Black Enterprise is a monthly U.S. magazine that describes itself as the “premier business news and investment resource for African Americans” and claims a readership of 3.7 million. It was founded in 1970 by Earl G. Graves, Sr. The publication is known for its annual listing of the largest African-American firms in the country, or “B.E. 100’s”, first compiled and published in 1973. In 2002 the magazine launched a supplement targeting teens, Teenpreneur.
Hooray for Nollywood: Behind the Scenes of the Nigerian Film Industry
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Hooray for Nollywood: Behind the Scenes of the Nigerian Film Industry
As the Oscars dust settles in Tinseltown, we turn our attention to one of the largest film industries in the world: Nigeria
As the dust settles in Tinseltown post-Oscars, we turn our attention to Nigeria’s Nollywood—the third largest film industry in the world behind Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood annually produces over 2,000 movies, and brings in profits of approximately $250 million per year. With the help of actresses such as Ebbe Bassey and Osas Ighodaro, and producer Oji Idakwoji, BlackEnterprise.com gets a peek behind the scenes of the popular films at the ways they thrive, and ways they simply survive.
