I Am One Of The pioneers Of Nollywood - Kanayo O. Kanayo (KOK)

Kanayo O. Kanayo

Famous Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has claimed seniority to his older colleague, Pete Edochie, in the Nigerian movie industry, popularly known as Nollywood.

Kanayo made the assertion in a recent interview about the development of the business.

Kanayo said in the now popular video that he had been working in Nollywood for four years prior to Pete Edochie's entrance.

"I cannot be written off the history or the story when it is told of Nollywood.

"You can't take it away that Kenneth Nnebue made the first professionally made home video in 1992. You can't take it away from those who took part in 'Living in Bondage', just like you can't take it away from the fact that "Things Fall Apart' which Pete Edochie took part in was not a home video. It was a cinema.

"So if you write a story now and say Pete Edochie is older than me in Nollywood, I will contest it because he came four years after. So in Nollywood I'm his senior. It is not a matter of biological age.