What Will Be Your Legacy?

What is your worth to the growth of the earth?

Beyond what you have in your mouth and your smiling teeth.

Your legacy is not defined by what you have done for yourself, but by what you have done for the benefit of others.

It is not by how much you have, but by how much you give.

It is good to build houses.

But it is better to build lives.

Great nations are not built by building skyscrapers, but by building the lives of the people for their general enlightenment, empowerment and upliftment for nation building.

The greatest investment by any government is the investment in the education of the majority of the population.

You cannot build a nation without the education of the people.

- EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima,

Photograph:

Speaking to the audience at the Nigerian première of Giselle Portenier's award-winning film, "In The Name Of Your Daughter" on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.

It was cohosted and cosponsored by the Global Affairs and International Digital Post Limited and supported by the Sona Group.

View all the photos on 

https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2019/05/photographs-of-nigerian-premiere-of-in.html

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#nation

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Calling All Lucky Dube Fans to Share Their Story

PRESS RELEASE 

Calling All Lucky Dube Fans to Share Their Story

Lucky Dube Legacy Company Encourages Fans to Share Their Stories to Feature in Commemorative Anthology of Artist’s Career

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 5, 2024/ -- With more than 22 albums and 20 awards internationally, South Africa’s Lucky Dube is still one of the most streamed and celebrated artists across the continent. He continues to grow an international following, with his message and evergreen lyrics resonating across generations, race, religion and language.

To celebrate his life and the impact of his music across the world, the Lucky Dube Legacy Company is encouraging fans to share the moment Lucky’s music mattered!

“We know that Lucky’s music has had a deep and lasting personal impact on many of you. We also know that his music inspired hope, political and social activism in many places around the world – often the common unifier amongst those who heard and loved his music.

This year, Lucky would have turned 60, and we want to hear about the times made significant with his music. Maybe it was after listening to or seeing Lucky play live or even encountering him in person. Or maybe you shared a moment with a fellow fan by chance. It could be something that you experienced yourself or perhaps it is a story that you’ve heard from others.

Whatever it is, no matter if it is big or small, we want to hear about it.”

Your story could be selected to feature in a commemorative anthology of Lucky’s life in music that will be made available world-wide.

It may also be featured in Lucky’s social media posts, as well as future projects!

To participate, you can send a DM to Lucky’s social platforms listed below or send an email to stories@luckydubelegacy.com

The Legacy company knows the importance of Lucky’s fans are to the ongoing success of his music. He loved his fans and repeatedly attributed his success to you the people who enabled him to continue sharing his message of equality, peace and love.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Lucky Dube Legacy Company.
 
Official Social Media:
Instagram: @lucky_dube_official – https://apo-opa.co/3WPYrZf
Facebook: @Lucky Dube Legacy – https://apo-opa.co/4d6COJR
YouTube: @officialluckydube – https://apo-opa.co/4dcXz6O
Listen to Lucky Dube on your favourite platform here: https://apo-opa.co/4dplEHH

About The Lucky Dube Legacy Company: 

The Lucky Dube Legacy Company was founded by his Estate after the artists death to preserve his legacy and music, as well as continue to share Lucky’s message with the world. If you worked with Lucky at any time in his career, or have anything you’d like to share, please contact us – we would love to hear from you. 

 
SOURCE
The Lucky Dube Legacy

Are African Writers And Readers Ready For The eBook Revolution?

Are African Writers And Readers Ready For The eBook Revolution?

March, 2013.

This week, the "father of African literature' Chinua Achebe died, leaving behind a legacy for Nigerian authors. Today I welcome another Nigerian author Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima to discuss the …

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F.Penn. She’s an award-winning podcaster and creative entrepreneur.

Read the important interview on

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/tag/africa/

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR : The Celebration of The Legacy of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe in Nollywood and African Cinema

The name of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, MFR; will be written in gold in the history of Nollywood and African Cinema. 

I made the 2013 edition of the annual Africa Movie Academy Awards, (AMAA) the cover story of the first edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series to celebrate the unprecedented legacy of her visionary leadership in Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry. 

 

The first edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series documented the phenomenal first indie film industry in Africa producing thousands of home videos telling stories of Nigerians from the past to the present that caught the attention of the rest of the world to say WOW! African magic! That made Ivorian rebels in the bush to stop fighting during their civil war when a shipment of Nollywood DVDs arrived from Lagos. That Zambian mothers said their children were now talking with accents copied from Nollywood movies. That when a President of Sierra Leone asked Genevieve Nnaji to join him on the campaign trail he attracted record crowds at rallies, because of her. 

Yes, Nollywood is our African magic that hooked the world. 

The maiden edition of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES is a celebration of the best of Nollywood with a full coverage of AMAA of 2013 with the theme, AFRICA ONE that epitomized the pan African Spirit of African Cinema. 

The following feature on the 20 years of the naming of "Nollywood" is dedicated to the legacy of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. It will be published in the third edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series celebrating 40 Nigerian female filmmakers in Nigeria and the Diaspora.

20 Years Since The New York Times Named #Nollywood

Norimitsu Onishi was the Chief of The New York Times’s southern Africa bureau, based in Johannesburg when he discovered the phenomenon of the first indie film industry in Africa in 2002 in the hustle and bustle of Lagos city, the heart and soul of the guerilla filmmakers of Nigeria.

How The Times Named ‘Nollywood’ in 2002

"It’s like Hollywood or Bollywood but in Nigeria — Nollywood!I told my editor."

- Norimitsu Onishi.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/insider/how-the-times-named-nollywood.html

The name of Nollywood has become the identity of the Nigerian film industry even though the making of the genre started in the 1980s which I have chronicled in my widely read and shared article, 

The Nollywood Phenomenon: From Analog to Digital - SHADOW & ACT
https://shadowandact.com/the-nollywood-phenomenon-from-analog-to-digital-2

The article shows the evolution of Nollywood over the years and how the digital cinema revolution has made a critical impact in the advancement of Nollywood since 2002.

It is now 30 years since the production of the first Nollywood blockbuster, "Living in Bondage" by Chris Obi Rapu in 1992 written and produced by Kenneth Nnebue and Okechukwu Ogunjiofor. And as we say in Lagos, many waters have passed under the Eko Bridge from 1992 to 2022.

Traditional filmmakers of the old school of filmmaking on celluloid still say Nollywood is video and not cinema. But top people in the global film industry said: Every region has unique stories to tell. And we should encourage them to tell their stories first and not be hindered by the technical requirements for professional film production. That the first thing is to supply on demand, because it was the overwhelming quantity of Nollywood home videos in the 1990s that attracted the rest of the world before the improvements in the quality. 

There have been significant improvements in the quality of the movies as Nollywood filmmakers have been adapting to current developments in filmmaking by using the same digital cinema cameras used by their counterparts in Bollywood and Hollywood following international standards in film and TV productions.

The improvement in the quality of the content has attracted the leading International acquisition and distribution companies, major studios and OTT video streaming services from America and Europe. Netflix, Disney and Amazon are now demanding for the best content in Nollywood and well produced movies have been acquired. 

There have been international productions of Nigerian movies featuring top Hollywood actors such as "The Amazing Grace" of 2006 directed by Jeta Amata, written by Jeta Amata and Nick Moran and produced by Jeta Amata and Alicia Arce with top roles by Joke Silva, Nick Moran and Scott Cleverdon; "Black November" directed by Jeta Amata in 2012, starring Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Fred Amata, Sarah Wayne Callies, Nse Ikpe Etim, OC Ukeje, Vivica Fox, Anne Heche, Persia White, Akon, Wyclef Jean and Mbong Amata; "30 Days in Atlanta" directed by Robert O' Peters and produced by AY Makun in 2014 starring Starring AY Makun, Ramsey Nouah, Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), Desmond Elliot, Vivica A. Fox, Lynn Whitfield, Karlie Redd, Majid Michel, Omoni Oboli, Racheal Oniga, Yemi Blaq and Juliet Ibrahim; "A Trip To Jamaica" directed by Robert O' Peters and produced by AY Makun in 2016 starring AY Makun,Funke Akindele, Nse Ikpe Etim, Dan Davies, Eric Roberts and others; "Esohe" directed by Charles Uwagbai and Robert O' Peters in 2018 starring Jimmy Jean Louis, Misty Lockheart, Desmond Elliot, Chris Attoh, Bimbo Manuel, Ufuoma McDermott, Toyin Aimakhu, Jemima Osunde and Monica Omorodion Swaida; "A Soldier's Story 2" of 2020 directed by Frankie Ogar and produced by Martin Gbados, starring  Eric Roberts, John J Vogel Jr, Alex Usifo, Akin Lewis, Segun Arinze, Linda Ejiofor, Somkele Idhalama, Michelle Dede, Daniel K. Daniel, Tope Tedela, Baaj Adebule, Samabasa Nzeribe and others; "Christmas in Miami" of 2021 directed by Robert O'Peters and produced by AY Makun starring Ayo Makun, Osita Iheme, Richard Mofe-Damijo, IK Ogbonna, Kent Morita, Raquel Lamanna, Manoj Chandra, Malcolm Burtchett, Nadya Marie, Tanya Price, Barry Piacente and Catherine Olsen and Adah Obekpa's "The American King" of 2021 starring Enyinna Nwigwe, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Andrew Howard and Nick Moran who has been playing prominent roles in the international productions of Nollywood movies since the 2000s to date. 
"The American King" directed and produced by Dr. Adah Obekpa, a Nigerian medical doctor in America. The romantic comedy featured famous African American singer, Akon with top Hollywood and Nollywood stars.

It is importan we document the new developments in Nollywood since 2002 to date for film history and film studies. That is why I working on a documentary film on "Nollywood Rising: The New Generation".

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry published since 2013.

https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima

Special hardcover editions are available for purchase from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

 

#Peace #Peaceanyiamosigwe #Nollywood #Nigeria #Africa #movies #cinema #TV #series #filmmaking #filmmaker #legacy #film #building 

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The Legacy of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe

 

The Legacy of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe 

Africa has beautiful stories to tell, says Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. At 16 years old, the Nigerian published her own magazine. She later continued bringing a “voice to voiceless issues” as a talk show host and film producer. Founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, Peace now dedicates her time to building cinemas in rural Africa, and helping other Africans tell the untold stories of their homeland.

Among other accomplishments, you’re a published poet, a TV/film director and producer, and creator of the African Movie Academy Awards. Of all that you do, what are you most proud of?

#Peace #Peaceanyiamosigwe
#Nollywood #Nigeria #Africa #movies #cinema #TV #series #filmmaking #filmmaker #legacy
#film #building

Source
https://blog.ted.com/fellows-friday-with-peace-anyiam-osigwe/

I Cannot Say Goodbye Madam Peace Anyiam-Osigwe - MFR

I Cannot Say Goodbye Madam Peace Anyiam-Osigwe - MFR 

Dear Peace Anyiam-Osigwe,
I cannot say Goodbye to you.
I don't want to accept that you will depart without completing your  dream projects to uplift #NOLLYWOOD to higher grounds of greater heights in the world.

I shared the good news of my upcoming "Once Upon a Time in NOLLYWOOD" to you last night on LinkedIn.

Have you abandoned what you told me you wanted to do in memory of your brother, Michael and I agreed with you?
Mortality cannot comprehend immortality.

You are the very first person to appreciate me in Nollywood and that is why I made the 2013 edition of your annual Africa Movie Academy Awards, (AMAA) the cover story of the first edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series to celebrate the unprecedented legacy of your visionary leadership of Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry locally and internationally which you have presented proudly to the world as an outstanding TED Fellow.
How can I say Goodbye to you, when the best is yet to come?

Madam Peace Anyiam-Osigwe,
I cannot say Goodbye.

The Legacy of Knowledge is the Greatest Heritage

"The legacy of knowledge is the greatest heritage."

- https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima

A paper published by a member of the Faculty of Arts Drama & Film department at Tshwane University of Technology mentions the name "Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi"

From scholars and students in Nigeria to South Africa to America to the UK to the Philippines, the most cited and quoted non-academic writer on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry is Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, the Publisher/Editor of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013, printed in Raleigh, NC, USA.

Outstanding scholars who have made references to Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima include Prof Nomusa Makhubu, Associate Professor in Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Cape Town and the new Chair of the AGI's Advisory Board and Prof. Naomi S. Baron, Emerita at American University in Washington, DC.

I Have Chosen the Greatest Legacy

Beyond every human fancy and fallacy.
I have chosen the greatest legacy.
- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima

Prize winning Nigerian writer, author of "Diary of the Memory Keeper",  "Children of Heaven", "Bye, Bye Mugabe", "The Prophet Lied", "Scarlet Tears of London", "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream" and other books distributed by Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers.

Giovanni Rosman: The Canadian Man Who Came From Hollywood North To Nollywood

GIOVANNI ROSMAN was the first Canadian born actor to act in Nollywood movies.

Legacy of Knowledge is the Greatest Heritage

What is your legacy?

The legacy of knowledge is the greatest heritage.- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima