OMOTOLA TALKS ABOUT HER TIME MAGAZINE HONOUR

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 treatedlike 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.