Nollywood

English <dab> Etymology en Nigeria Hollywood. Pronunciation en /ˈnɒ.li.wʊd/ RP en /ˈnɑ.li.wʊd/ GA en Nol ly wood en ɒliwʊd 3 Proper noun en informal The Nigerian film industry. en 2009 Pierre Barrot Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhwqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22in+nollywood%22 23 Indiana University Press 9780253353528 After the film was released, the actor Nkem Owoh became part of the 'Big Five' (ie the five most well-paid actors in Nollywood). en 2013 Kenneth W. Harrow Trash: African Cinema from Below https://books.google.com/books?id=IDXyP7CcSKMC&pg=PA243&dq=%22nollywood+films+are+defined%22 244 Indiana University Press 9780253007445 Nollywood films are defined by excess, where the borders that frame the images, the sentiments, the characters—the symbolic order and its limits—are violated dramatically and systematically, as in the mannerism of the neobaroque. en 2013 Matthias Krings; Onookome Okome Matthias Krings; Onookome Okome Nollywood and Its Diaspora: An Introduction Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry https://books.google.com/books?id=uTVlKirJmGgC&pg=PA19&dq=%22nollywood%22# 19 Indiana University Press 9780253009425 Video parlors, which are still the most popular outlet for Nollywood film screenings across Africa, do not run African auteur films, and the film festivals of Ouagadougou, Carthage, Durban, and Zanzibar do not accept Nollywood films into their main competitions. en 3-syllable words en Film industries Nigeria Category:Nigerian English