Nigerian filmmaker and writer, Onyeka Nwelue premiered his documentary film, The House of Nwapa
yesterday, the 28th at the International Images Film Festival for Women
(IIFF) in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was on The Spot on EbonyLife TV to talk
about ‘Breaking Grounds,’ as he curates The Diplomatic Jazz Night, a
monthly free concert supported by Airtel and Ethiopian Airlines.

The
film is a string of narratives and interviews about Flora Nwapa,
arguably, Africa’s first female novelist, whose first book, Efuru will
be 50 years this year.

Reacting to the idea of the film, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka said: “I
feel really stimulated by the work Nwelue is doing on Flora Nwapa, a
‘missing’ figure in the overall consciousness of our younger literati
generation, so a documentary on her is long overdue.”

The House of Nwapa will show at the Lagos Book & Art Festival from the 10-13th November, 2016.

Nwelue is the President of La Cave Musik, a record label based in Paris,
specializing in music from Africa and the Caribbean. He’s an Assistant
Visiting Professor of African Studies at the University of Manipur and a
Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.

His first book, The Abyssinian Boy won the TM Aluko Aluko Prize for First Book of Fiction and Ibrahim Tahir Prize for Fiction. Burnt,
his second book, has been translated into other languages, including
Spanish and was released at the Cusco Book Fair in Peru. His latest
book, Hip-Hop is Only for Children won the Creative Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the 2015 Nigerian Writers’ Awards. His forthcoming book is called The Voodooist: How Social Capitalists Achieve Dreams Without Money.
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