Video halls that cater largely to the Nollywood Film audience are springing up in Nigeria.
In Uganda: With only two mainstream cinemas in the whole country, video dens have sprung up to take care of the country’s growing appetite for African films— especially Nigerian...Referred to as Bibanda in Uganda, the video shacks easily attract over 120,000 viewers each day at a cost of 7 US cents (about five Kenya shillings) per ticket. The conventional theatres ask for $7 per ticket.So far, it is estimated that there are over 2,000 video halls in Uganda. In the video dens (simple makeshift cinemas that are poorly lit and mostly in the overpopulated estates), you will find VJs who narrate the films in local languages.
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