Meet 3 Nigerian Celebrities Whose Mothers Are From India (Photos)

Akwaeke Emezi is a 34-year-old Nigerian author, transgender, and video artist.

Akwaeke rose to prominence 4 years in the past when her brief story, Who Is Like God, received the 2017 Commonwealth Quick Story Prize for Africa. She adopted it up together with her first novel, Freshwater, a critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel that received the 2019 Nommo Award and the 2019 In any other case Award. Aside from Freshwater, Akwaeke has to date revealed different novels corresponding to Pet, The Dying of Vivek Oji, and Expensive Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, 2021.

 

Born on 6 June 1987 in Umuahia, Nigeria, Akwaeke’s father is a Nigerian and her mom an Indian.

 

 

Yagazie Emezi is a Nigerian artist and photojournalist.

Based mostly in Lagos State, Yagazie began her skilled profession as a photographer six years in the past and has been commissioned by a number of journalism homes corresponding to Washington Submit, Nationwide Geographic, Al-Jazeera, New York Instances, Vogue, Newsweek, and The Guardian.

 

Thought to be the most effective photojournalists in Nigeria, Yagaziei received the the 2018 inaugural Inventive Bursary Award from Getty Photographs and was one among contributors in New York Portfolio Evaluation two years in the past. Three years in the past, she acquired a grant from the U.S Consulate Common in Lagos for her photo-series addressing the truth of sexual violence in opposition to ladies and the susceptible younger in Lagos, Nigeria. Two years in the past, she made historical past by changing into the primary black African girl to {photograph} for Nationwide Geographic Journal and is a Nationwide Geographic Explorer Grantee.

 

A youthful sister of Akwaeke Emezi, Yagazie’s father is from Nigeria and her mom from India.

 

Adenrele Oluwafemi Edun is a 40-year-old Nigerian tv host, actor, and crossdresser.

Though he was born on 13 June 1981 in Hamburg, Germany, Denrele’s father is a Nigerian of Yoruba descent and his mom by identify Atwaroo Edun is initially from India.

 

Recognized for his eccentric vogue type and character, Denrele began his tv profession as an actor on the age of 11 when he carried out the position of a presenter and producer on Kiddievision 101 on Nigeria tv authority community. For some time, he served as a choreographer and a backup dancer for some notable Nigerian musical artists, earlier than changing into a tv presenter.