Nollywood
Glinda & Elphaba, Nollywood Style! Cynthia Erivo and Ayoade Bamgboye Serve Early-2000s Looks
Cynthia Erivo and Ayoade Bamgboye channel early-2000s Nollywood fashion in Saturday Night Live UK’s “Nigerian Wicked” sketch, with Cynthia in a pink throwback look and Ayoade in green as Glinda and Elphaba.
If you grew up watching Nollywood films in the early 2000s, you probably remember the low-rise jeans, colourful tops, side bangs, gold jewellery and beaded curtains that featured in so many scenes. Saturday Night Live UK has revisited that familiar visual world in a sketch titled “Nigerian Wicked”, with Cynthia Erivo and comedian Ayoade Bamgboye giving Glinda and Elphaba a distinctly Nigerian makeover.
Cynthia, who hosted the episode, takes on Glinda in a metallic pink off-the-shoulder top, low-rise jeans with rhinestone detailing and a silver gear-link belt sitting at her hips. The look leans into the era’s love for pink, sparkle and statement accessories, with a quilted pink crossbody bag and pink bow platform heels completing the outfit. Her dark-rooted blonde hair falls into side bangs, while dark lip liner, stacked gold hoops, a nose ring and long red acrylic nails add to ...