Nollywood Icon and filmmaker, Amaka Igwe to be buried June 13th

Nollywood Icon and filmmaker, Amaka Igwe who passed away
on the 28th of April 2014 will be laid to rest on Friday, June
13th 2014 at Ndiuche Arondizuogu in Imo State, her marital
home.
Various events preceding her funeral as announced by the
family include; A tribute evening and Lagos Service of Songs at
Haven Gardens G.R.A Ikeja on the 9th of June, and Enugu
Service of Songs at Okpara Square, Enugu on the 12th of June,
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A tribute website, www.amakaigwe.ng , has been created for
goodwill messages and pictures. The site will also contain
tweets and Facebook messages celebrating Amaka Igwe. Past
pictures, videos and speeches of Amaka Igwe will also be
uploaded onto the site continuously.
Amaka Igwe, who is survived by her husband of 21 years
Charles Igwe, three children, an aged mother and siblings, died
from complications from asthma at the age of 51.
She contributed immensely to the development of indigenous
television drama and Nollywood over the past 25 years, for
which His Excellency, Mr. President graciously awarded her an
MFR in 2011, one of the proudest moments of her life.
She is the founder of BoBTV Film and Television Programmes
Expo, founder and CEO of Top Radio 90.9FM, Amaka Igwe
Studios, and the newly launched Q Entertainment Network.
A visionary and pioneer of modern Nigerian TV drama and
film, she hit national limelight as the writer and producer of
award-winning TV soap 'Checkmate' and its off shoot 'Fuji
House of Commotion'.
Her Nollywood projects include RattleSnake and Violated - two
critically acclaimed movies that set apart Amaka Igwe Studios
in the much-criticized Nollywood industry.
Amaka Igwe studied Education/Religion at the University of Ife
(Now Obafemi Awolowo University). She had a Master's
Degree from the University of Ibadan. She had her early
education at All Saints School (Now Ekulu Primary School),
Girls High School Awkunanaw, Enugu and Idia College, Benin.
She worked as a lecturer at the Anambra State University of
Technology and briefly in oil and Gas, before settling for the
motion picture industry.