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EDO FILM INDUSTRY (EFI) - AFRICA'S BEST SELLING LOCAL FILM INDUSTRY

By Uwagboe Ogieva

EDO FILM INDUSTRY - EFI like hollywood, bollywood, though working hand in hand with Nollywood, have a specially criterial that distinguish her local and international movies from Nollywood. Over the year Edo movies have increase her audience, script writers, actors, celebrities and quality graphic movies. Her market cut across many Africa countries, Europe, Asia, Autralia, North and South America. Actors, like Monday Erhauyi Ogbeide aka Ukeke(RIP), Eghosa Idehenalias Erha Egiro(RIP), Sandra Aigbogun, Osasuyi West, Wilson Ehigiator, Omo-osagie Utetenegiabi, Syvester Uwadia, Sandra Idubor, Eunice Omoruyi, Helen Edokpolor, Andrew Osawaru, Brown Atiemwen,Henry Iyobosa Legemah, Eunice Omoregie ,Amenze Okpunu, Mercy Erabor, Iyengumwena Eguaevoen, Monday Osagie, Sangra Ogbeide, Jane Ekhator, Victor Osagie, Victor Ijesurobo and Osawemwenze Eweka remains most famous and best actors in the industry. Producers like Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen have also won several local and international awards for his best and qualitative Nolly and EFI productions. EFI aim is to raise consciouness as well as educate on both Afrocentrism and world knowledge through Edo language movies and commedy, being one of the largest language spoken by Nigerian people.. Prolens Movies, Souls 2 Soul and Supreme Movies have also kept their high rated marketing and distribution over the years across Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

Edo language is spoken by more than 25 million people in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. According to Prof. Roger Westcott, Professor Emeritus, Drew University as stated in his article "Bini names in Nigeria and Georgia" that the Edoid language invariably the Edo language belongs to the most wide-spread of the five great language families of Africa. Variably known as Niger-Congo or Congo-Kordofanian, contains in most of the languages of coastal West Africa as well as all the Bantu languages of eastern and southern Africa, including Swahili. Edo is the name that the people of the Benin Kingdom give to themselves(enacted by Emperor Ewuare the great), their language, and their capital city and kingdom. Renowned for their scientific and cultural influence in the history of West Africa Empires. The Edo Kingdom of Benin is one best known of her pre-colonial kingdom on the Guinea Coast of West Africa. From at least the 12th century, the Benin Empire held varying degrees of authority over neighbouring peoples, including the western Igbo, eastern Yoruba, and various related Edoid-speaking groups of Midwestern state of Nigeria. In 1897 British-colonial forces invaded and looted prestigiuos artifacts of the kingdom and made it part of the Niger Protectorate. Today it is incorporated into the modern state of Nigeria.

EFI have being intelligently designed to meet her fans and subscribers ultmost sactifaction in the entertainment industry with her quality, entertaining and humoruos movies in Nigeria, Africa and whole world at large. Meeting the high demand of African language productions and the source of exposing the beauty of Africa and her rich cultural heritage to the outside world. Though still face with challenges of lack of sponsorship, inadequality material and expertise etc, her products remains one of the highest selling movies among other Nollywood films in Nigeria, West Africa and South Africa .

Welcome to EFI , home of Qualitative African movies in Edo-Nigerian language special.

SOURCE: http://edonationsatelite.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/edo-film-industry-...

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Uwagboe Ogieva is a prolific, freelance writer and activist. A program analyst based in Barcelona. Spain. Author and publisher of various articles and journals working with yawewe magazine, bykem, otedo.com, and other publishing companies.Dirrector Edo language research and development program, chair person-Edo language for all vision 2020.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Rita Obasohan on September 30, 2012 at 8:29pm

thanks for sharing

Permalink Reply by Otedo News Update on March 25, 2013 at 11:10pm

“I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can’t just sit back and let other people define our existence.” - Spike Lee

Permalink Reply by Otedo News Update on October 1, 2014 at 9:32pm

Suggestion By Al Og

ERAN-EDO alas, No Borrowed language will ever be welcomed by Al Og now or in the future. Or else count me out of it.

Permalink Reply by Otedo News Update on March 17, 2016 at 11:24pm

"Many Benin and other Edo peoples hardly speak or understand the Edo dialect today! They are either prolific in pidgin English or trying to speak Yoruba language! Making movies to remind us of our glorious past is great but sustaining our values and language will be more importance. Encourage Edo people to marry from among themselves, speak and bear Edo names, learn our history from our perspectives and above all, extend a helping hand to the little guy to give him a sense of belonging........ Peace" - Livingstone Palmgrove

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Great Benin Bronze

EDE N'ERHENA VBE EDO

These anti-Edo political organizations you folks went to join are the most anti-African - and Africans - in the world.

They're worse than anything; we obviously can't stop you though, even Ewuare II's manifest destiny lies in our own regional party.

We have egba Omo Oduduwa and so on, NPC, AG, the forerunner of them all NCNC and then now these cancers of today.

Stay "with them", but register for your most important election first: your local election, register Edo Political Front, and if you don't, vote the front.

No self respecting Edo will - in the future - find themselves the flag bearers and cheerleaders of foreign parties with indirect rule political and economic mandates, it just doesn't work.

No sane Edo person lives to "have the ear" of someone who doesn't have Edo at their heart.

The Supreme Court is the place to remove the frustration of these lethargic and "periodic" additions to the voting rolls; here - where I live - you can fill in the forms regarding changing your voter registration at the post office and other easy access places.

At the rate things are going we're going to find ourselves truly in decline as our populations suffer from simple things like protein deficiencies in children

" - Reggie Akpata