Yul Edochie, a Nollywood actor, is encouraging filmmakers to avoid making movies that portray Nigerians as silly or uncivilized when they go abroad.
He wants them to stop tarnishing the country’s image with those kinds of storylines.
Yul Edochie advised filmmakers to tell stories when Nigerians travel abroad and provide “traditional solutions to problems and become leaders over there.”
On his Instagram page, he wrote: “I wish our producers will stop making films where Nigerians travel abroad, dey mumu. We sell ourselves short with such storylines.
“Oyibo people will never make a movie where a white man is foolish on African soil. Instead, they’ll make the white man smarter than all the Africans in the movie.
“It’s intentional. They use movies to sell themselves as superheroes, while we use ours to run ourselves down.
Yul Edochie said filmmakers should travel abroad and become the centre of attention for people from other cultures.
“Let’s make movies where a Nigerian goes abroad and becomes the focal point for Oyibo people.
“He or she always walks with shoulders high, with so much pride and dignity. Always on Nigerian wear. And teaches Oyibo people beautiful things they never knew about us. Offers traditional solutions to problems and becomes a leader over there.
“Let’s sell ourselves as superheroes as well.”
