AMAKA IGWE
Nollywood
NOLLYWOOD ICON AND FILMMAKER, AMAKA IGWE TO BE BURIED IN JUNE
Friday, May 23, 2014Omoba
Nollywood Icon and filmmaker, Amaka Igwe who passed
away on the 28th of April 2014 will be laid to rest on Friday, June 13th 2014
at Ndiuche Arondizuogu in Imo State, her marital home.
Various events preceding her funeral as announced
by the family include; A tribute evening and Lagos Service of Songs at Haven
Gardens G.R.A Ikeja on the 9th of June, and Enugu Service of Songs at Okpara
Square, Enugu on the 12th of June, 2014.
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A tribute website, www.amakaigwe.ng, has been created for goodwill messages
and pictures. The site will also contain tweets and Facebook messages
celebrating Amaka Igwe. Past pictures, videos and speeches of Amaka Igwe will
also be uploaded onto the site continuously.
Amaka Igwe, who is survived by her husband of 21
years Charles Igwe, three children, an aged mother and siblings, died from
complications from asthma at the age of 51.
She contributed immensely to the development of
indigenous television drama and Nollywood over the past 25 years, for which His
Excellency, Mr. President graciously awarded her an MFR in 2011, one of the
proudest moments of her life.
She is the founder of BoBTV Film and Television
Programmes Expo, founder and CEO of Top Radio 90.9FM, Amaka Igwe Studios, and
the newly launched Q Entertainment Network.
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A visionary and pioneer of modern Nigerian TV drama
and film, she hit national limelight as the writer and producer of
award-winning TV soap 'Checkmate' and its off shoot 'Fuji House of Commotion'.
Her Nollywood projects include RattleSnake and
Violated - two critically acclaimed movies that set apart Amaka Igwe Studios in
the much-criticized Nollywood industry.
Amaka Igwe studied Education/Religion at the
University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University). She had a Master's Degree
from the University of Ibadan. She had her early education at All Saints School
(Now Ekulu Primary School), Girls High School Awkunanaw, Enugu and Idia
College, Benin.
She worked as a lecturer at the Anambra State
University of Technology and briefly in oil and Gas, before settling for the
motion picture industry.
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