Onyeka Onwenu
Onyeka Onwenu // (listen) (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli January biɛɣ'pihita ni yini yuuni 1952 ka daa kpi Silimiin goli July biɛɣ'pihita dali yuuni 2024)[1] daa nyɛla Nigeria yili yiina, yili sabira kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun nyɛ paɣa, lahabalitira, siyaasa nira n-ti pahi X Factor series alikaali nira.[2] Onwenu daa nyɛla ʒiba zaŋ n-ti Imo State "Council for Arts and Culture".[3][4] Yuuni 2013, bɛ daa piigi o Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer zaŋ n-ti National Centre for Women Development.[5]
Piligu biɛhigu
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Onwenu nyɛla bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli January biɛɣ'pihita ni yini yuuni 1952.[6] O nyɛla ŋun yina Arondizuogu, tiŋ titali din be Ideato North, Imo State, Nigeria amaa ka bɛ daa leei dɔɣi o Port Harcourt, tiŋzuɣu zaŋ n-ti Rivers State, Nigeria. O ba n daa nyɛ Nigeria shikuru baŋda mini siyaasa nira D. K. Onwenu,[7][8][9] ka daa kpi ka chɛ o pakoli Hope, ni o wumsi bihi anu. [10] Ŋun daa nyɛ bia sani o lammba ŋɔ bihi maa ni.[11]

Maŋmaŋ biɛhigu
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]O tuuli yurim nyɛla din daa niŋ saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pinaata yuuni 1965.[12] Onwenu nyɛla ŋun daa gbubi o maŋmaŋ ashili biɛhigu ka bi bɔri ni o yihi wuhi so zaŋ jandi o yidan'kuro Yoruba Musulimi.[13] O nyɛla ŋun daa mali bihi ayi: Tijani Charles mini Abraham.[14][15][16]
Filmography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Film | Role | Notes | Additional reference(s) |
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1999 | Nightmare | Joke | with Pete Edochie and Franca Brown | |
Not Your Wealth | with Peter Bunor & Charles Okafor | |||
Conspiracy | with Nkem Owoh | |||
Chain Reaction | with Pete Edochie & Liz Benson | |||
2004 | Government House | with Kenneth Okonkwo | ||
2005 | Women's Cot | with Joke Silva & Zack Orji – this film received 4 nominations and won 1 award at the 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2006 | ||
The Tyrant | with Pete Edochie | |||
Rising Moon | Ulomma | with Prince Emeka Ani, Akume Akume | ||
Omalinze | Queen | with Stephanie Okereke | ||
Every Single Day | with Oge Okoye | |||
2006 | Different World | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
2007 | To Love an Angel | Nene | with Ramsey Nouah | |
The Trinity | with Kanayo O. Kanayo | |||
2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo's Mother | with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton | |
2018 | Lionheart | Abigail Obiagu | with Genevieve Nnaji, Phyno and Nkem Owoh | |
God Calling | Mama Francis | with Zainab Balogun, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Tina Mba | ||
2019 | Muna | Ndidi – Muna's Grandma | with Adesua Etomi, Adam Huss and Falz | |
2022 | Ije Awele | Ijeoma Okpara | with Ngozi Nwosu, Ejike Asiegbu, Keppy Ekpenyong | |
2023 | Obara'M | Aunty Nwakaego | with Nkem Owoh |
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Ajayi, Faith (2024-08-30). Tributes as music icon Onyeka Onwenu buried in Lagos (en-US).
- ↑ Onyeka Onwenu, Toolz, MI excited about Glo X factor (4 May 2013).
- ↑ "Charles O'tudor Fetes Onyeka Onwenu". AllAfrica Global Media. http://allafrica.com/stories/200811031100.html.
- ↑ Nwangwu, Onyinyechi. "NCAC Honours Onwenu, Samanja, Others". AllAfrica Global Media. http://allafrica.com/stories/200912240727.html.
- ↑ Onwenu bags FG appointment. The Nation Newspapers (21 September 2013).
- ↑ Makams, Ahman (20 October 2012). "Onyenka Onwenu: Queen Of African Pop Music". Leadership. http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/38037/2012/10/20/onyenka_onwenu_queen_african_pop_music.html.
- ↑ Amadi, Ogbonna (2 March 2012). "Onyeka speaks at 60". Vanguardngr.com (Vanguard Media). http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/onyeka-speaks-at-60/.
- ↑ Am I married to the father of my kids? No comment ––––Onyeka Onw. Ghanaian Agenda.
- ↑ Adetayo, Ayoola. "Onyeka Onwenu: 10 things about the legendary musician you need to know" (en-US). http://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/onyeka-onwenu-10-things-about-the-legendary-musician-you-need-to-know-id4844862.html.
- ↑ Plight of Widows
- ↑ Oyediran, Tosin (2024-07-31). Timeline: Things to know about music legend, actress, and activist, Onyeka Onwenu (en-US).
- ↑ Njoku, Benjamin (August 3, 2024). "Onyeka Onwenu: How she fell in love at 13". Vanguard. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/onyeka-onwenu-how-she-fell-in-love-at-13/.
- ↑ Onyeka Opens Up on Her Private Life (26 September 2020).
- ↑ Odusanya, Rachael (2018). Onyeka Onwenu husband and children.
- ↑ Tolu (16 November 2015). Photos: Meet The Son Of Legendary Singer Onyeka Onwenu.
- ↑ My Inspirational Teacher: by Nigerian singer and actor Onyeka Onwenu (27 July 2014).
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