Nollywood actor Emeka Ossai has explained why most veteran actors on the movie scene are off the screen.
The actor opened up on the matter when members of the Creative Industry Group (CIG) visited the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Office.
According to Emeka Ossai, most veterans in the industry are off the screen because movies produced by the so-called “New Nollywood actors” lacked originality.
He said; “The veterans started the path called: Nollywood some years back and were able to colonize Africa and the diaspora to love our contents and to love Nigeria.
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“To sustain Nollywood, the kind of story we tell should be original and indigenous.
“Some people have infiltrated the industry with the colonial mentality of doing business; they want to adulterate our culture by bringing in some content outside our cultural identity.
“People acting and mimicking the whites when they are blacks by speaking through their nostrils and changing the trajectory from contemporary Africa stories should rethink,” the actor added.
