A member of friends of the media GH. Today is Monday the 20th day of October 2014. Our African Personality of the week is Pete Edochie (born 7 March 1947) Enugu, Nigeria EthnicityIgbo is a Nigerian actor. Edochie is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors, by both Movie Awards and Movie Magic’s Africa Magic Cable network.Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster,he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all time best selling novel, Things Fall Apart. Edochie descends from the Igbo people in Nigeria and is a Catholic. He got into radio broadcasting in 1967 as a junior programmes assistant after which he was elevated to the level of a Director. He was director of programmes, but doubling sometimes as Deputy Managing Director and occasionally acting as Managing Director. He quit ABS because the government decided to politise the affairs of their FM station, thereby resulting in the entire management being asked to move out, including him. He was to be the immediate successor to the MD but had to leave and enrol into the movie industry. Prior to that, he had featured in Things Fall Apart and had won an International Award. The BBC flew into Nigeria to interview him for his role in Things Fall Apart. In 2005 the Actors Guild of Nigeria placed Pete Edochie and several other actors, including Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Nkem Owoh,Ramsey Noah, Stella Damasus Aboderin, Chinwe Okeke and Richard Mofe Damijo on a one-year ban from filming after they were said to have been collecting huge fees from producers due to their A-list celebrity status. The ban placed on these actors was seen as doom in the Nigerian film business, but currently, the actors are back in filming. On August 16, 2009 Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie was kidnapped. The veteran actor was kidnapped on his way to an event in Anambra State. He was kidnapped at Nkpor and was released on August 17, 2009. Awards - Evergreen Awards, - Pioneer Actors Award, - Best Actor in Africa 2001, - Best Actor in Nigeria 2003, - University of Nigeria Theatre Arts Achievement Award, - Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Theatre Arts Achievement Award, - Actors Guild of Nigeria Grand Patron, - Ebubudike of Africa by St. Peter’s Catholic Church, - (NOPA) Nollywood Outstanding Personalities Award presented by National Association of Movie Journalists, - Award of Excellence presented by National Association of Anambra State Students, - Most Creative Veteran Award, and so many others.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:51:33 +0000
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