I was watching Nollywood movies — or, rather, I was watching my mother watch them. Nollywood is Nigeria’s version of Hollywood, kind of like India’s Bollywood.

Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global cultural prominence akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats.

Increasingly slick films attracting big budgets are major features of Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry.