Daga AISHA ASAS
Tarihin Nollywood ya daɗe yana ɗauke da tambayoyi kan waɗanda suka fara gina masana’antar, da yadda ya kamata a auna girman gudunmawar jarumai da suka yi fice a lokuta daban-daban. Wannan muhawara ta sake ɗaukar zafi bayan fitaccen jarumin Yoruba, Kola Olaiya, ya soki Pete Edochie kan batun girmama dattawan da suka share shekaru suna aikin wasan kwaikwayo kafin shaharar Nollywood ta yau.
A wata hira da tashar Oyinmomo TV ta wallafa a ranar Juma’a, 16 ga Oktoba, Olaiya ya zargi Edochie da kasa amincewa da gudunmawar wasu tsofaffin ’yan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya ce tarihin wasan kwaikwayo a Najeriya ya wuce zamanin da fina-finan Turanci suka fara samun shahara, don haka bai kamata a auna matsayin mutum a tarihin sana’ar ta hanyar fitowarsa a Nollywood kaɗai ba.
Olaiya ya kawo misalin marigayi Hubert Ogunde, wanda aka fi sani da ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa tubalin wasan kwaikwayo na zamani a Najeriya. A cewarsa, Ogunde ya fara aikin wasan kwaikwayo tun shekarar 1944, kafin Pete Edochie ya fara aikinsa da ya ambata a shekarar 1962. Ya kuma lissafa Oyin Adejobi, Duro Ladipo da Kola Ogunmola cikin waɗanda suka bayar da gudunmawa ga ci gaban wasan kwaikwayo tun kafin zamanin Nollywood na zamani.
Wannan bambanci tsakanin farkon wasan kwaikwayo a Najeriya da kuma fitowar Nollywood a matsayin babbar masana’antar fina-finai shi ne tushen muhawarar. Wasu na kallon shekaru da mutum ya fara aiki a matsayin muhimmiyar ma’auni, yayin da wasu ke ganin ya kamata a bambanta tsakanin wasan kwaikwayo na dandali, shirye-shiryen talabijin da fina-finan da suka taimaka wajen gina masana’antar ta zamani.
Rahoton Punch ya bayyana cewa saɓanin ra’ayin ya sake tasowa ne bayan Pete Edochie ya yi magana kan lokacin da ya fara wasan kwaikwayo. Haka kuma, jarumin Yoruba Lere Paimo ya taɓa bayyana cewa ya fara wasan kwaikwayo tun shekarar 1958, tare da ambaton Ogunde a matsayin wanda ya gabace shi.
Sai dai, maganganun Olaiya zarge-zarge ne da ya gabatar a cikin hira, ba hukuncin da aka tabbatar a kan Edochie ba. Muhimmin abin da wannan muhawara ta sake fito da shi shi ne cewa tarihin nishaɗin Najeriya ya ƙunshi matakai da dama, kuma fahimtarsa na buƙatar a duba gudunmawar waɗanda suka yi aiki a fannoni daban-daban, ba wai a takaita shi ga jaruman da suka fi shahara a wani zamani ba.
