LATE Nollywood film maker, Amaka Igwe, will be buried on June 13 in her marital home, Ndiuche Arondizuogu in Imo.
The burial date is contained in a statement issued on Friday.
The
statement listed the programme of events to include an evening of
tribute and Service of Songs at Haven Gardens, Ikeja GRA on June 9 and
at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, on June 12.
It stated that a tribute website; www.amakaigwe.ng, had been created for goodwill messages and pictures.
The site would also contain tweets and Facebook messages to celebrate the late film producer.
Also, past pictures, videos and speeches of the late veteran would be uploaded onto the site continuously.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Igwe, 51, died on April 28 from complications resulting from an asthmatic attack.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Igwe, three children, an aged mother and siblings.
Igwe
had contributed immensely to the development of indigenous television
drama series and Nollywood for 25 years and was conferred with a
national award of the Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) in 2011 by
the Federal Government.
Amaka
Igwe was the founder of BoBTV Film, Television Programmes Expo, Top
Radio 90.9FM, Amaka Igwe Studios, and the newly launched Q-Entertainment
Network.
She
was a visionary and pioneer of modern Nigerian TV drama and film, who
first hit national limelight with the award-winning TV soap,
“Checkmate’’ and “Fuji House of Commotion.”
Her Nollywood productions include “RattleSnake” and “Violated.”
Igwe studied Education and Religion at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State.
She
worked as a lecturer at the Anambra State University of Technology and
had a brief stint in the oil and gas sector, before she settled down in
the motion picture industry.
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