Kanayo O Kanayo, the ace Nollywood actor, says it’s only he
and his sisters that are alive in his immediate family
He took to Instagram on Saturday to share a
never-before-seen black and white photo of his family members.
“My lineage. My father, Mr Donatus Onyekwere, My mother ,
Ezinne Isabella Onyekwere, my elder brother, John Onyekwere, and my younger
sister , Chinasaokwu, Cordelia was not born as at this time, 1965/66,” he
captioned it.
“To God be all the glory, it’s just me and my sisters that
are still in this land of the living. I am a full Orphanage, having lost both
parents and only brother.”
In 1992, Kanayo had his acting debut in ‘Living in Bondage’,
a two-part film today regarded as one of the earliest successes in Nigeria’s
film production history. The Imo state-born actor would go on to star in over
100 movies.
Kanayo had earlier made the news after he hit back at
critics who taunted him for playing ritual roles in films.
“What’s the link between Kanayo O Kanayo and the role he
played as Nicholas? There are certain questions people ask you all the time
such that it looks as if these people don’t think,” he had said.
“Let gossipers be. They should go educate themselves. Even
among Jesus’ disciples, Luke was a doctor. They all had what they were doing
before they were called.
“You take up a role and interpret the script so well, only
for viewers to ask if you truly do money rituals. What’s one’s business with
that? What people should understand is I have a profession.”
The Nollywood actor became a lawyer after being called to
the Nigerian bar in September 2020.
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