{"id":273919,"date":"2011-01-14T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47253"},"modified":"2011-01-14T12:19:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T12:19:47","slug":"hilda-dokubo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/14\/hilda-dokubo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilda Dokubo"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hilda Dokubo<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWhat has been happening to you all these while, where \thave you been? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been around. I have been in Nigeria handling South-South State of \tAssembly\u2019s youth directorate and what we are trying to do is tell the world \tabout the politics of Nigeria and about youths participation in governance \tand its implementation.
\nWhat really is the point you are trying to prove? <\/strong>
\nOf course, to prove to the world that we have made a lot of sacrifices to \tkeep Nigeria as a nation. Therefore the people must agree to it that, having \tdone that much to keep Nigeria as one nation, it is our turn; We should be \tpart of its leadership.
\nSo, does this mean that your entire life is dedicated to this cause and \tthere\u2019s no more movies for you? <\/strong>
\nNo, that is just a part of my life. The other part is that I am busy, \ttraining younger actors. I look for them, find them, train them and \tintroduce them subtly into the market. That is my way of ensuring that I \tleave a legacy and lead people who will actualise professionalism in the \tindustry and multiply, the same way that I am multiplying now.
\nUnder what platform are you doing this? <\/strong>
\nIt is titled \u201cStreet to Star\u201d project. We are doing it under Centre for Art \tReform Education. It\u2019s an NGO. it is everywhere, but our concentration right \tnow is that we are piloting with Rivers and Bayelsa States and then we will \tmove on to Delta and Edo states and then Cross River and Akwa-Ibom. That is \thow we intend to do it until we cover the Niger Delta area.
\nWhy I am doing that is because I believe strongly we have the best tradition \tto sell that is worthy of a people of learning and understanding. It is a \tbetter appreciation of the people because all the colours that people have \ttried in the past to paint the Niger Delta people is about people that are \trestive. They don\u2019t paint the beauty that we have. they don\u2019t paint our \ttradition. Our marriage culture is the best that you can think of anywhere \tin the world. So it will tell a story of how we were before we are married, \twhen we are married and after we are married. A lot of people will want to \tlearn from us.
\nWhat is the feedback you get from your fans who have missed what used to \tbe your regular face in the home video? <\/strong>
\nThey say, \u201cWe miss you; we want you to come back.\u201d That is why, once in a \twhile, I create time, shoot a movie or two and then I go back to my world. \tYou see, it\u2019s more rewarding and satisfying to look around me and find five \tor six people who are talented and are earning a living from doing what I am \tdoing now.
\nIt\u2019s more rewarding for me. Yes, I make a lot of money acting, but it is not \tas rewarding as what you get from lives being changed. From getting a person \toff the street. By this, you know that you have not just saved one person, \tbut a whole lot of people, so, I expect my fans to understand. It\u2019s so funny \tI haven\u2019t done many films in recent times and I thought they would have \tforgotten the face, but I was so wrong.
\nWhat are the movies you have done in recent times? <\/strong>
\nI have done: \u201cWith God this year; Once Again last year. I did Oh my God I \tcan\u2019t remember their titles. You know why I don\u2019t remember their titles? \tWhen we are shooting, we have a working title; when it\u2019s released the title \tchanges. But, in all, between last year and this year I have done close to \tseven movies. Some of them are out, some are yet to be released.
\nI want to believe that you resumed acting between last year and this \tyear. The thinking is that you had stopped for a while.<\/strong>
\nNo, ideally, you will be correct if you say I didn\u2019t do much last year and \tupper year, because those periods. were my busy periods. I work with the \tsate government, I had to take care of the youths of River State, I had to \toversee my training group and do a lot of advocacy job for the Niger-Delta, \tbut it was light at the beginning of the year, so, I shot a few movies. You \tsee my life revolves around people; as an actor, I am busy making people \thappy, as an advocate, I am busy making young people happy; as a public \tservant, I am also busy attending to people.
\nWhat about your family, how are you coping?<\/strong>
\nThe family is okay. Everybody is doing well. The children are in school\u2026
\nIn Ghana or Nigeria?<\/strong>
\nNo! I couldn\u2019t take my children to school in Ghana, I am a very proud \tNigerian. They go to Ghana on holidays.
\nWhat do you think about the Nigerian movie industry now?<\/strong>
\nI think we are growing. And I think some people are beginning to see some of \tthe things that we saw and talked about then that some people thought we \twere being antagonistic. The times when we called for a forum where people \tcould talk about how to make money, entrepreneurship and attach it to \tentertainment. The policies in entertainment. At a time we talked about \tthis, I remember the marketers said they were sanctioning me for saying some \tof these things. Now they are agreeing with me. The marketers now \tcollaborate with other bodies to do what I had said. When I said we needed \tto organise film festivals where you could exhibit your films, for the world \tto come and see what we are doing and that our actor is as good as any actor \tanywhere, it was like a nonsense talk. Now they see that our product can \tactually go places. Other things that I do notwithstanding one thing I am \tyet to get out of my blood is the fact that I am a professional actor and I \tthank God. There is no way anybody will write the history of movie in \tNigeria that my name won\u2019t slip in somehow. It would slip in. Some of us are \tnot publicity crazy so, we don\u2019t call the press. That is why, once in a \twhile, when there is a programme to discus issues as they affect the \tindustry, they invite me and I find time to attend. You see, people like \tTaiwo Ajai \u2013 lycett set the pace for us and we are setting the platform for \t others.
\nHilda Dokubo in Everything We Touch
\nLet\u2019s go back the memory lane, about how you started and the movies that you did that readily come to mind?
\nWhen we first started we were all core professionals who started,this industry because we had all come out of school, fresh graduates. Then it wasn\u2019t about the money, it was the passion that drove us and I think that that crop of actors are still pushed by passion.
\nWhat year was that?
\n1991,92 and 93. All the people who came into the industry about that time did based on passion. Now that passion is still driving them. At that time, the Igbo movies that we did people who didn\u2019t understand a word in Igbo watched the stories. I still remember Evil Passion. I did four scenes, but those four scenes were so remarkable, that for a long while, people kept calling me \u201cBakasi\u201d until Bakkasi took up the title for comedy. Then we had Total Desire\u201d which was also in Ibo, but had great followership and got nominations for several awards and one thing that is interesting is that until I left what could be called active acting, I got nominated for awards every year and one particular year, 2001 was just crazy. I got every award and looked at them and said, time to move on with life.
\nYou can\u2019t get better than being a star. And then there was\u201d Goodbye Tomorrow\u201d which was an AIDS story. It took a lot of my energy. Then \u201cForever\u201d which I can\u2019t get through with. The memory is still there and then when I delved into production myself with \u201cAnother Campus Tale\u201d telling the story of cultism and how it got taken up by the Nigerian Universities Commission. I think I always like to do things that people can learn from without blowing my trumpet; I like to say I am a life changer.
\nYou want to remember those precious colleagues of yours you started with?
\nO yes! I can tell you, we are all super: Liz Benson was super, She is still super. Bob Udokwu, Kanayo, Ejike and Ngozi Nwosu, they were all super and even the directors, Amaka, Zeb and I can\u2019t forget the day I worked with Joke Sylva and Olu Jacobs on set. I was happy because I respected them and all I had to do was learn some other things because they were in the business much earlier than I started and there was so much to learn from that couple and I tell you, I learnt; I did.
\nNow what is the secret behind this radiant look of yours?
\nI never let anything bother me longer than necessary. Another thing, I eat very healthy foods. I don\u2019t eat junk. I drink water a lot, I don\u2019t take alcohol, I don\u2019t smoke and when I stay awake, it means I am working; otherwise, I sleep well. I also do have a good beauty routine which means I use only baby products. (Laughs and laughs) baby products all the way, baby soap, baby oil, baby lotion. I am still a baby (laughs); I am still a baby.
\nWhat is your background like?
\nI am the first of six children I have two sons. I am married. I am a graduate of Theatre Arts. I have a masters degree in Theatre Education from University of Port Harcourt. I am trying to go back to school now, to do a PhD in International Relations and I work as a youth advocate. I run an NGO. I am from Buguma in River State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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