Google Honours Lt. Veteran Nollywood Filmmaker, Amaka Igwe

Late veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Amaka Igwe, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on her 57th posthumous birthday.

Ekohotblog recalls that Amaka Igwe, Nollywood icon passed on 28 April 2014 in her home town.

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures.

Amaka Igwe Google Doodle

The doodle went live on today Thursday, 2nd January, 2019 as an honour of late Igwe’s contributions to Nollywood. She was a Nigerian filmmaker and broadcasting executive. Igwe was the owner of Top Radio 90.9 Lagos and Amaka Igwe Studios.

Amaka Igwe was recognised as one of the second generation filmmakers who helped begin the video film era of Nigerian cinema.I

Amaka Igwe hit national limelight as the writer and producer of award-winning TV soap ‘Checkmate’ and its offshoot ‘Fuji House of Commotion’. Her Nollywood projects include ‘Rattle snake’ and ‘Violated’, which set Amaka Igwe Studios apart in the Video film era of Nigerian cinema.

Mrs Amaka Igwe is survived by her husband of 21 years Charles Igwe, three children, an aged mother, siblings and a large extended family.

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