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Nollywood Mourns The Demise Of Actor Zulu Adigwe

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The Nigerian movie industry, also known as and called ‘Nollywood’, has again been thrown into mourning as a result of the demise of another notable actor, Zulu Adigwe.

 

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Adigwe, a veteran actor of many decades and artistic demonstrations, was announced dead, via a social media platform, by Movie Producer, Stanley Nwoko.

 

Nwoko wrote on his Instagram page: “I regret to announce the passing of a veteran actor, late Mr Zulu Adigwe.”

“What caused his death is yet to be reviewed. Rest in peace good actor,”.

 

Adigwe’s death had occurred only two weeks after Junior Pope and three other Nollywood actors died in a boat accident in Anam River.

 

Adigwe was known for and got recognition, typically, for acting fatherly characters in Nollywood movies.

 

His ‘breakthrough role’ came when he acted as ‘Mr. B’ in Ken Saro-Wiwa’s soap opera, ‘Basi and Company’ in 1987.

 

He also featured in a highly successful 2019 movie titled ‘Living in Bondage: Breaking Free’.

 

In the content of Adigwe’s biography that was published by TRILLNG – it’s wriiten that he was born and raised in Enugu, southeastern part of Nigeria. Most of his childhood life was observed in Enugu but he had his basic education in Austria where he completed primary, secondary, and tertiary education.

 

He started acting in Europe in 1970 when he got into university, but in 1999, he returned to Nigeria and joined the ‘Nollywood’.

 

Zulu Adigwe,  also known as Mazi Udemba, graduated from a university in Austria where he read medicine and switched to the University of Ibadan and graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts.

He was a very talented actor – he thus impacted the Nigerian movie industry in positive ways. May his soul rest in peace.

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Our MPCA grandfinale will come up on the 20th of June 2024 at wocdif, along ringeoad, osogbo, osun state, Nigeria.

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Wizkid Dedicates Upcoming Album To His Late Mum

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Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has announced that his sixth studio album would be dedicated to his late mum, Jane Morayo Balogun.

The ‘Ojuelegba’ hitmaker made the announcement in a video message shared via his social media platform on Saturday, June 1, 2024.

He also disclosed that the album, which is titled ‘Morayo’ and in honour of his late mum, would be released ‘very soon’.

Wizkid’s words: “My album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to my mum, the love of my life, drops very soon. Don’t dull. Don’t sleep.”

It could be recaled that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023, in London.

The singer said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’.

In his words: “The pain is profound.”

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Actress Patience Ozukor: I Rejected The Name-Tag ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ On Me, To Have My Own Name-Tag ‘Patience Ozukor’

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Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, has disclosed and talked about how people tried to impose titles and name-tags on her at the beginning of her career and how she handled it.

The veteran actress said when she began her acting career, people tried to compare her with legendary actress, Liz Benson, by tagging her as ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ but she rejected the tag because she believes they are both unique.

She disclosed that she also rejected suggestions to answer her husband’s first name as her surname and instead chose to bear his family name.
She actually disclosed this in an interview session via a media platform.

Her words: “I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started my acting career and people started recognizing this woman from Enugu.”

“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, “You’re the ‘Liz Benson of Enugu.”

“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am ‘Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’.”

“And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’

“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land, you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.”

“So, my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’,” she concluded.

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