Nollywood

[Martin Kaminer]

Nice.  Similar to "Silicon _________" or my favorite, and this one is
timeless "The Venice of ________"

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:

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> On Jul 4, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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> > Someone here found just 273 hits for "Nollywood" in 2003.
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> > CNN caption today: "'Netflix Africa' brings Nollywood to the world."
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> > No explanation needed, apparently.
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> "Hooray for Ollywood", here:
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> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/hooray-for-ollywood/
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> with Tollywood, Bollywood, Mollywood, Pollywood, Lollywood,
> Gollywood/Ghallywood, Nollywood [Nigeria], and Jollywood.
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