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Jun 04 2026
1970Nollywood at 60
From the grainy VHS era of Kenneth Nnebue's "Living in Bondage" (1992) to Netflix co-productions shot on RED cameras, Nollywood's transformation in six decades represents one of the most extraordinary cultural-industrial stories of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The industry now produces an estimated 2,500 films annually, employing over one million people directly and generating $600 million in GDP — a figure expected to triple with the ongoing streaming platform investment boom.
Film scholars are beginning to speak of a distinct Nollywood aesthetic: fast-paced narrative structure, supernatural themes drawn from Yoruba and Igbo cosmologies, and an unflinching portrayal of urban Nigerian social dynamics.
This article was reported by the AfriDevMonitor editorial team. Additional reporting contributed by our correspondents in Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Cairo.
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