The Economist reports on the suprising emergent success of Nigeria's Nollywood and the goverment's ham-fisted attempts at 'guidance':
Today, filmmaking employs about a million people in Nigeria, split equally between production and distribution, making it the country's biggest employer after agriculture...The industry has sales of $200m-300m a year...So far, the industry has grown with little or no help from Nigeria's government.But in typical bungling style the goverment now seeks to 'help' the industry:
the government worries that Nigeria's film industry reflects badly on the country. “When I travel abroad, people complain to me about the voodoo themes and the poor technical quality compared to Western movies,” says Emeka Mba, director-general of the NFVCB.
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