Amaka Igwe Nollywood Icon and Filmmaker to be Buried In June

                                   
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.
Amaka Igwe, who is survived by her husband of 21 years Charles Igwe, three children, an aged mother and siblings, died of complications from asthma at the age of 51.
In a statement announced by her family; 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, 2014.
A tribute website, www.amakaigwe.ng, has been created for goodwill messages and pictures.
She contributed  to the development of indigenous television dramas and Nollywood over the past 25 years, for which President Goodluck Jonathan graciously awarded her an MFR in 2011.


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.
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.