★ HOW OLD IS ONYEKA NWELUE?
Onyeka Nwelue is 38 years old, born January 31, 1988 in NG · Aquarius.
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About
Onyeka Nwelue is a Nigerian author, filmmaker, publisher, and talk-show host born in 1988. He has written over 40 books, including The Strangers of Braamfontein, which won a Crime Fiction Lovers Award and drew praise from Wole Soyinka. His novella Island of Happiness became the Igbo-language film Agwaetiti Obiụtọ, which won Best Feature Film by a Director at the 2018 Newark International Film Festival. As an Aquarius, Nwelue channels independent creative vision across multiple mediums.
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Biography
Onyeka Nwelue is a Nigerian author, filmmaker, publisher, and talk-show host born on 31 January 1988. He has written over 40 books, including The Strangers of Braamfontein—a crime-fiction work that won a Crime Fiction Lovers Award and was described by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka as "raunchy". His non-fiction book Hip-Hop Is Only for Children earned him Non-Fiction Writer of the Year at the 2015 Nigerian Writers Awards. Nwelue adapted his novella Island of Happiness into the Igbo-language film Agwaetiti Obiụtọ, which won Best Feature Film by a Director at the 2018 Newark International Film Festival and received a nomination for Best Film in an African Language at the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards. The film was also nominated for Best First Feature Film by a Director at the Ousmane Sembene Award. Born under Aquarius, Nwelue embodies the sign's unconventional drive to innovate across genres. Writers often balance storytelling with public discourse; Nwelue's work as a talk-show host extends this pattern into broadcast media. Nigeria's literary and film landscape has produced globally recognized voices; Nwelue operates within this context, publishing and directing locally. His public profile has been complicated by controversy over professional misrepresentation and divisive statements.
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Trivia
- The Strangers of Braamfontein won a Crime Fiction Lovers Award and was described by Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka as 'raunchy'.
- Hip-Hop Is Only for Children won Non-Fiction Writer of the Year at the 2015 Nigerian Writers Awards.
- His Igbo-language film Agwaetiti Obiụtọ won Best Feature Film by a Director at the 2018 Newark International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Film in an African Language at the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
- Nwelue faced public controversy over claims of professorial affiliation with the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
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Numerology
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The Builder
Disciplined and structured. Onyeka Nwelue succeed where consistency beats charisma — long catalogs, repeatable craft, slow-grow audiences.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Seol In-ahRat · 1996
- Rae Lil BlackRat · 1996
- IsaacMonkey · 2004
- Yung GravyRat · 1996
- Robbie UreMonkey · 2004
CHALLENGING
- Alexander GouldDog · 1994
- Jean-Carl Boucher
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- How old is Onyeka Nwelue?
- Onyeka Nwelue is 38 years old (born January 31, 1988).
- When is Onyeka Nwelue's birthday?
- Onyeka Nwelue was born on January 31, 1988.
- What is Onyeka Nwelue's zodiac sign?
- Onyeka Nwelue is a Aquarius, born January 31, 1988.
- What is Onyeka Nwelue's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Onyeka Nwelue was born in 1988, the year of the Earth Dragon.
- Where is Onyeka Nwelue from?
- Onyeka Nwelue is from NG.
- What does Onyeka Nwelue do?
- Onyeka Nwelue is a writer.
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