.
She called the Nollywood diva a "Nollywood starlet" in "7 Nigerian Filmmakers Extending the Nollywood Narrative" on the CNN.

It is wrong to call Genevieve a  Nollywood starlet! It is like calling a fully grown eagle an eaglet. 

2017 will be 30 years of Genevieve Nnaji's career as an actress which started decades ago in 1987 when she was an 8-year-old child actress in the popular TV soap opera, "Ripples" of Zeb Ejiro, one of Nigeria's most accomplished TV producers and filmmakers, before the emergence of Nollywood. She is one of the veterans and an indisputable Nollywood diva and an icon of modern African cinema.  Therefore, it is  intellectually and professionally inappropriate to call her a "Nollywood starlet" in 2016!
Only someone who does not know the definition will do that. And a click on Google search will give you the definition. "A Starlet is a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures; a small star or other heavenly body."

Even one of the fast rising Nollywood actresses, Adesua Etomi, the star of the highest grossing Nollywood movie,  "The Wedding Party" who joined Nollywood recently is no longer a starlet, but a full-fledged star in the Nigerian film industry.

Genevieve Nnaji has played leading roles in more than 50 movies and has won many notable awards you can see the list on Wikipedia.
She became the first actress to be awarded Best Actress at the 2001 City Peoples Awards; she  won the inaugural Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award; in 2009, she was referred to as the Julia Roberts of Africa by Oprah Winfrey and in 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic  by the Nigerian Government for her contribution to Nollywood.

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I Am A Survivor of GENOCIDE!

Hey there Michael,
I am a Yazidi refugee and survivor of genocide. On August 3, 2014, ISIS waged an attack against my family and entire community in Sinjar, Iraq.

Thousands of Yazidis were killed or kidnapped, obliged to convert, or forcibly displaced. I was among more than 6,000 girls and women who were held captive as sex slaves.

Today, not a single ISIS militant has been prosecuted for war crimes perpetrated against my people. Join me in calling on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take swift action.

At the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg last month, Global Citizen Ambassador Demi Lovato and I issued a rallying cry to world leaders: hold ISIS accountable by referring these crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

More than 100,000 Global Citizens have taken action and supported my plea. But we must do more.

The ICC has previously refused to examine these crimes, citing a lack of information. Despite this setback, there is still hope for justice. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has the ability to establish a Commission of Inquiry to collect evidence on ISIS genocide crimes against the Yazidis.

We must rise together to Level the Law. Join me in taking action to achieve justice for all Yazidis.

With hope,
Nadia Murad,
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and Global Citizen.

65th Annual Convention Of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Programme

65th Annual Convention Of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Programme

It is with exceeding joy that we want to welcome all God’s children to the 65th Annual Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, 2017, with the theme: Hallelujah.

Hallelujah as we are aware is the shout of praise to our God. Praise is so important to God that He dwells inside of it. “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.” (Psalm 22:3).

This is why in heaven the shout of Hallelujah must never cease because that is God’s throne. In one single chapter of the Book of Revelations, it was revealed how four in consecutive times the shout of Hallelujah rang in heaven. (Rev. 19: 1, 3, 4, & 6) Little wonder everything is in place and in order over there. But not only in heaven must praise not cease, on earth also the shout of God’s praise must never cease. The trees of the forest are continually clapping their hands. (Is. 55:12) Jesus Christ hinted, while He was here in the flesh, that should praise cease from man, the stones will immediately jump into action, shouting God’s praise. (Lk. 19:40)

If in heaven, everything is in place and there is order because the shout of hallelujah does not cease and this they diligently carry out. We would want to promise God on our behalf, that at this year’s convention, we will do like they do it in heaven.

We are therefore optimistic, with the cooperation of all of us during this convention, what has been out of place in our lives will start to fall into place.

In the area of our physical health, everything out of place will fall into place. This is because the presence of the One who inhabits praises will so saturate everywhere on this Camp Ground such that on merely stepping here your health will jump back into place. We should expect the same to happen to our spiritual health. Every one of us will experience a touch of revival in the mighty name of Jesus.
Those who have been termed barren should start to rejoice because what has been out of place all these while is coming back into place.
The Bible says: “ He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.” (Psalm 113:9).
What has been out of place in our businesses, academics, ministries and career will come back into place. Wherever God finds worshipers we can be sure there will be encounters of fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11).
Can I then ask you to get ready to join the rest of the children of God to give God the glory, honour and worship due to His Holy Name during this convention of Hallelujah? And we can assure you, on behalf of my Daddy that you are in for a great time.
Come with experiences, because expectations shall not become disappointment (Prov.23:18). Come, ready to attend and to be punctual at all meetings. Come, ready to worship Him in spirit and in truth for such the Father seeks to worship Him (John 4:23-24).

You are welcome.

Faithfully,
Pastor E.A Adeboye,
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Biafra is Not in Igbo Dictionary and Not in Igbo Land

When I say that Masi Nnamdi Kanu, the Radio Biafra broadcaster and self acclaimed leader of  the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and his followers are intellectually retarded, they will feel insulted and provoked. But their intellectual ignorance is a fact and not an insult.
The fact that a group of Igbos are barking like dogs and calling themselves a name that is not in the #Igbo dictionary and did not originate from Igbo tribe is a disgrace and a shame.
The name of #Biafra is a foreign name, whereas the name of #Nigeria originated from the River Niger.

From archeological discoveries and etymological studies, there is nothing linking Igbos to the Jews. The Jewish link is mere myth of fantasy without any evidence in the DNA mapping. The origin of the Igbos is clearly shown in the Igbo Ukwu Art of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì dating back to 948 CE.
Case closed.

Origin of Biafra
The Bight of Biafra, or Mafra (named after the town Mafra in southern Portugal), between Capes Formosa and Lopez, is the most eastern part of the Gulf of Guinea; it contains the islands Fernando Po [Equitorial Guinea], Prince’s and St Thomas’s. The name Biafra - as indicating the country - fell into disuse in the later part of the 19th century.


Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra in present day Cameroon
A 1710 map indicates that the region known as "Biafar" (Biafra) was located in present day Cameroon

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Lagos City in 1964 By The New York Times

Two Faces of an African City: New and Old in Lagos
~ By LLOYD GARRISON; Special to The New York Times

SEPTEMBER 6, 1964.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 5 —Lagos, like Manhattan, is an is­land city with no place to go but up.

Newcomers arriving by sea marvel at the dazzling glass and aluminum office buildings thrusting skyward from the Marina, which is to Lagos what the Battery is to Manhattan. But after their ship has sailed up the placid lagoon and they debark, they find the tall new buildings largely a facade.

Behind the facade sprawls the other Lagos: the twisting streets, the open drains, the barefoot children; the sprawl­ing fly‐infested market with its shrewd “mammy” traders who carry their change in their skirts and deposit their profits at Barclays Bank; the once stately Portuguese houses with their carved doors and decay­ing columns.

The Portuguese houses, built by merchants who dealt in spices and slaves, are now par­titioned into rooms for rent. With more than 20 persons to a house and more than three to a room, Lagos landlords have made a killing.

The Tide Keeps Moving

One statistic tells a lot about Lagos: in 10 years it has doubled in population to be­come a metropolis of well over half a million people. It seems that nothing — unemployment, overcrowding, high rents, ris­ing prices — can stem the in­coming tide, for Lagos is a city of dreams.

The poor stream in from the provinces, propelled by the hope of a job paying cash. Few find one, but to go back to the vil­lage or the farm would be to admit failure. So the newcom­ers stay on, swelling the ranks of the unemployed, already more than 100,000.

But Lagos is not all heart­break. As the Federal capital it is a melting pot of all the rival tribes from the outlying regions. Here they can move freely, and more and more they are intermarrying.

Lagos is also the intel­lectuals’ haven. Playwrights

The sculptor Ben Enwonwu works here when not traveling to London or Rome on special commissions. At the Federal ex­hibition center on the Marina, there is always a flock of ad­mirers — and buyers — for the weekly art showings.

“Lagos is a great place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live here,” is the refrain of many Nigerians who come from cities where the pace is slower. But this is the New York of West Africa, and as in New York, the dreamers still out­number the skeptics.

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AfDB To Invest US$24 Billion in Agriculture in the Next 10 years

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will invest US $24 billion dollars in agriculture as part of its Feed Africa programme- a strategy for agricultural development in Africa.

President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, said this in a speech he delivered at the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria.