Ramsey Nouah

It's not what you think.

Absolutely amiable are the first words that come to you when you first meet him. He has no airs. None.

Ramsey Nouah is one of the A-list Nigerian actors. His good looks and suaveness make him a favourite among the women. The screen has the ability to make humans look larger than life, but on set, Ramsey is like the rest of us, eating ordinary food and doing ordinary things. He is also very corporative, doesn’t spend hours arguing with the director or complaining about some irrelevant details as most of the stars are wont to do. Mr. Nouah just gets on with his job.He has a good word for everyone often accompanied with a smile. Ramsey can’t resist music, whenever he hears a tune, he swings to it often causing laughter among the other cast and crew.

Mr. Nouah is so real you completely forget he is a star until the director screams ‘action’ and he transforms into a completely different person depending on the character he is playing.
Ramsey Nouah was born in 1973 and has been in Nollywood for ten years. King of Money (1993) was his first movie. Ramsey has worked hard at his craft and the difference between his first movie and his recent ones are very obvious. He is happily married with kids.

Nouah does not like the press and avoids them as much as he can. However, Shllye Shonoike of WOW magazine succeeded in squeezing a long interview from him. The magazine is on news stands and has a sensational looking Nouah on the cover.

Pete Edochie Kidnapped?

Pete Edochie, popularly known as Okonkwo from his great performance in 'Things fall apart' has been reportedly kidnapped in Onitsha. As at press time, no demand for ransome had been made. Recently, there have been several reports of kidnappings in the Eastern part of the country. Now that a popularl person has been kidnapped, one hopes that the coverage it is already generating will force the government to beef up security in the nation.

Nollyarts sympathises with Edochie's family and prays that he will soon be returned to them unhurt.

A more detailed report on Edochie's kidnapped can be found here.

Say you are a child witch.

This piece can be found on nigerianstalk here.

An update of some sorts

• I have been wondering what the Nigeria film and censors board was up to before the advent of Nollywood and Cinemas-they censor movies shown at galleria and other places too. I think they do more harm than good. Why does the Nigerian government always look for ways to drain an already drained people? Everyday they introduce new taxes.
• The Association of movie producers(AMP) is conducting it's general elections next week. The tussle for presidency is between Teco Benson and Paul Obazele. And it is a real tussle, you would think they are contesting for Yardy's seat.
• The Nollywood Glo ambassadors have just returned from SA where they went to shoot a glo commercial, I understand that they had fun. In my next life, I will be an actress.

EDIKAN

Edikan was inspired by steppingstones

Still on Tolu Ogunlesi

He's got to be the most popular Nigerian youth on the internet. Just google his name. Tolu has won numerous literary awards and has been invited for workshops and seminars and fellowships. He works hard, that one and it is surely paying off. Artsville congratulates Tolu on his achievements and urges other young writers to emulate him. Something I heard Muhtar Bakare say, it isn't neccessarily the most talented that gets published but the one who works the hardest. Whatever you do, don't stop till you get there.

Zik Zulu stands up for Nollywood

Eddie Iroh recently lashed out at Nollywood, Zik Zulu responds to him here. When you live in a glass house,they say you cannot afford to throw stones. It amazes me when other writers criticise Nollywood writers when we know that their works are not any better. I see it so many times on blogville, blogville writers condemning Nollywood writers when they themselves have never been published. If you post your story on a blog, that is not publishing, it's posting. If you think it's that easy and you are that good, go get published!