In April 2013, screen goddess Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (pictured above
with Justin Timberlake) was honored as one of Time Magazine 100 Most
Influential People in the World. According to Omotola, it's an
achievement that will forever linger in her memory. She tells Encomium
magazine:
"It's a great honour. Sometimes you really don't know your worth and
people around you may just take you for granted. I was selected for a
number of reasons. From what I was told, they watch a lot of my movies
up there. The person who wrote my profile is actually the movie critic
for Time magazine. He had been introduced to some of my movies. He also
got to know about my other activities, including human rights activism
and others. They also conducted opinion polls from those that follow
what's going on in Nollywood. I think the opinion of the organisers is
based on this. I wasn't the only person picked from Africa. There was
another guy from Egypt but he's white and lives in the US. He is a
blogger. I was the only black African honoured and out of the 100
honorees, they only picked 20 of our portraits displayed in the Time
Work of Fame, and my picture was there. Not only that, it was given the
pride of place. One thin I noticed was that from the moment I stepped
onto the red carpet, I was treated like a queen. I was on one of the
best tables, sitting with US Vice President, Joe Biden and others. I
think it was a good moment for Africa. It was one of the few moments I
felt like Africa has arrived.
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