HERE’S A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR story on the Nigerian video industry, which is going great guns. (Actually, a member of my extended family, which includes Nigerians in Lagos, is working in that industry now). Best quote:

“In the old days, traveling theaters used to put on shows about the God of Thunder, Ogun – that was nice,” says Iyabo Olowokande, head of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Film Cooperation. “But then we discovered the movies.”

The story says that Nigeria is nipping at Hollywood’s heels. It would be more accurate, though, would to say that it’s nipping at Bollywood’s heels. Indian films, which — by volume at least — ruled the Nigerian market are now facing a lot of domestic competition.