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| Amaka Igwe |
Leading filmmaker and Nollywood veteran, Amaka
Igwe who died painfully on April 28, 2014, will be laid to rest on Friday, June
13, 2014, at Ndiuche Arondizuogu in Imo State, her marital home, this SHOWBIZPLUSng can authoritatively report.
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 June 9, and Enugu Service of Songs at
Okpara Square, Enugu on June 12, 2014.
To further celebrate the deceased, a
tribute website, 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 of 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 Mr. President Jonathan graciously awarded her an MFR in 2011, one of
the proudest moments of her life.
She was the founder of BoBTV Film
and Television Programmes Expo, CEO of Top Radio 90.9FM, Amaka Igwe Studios and
the newly launched Q Entertainment Network.
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 included
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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