John Boyega, British actor and Star Wars star, has kept to his word of visiting his family in Nigeria.
On May 13, the Star Wars actor shared plans of visiting Nigeria, although he did not disclose the time of his visit.
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He took to his social media pages to share pictures of his visit to his family in Abeokuta and Ibadan.
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Based on hardship, Boyega got financial assistance before he could join a learning theatre in South London.
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The 24-year old actor, who has only featured in one Nigerian movie— Half of A Yellow Sun, a movie adaptation of a book by Chimamanda Adichie, throughout his entire career, is known for speaking about his African roots.
He described the campaign against ‘White Oscars’ as important and was glad to be a part of it.
“I think the conversation that is happening now is very important, I’m glad to play a small part in it, he told CNN International.
“All of these conversations need to be heard, the world needs to be portrayed for what it is.
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“The diversity has to cut across all boards; Oscars, industry everything.
“We are not going to sit down or back down until that is done.”
2 comments
Your comment..good one
This man is obviously Nigeria by birth. Nigeria journalists should always emphasize that fact. If he is a bomber now, the British press will. El calling him ‘Nigeria born actor’
Regardless of what his passport says, this is an example of Nigeria talent, and we should never stop indicating that.
Go yoga, kudos to you, hope you took an ala and ewe du when you were in Ibadan.