Nigeria Bola Abimbola, Zaki Adze, Tuface Idibia, Aṣa, Nneka, Wale, P Square and D'Banj. In November 2008, Nigeria's music scene (and that of Africa) received international attention when MTV hosted the continent's first African music awards show in Abuja. Additionally, the very first music video played on MTV Base Africa (the 100th station in the MTV network) was Tuface Idibia's pan-African hit "African Queen". The Nigerian film industry is known as Nollywood (a portmanteau of "Nigeria" and Hollywood) and is now the 2nd-largest producer of movies in the world. Nigerian film studios are based in Lagos, Kano and Enugu, forming a
Tarila Thompson influx of people in the English-speaking movie industry. Thompson is credited for pioneering the Nollywood film industry. To date, Thompson has several movies, both locally and internationally, including "Power of Love" (2002), "Passion and Pain" (2003), "Church Business" (2003), "Die Another Day" (2004), "Above the Crown" (2006) and "In the Creek" (soon to be released). Tarila Thompson Tarila Emmanuel Thompson (born February 14, 1968) is a Nigerian actor, director, filmmaker, writer and musician. Thompson began his career in 1993 and is credited for his role in pioneering the English-speaking movie industry in Nigeria known as Nollywood. Thompson is known for