Namaste Wahala

Hamisha Daryani Ahuja Bridges Bollywood and Nollywood With Namaste Wahala

The greeting “namaste,” synonymous with yoga, and the Pidgin term for trouble, “wahala,” now widely recognised through the global rise of Afrobeats, reflect the growing Indian and Nigerian influences on the English language. Yet despite these cultural intersections, the film industries of the two countries Bollywood and Nollywood have historically…