'I despise the label Nollywood,' says Mo Abudu

Abudu feels offended that the term "Nollywood" has a history associated with "a bad genre of filmmaking."Mo Abudu, a Nigerian director, is not a fan of the country's film industry, dubbed 'Nollywood' in its current incarnation.The EbonyLife TV boss has produced high-profile films such as Fifty, The Wedding Party, and Oloture, but she would rather that they not be referred to as Nollywood films since she dislikes the term's history. This was stated by the media mogul in a Deadline interview alongside African-American Hollywood star Idris Elba, with whom she had struck a co-production contract."Do you know the history behind the word? A Canadian journalist came to Nigeria and decided that he was going to give us the name Nollywood, and that was it. It's stuck since then. "I hate the word Nollywood. The term Nollywood itself is a bad genre of filmmaking. We all know what Nollywood is supposed to represent — it's the VHS films that were made back in the day. "So, to still be called Nollywood, for me, is a no. We need to use terms like African filmmakers or Nigerian filmmakers," she said.