Amaka Igwe has died today, as reported by the President of
Actor Film of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima after a long battle with
asthma.
‘She
suffered an asthma attack and was immediately rushed to the hospital
after initial interventions had failed. She passed on before getting to
the hospital’, as it was said in the official statement released earlier this morning.
According
to the statement by the official spokesperson of Amaka Igwe studios the
incident happened in Enugu, where she was for the preparations of
pre-productions for new soap, accompanied by her husband.
Amaka Igwe was 51 and she left a husband, Charles Igwe, of 21 years of marriage, and 3 children and a large family.
She
was a famous Nigerian film producer, director and writer, the owner of
Amaka Igwe Film Studios. Amaka Igwe was one of the most notorious
figures in Nollywood, being the producer of
Rattle Snake,
Violated,
Checkmate and
House of Commotion.
She
was the member of the International Board of Trustees of the African
Movie Academy Awards, the
AMAA and one of the jury. Moreover, the was
the conductor of annual university challenge for students of Nigerian
universities that competed for a prize in film – Raymond Dokpezi prize.
She was an advocate of the future of Nigerian filmmaking as well as a true fan of its history.
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