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    Welcome to Nolly wood

    Nov 01, 2019 2 minutes
    by Christine Graf

    Lagos is home to Nollywood, one of the world’s largest film industries. More than 2,500 movies are made in Nollywood each year. The industry adds about $10 billion a year to the country’s economy. According to the International Monetary Fund, as many as one million Nigerians work in the movie industry.

    Nigeria has very few cinemas so most Nollywood movies are never shown in

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