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Actress, Toyin Abraham explains why women are more successful in Nollywood
Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham in an Instagram post revealed why actresses are more successful compared to their male counterparts in the movie industry.
Toyin Abraham, a mother of one, was responding to rapper Ruggedman’s post pertaining to actresses being more successful than male thespians in Nollywood.
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Read all she wrote below;
“I saw the social media post made by respected rapper, Ruggedman about women making more money and doing well better than men.
I read between the lines and saw what Ruggedman implied.
It is a little bit sad that many people on social media leeched on it with many derogatory comments about women especially those of us in Nollywood.
It is important that I put this out there that many women make money and make good money legitimately.
I know actresses who charge 2 million, 3 million and 5 million in this Nollywood.
I get paid in millions of naira for gigs.”
She continued;
“The fact that most of these men choose not to make noise on social media do not in any way mean that they are second class citizens in this industry.
We need to stop attributing every woman’s success to her sexual prowess with men, women deserve the success they have as much as men without attributing it to their sexuality.Nollywood women like Bimbo Ademoye, Nancy Isime, Kehinde Bankole, Inidima Okojie, Sharon Ooja, Bisola Aiyeola, are getting paid in millions.
Even scriptwriters that are not in the limelight are getting paid in millions.
It is disparaging to put the successes of these women within the box of their sexuality.
A lot of women are doing great things legitimately.
I am one of them and so also are many other women in other industries; not just the entertainment industry.
A woman is more than the sum total of her sexuality.”
Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi.”
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