From the fear of Ayamatanga to witchcraft, Nollywood movies have impacted us in many ways we
cannot explain. Thanks to Nollywood, the fear of ‘old women’ is the beginning
of wisdom for some youngies. Many people thought most elderly women were witches who flew at
night, sometimes missed their timing and got stuck as birds. Sometimes, they
would have started turning back into humans before getting stuck as half-human
and half-bird.
Many of these
witches would be found in villages (because
witches never exist in the cities). In fact, these
witches will be so nice and close to you. It won’t be a lie to say that the
term ‘village people’ originated from Nollywood movies. There was a widespread fear
that once you are an Americanah who just landed in the village, your legs will swell, your eyes
will go blind or at worse, you will run mad until ‘village people’ decide to
set you free. If they want to do you patapata, na
die be that.
It is also in Nollywood
that we have seen ghosts in white robes, looking left and right before crossing
the road or an actor using a phone in a flashback of 20 years. Honestly, Nollywood
has done a number on us, but we move sha. We move!
