There Are Horrific Stories Of Sex Demands In Nollywood – Joke Silva
She said this while handling inquiries from newsmen yesterday after the dispatch of 'Repudiated', a book by Nina Anyianuka about sexual mishandle and provocation, at Terra Kulture in Lagos.
The 56-year-old screen goddess said the weight on youthful performing artists to offer sexual favors is high.
"Shockingly, the throwing sofa issue is alive in Nollywood," she started.
"At times there is this appetite to get the work. Perhaps you've gone to a few tryouts and you haven't gotten the work, at that point some person reveals to you that it is on the grounds that you are not doing what you ought to do that is the point at which you are not getting the work.
"What I say to them is don't trust it. When the maker, chief, creation supervisor or whoever demands laying down with you, it is likely you will wind up not getting the work.
"A portion of the miserable stories we hear is that since a few people are so frantic, they wind up getting go around."
Drawing a similarity with business visionaries, Silva said best in class performing artists ought not bargain their poise to get by.
"There is no requirement for that," she said.
"As a business visionary, you go round searching for cash and you are most likely going to get a few noes before you get your yes.
"It's the same with try out. You should keep your nobility. Discover another thing to keep body and soul together.
"That is the reason you hear that abroad individuals tend to tables or work in eateries since they require a comment body and soul together until the point that that break happens.
"You ought to be pleased as long as you are gaining fair cash. In the event that conceivable prepare yourself in try out abilities."
She included that having more ladies in places of energy and expert in Nollywood could stem the tide.
"We require more ladies makers, more ladies scriptwriters and more ladies stories with the goal that we would then be able to ingest a ton of ladies in the business," she finished up.
