Nigeria: Celebrating 'Chiwetelu' Ejiofor

8 March 2014

W hen you are a star as big as Chiwetel Ejiofor, harvesting global honour and respect for your country, you don't get some sacarstic people in the Uk ask you where you are originally from. Chiwetel, originally Chiwetelu, is known on glamourous world stage as a British actor, who played the leading role in the award-winning film, "12 Years a Slave." the film won three academy awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was awarded the globe award for best motion picture-drama, and the british academy of film and television arts recognized the film wuth the bafta award for best film as well as the bafta award for best actor in a leading role for Chiwetel of course, nigerians are proud of chiwetelu as their son. and he is not disappointing his fatherland. Even in his glorious moments he remembers his dad, arinze. "I have a constant reflective relationship with (my dad). As I get closer to the age he was when he died, the relationship is becoming more acute. there's a constant dynamic that will influence the kind of work i do." We join in celebarating chiwetelu with bits and pieces from stories on the brilliant and handsome man.

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor, was born on 10 July 1977 in London's Forest Gate, to Nigerian parents. His father, Arinze, was a doctor, and his mother, Obiajulu, was a pharmacist. His younger sister is CNN correspondent Zain Asher.

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