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Nigerian screenwriter, artist, musician and radio personality
Dami Elebe is a Nigerian screenwriter known for web series like
Skinny Girl In Transit , Rumour Has It and
Far From Home (2022 series) .
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[4] She is an on-air personality, an artist and a musician. Elebe studied advertising and art.
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Career
Elebe was an on-air personality (OAP) at Classic FM, Beat FM and Naija FM in the space of 7 years and wrote the movie,
Up North which was directed by
Tope Oshin . At the ELOY Awards in 2018, she received the Scriptwriter Of The Year award.
[6] Her debut film was From Lagos With Love , which was at the cinemas in August 2018. She worked with
Sharon Ooja ,
Nonso Bassey ,
Jon Ogah ,
Etim Effiong ,
Damilola Adegbite , and
Shaffy Bello .
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On August 7, 2018, she announced on her official Instagram page that she will be leaving
Beat FM , describing her time with the radio station as having been a 'great ride'.
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References
^ Ehonwa, Joy (13 July 2016).
"10 Questions for Dami Elebe, Writer, Skinny Girl in Transit, South African Netflix original "Fatal Seduction" and Rumour Has It • Connect Nigeria" . Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ The Guardian Life, The Guardian Life (13 June 2016).
"5 Minutes With Dami Elebe" . The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Nwangwu, Adaora (2022-03-01).
"6 Nigerian Female Screenwriters To Keep Up With In 2022" . The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.) . Retrieved 2022-08-06 .
^ Acho, Affa (2022-11-13).
"Netflix Announces Launch Date For New Nigerian Series, Far From Home" . Retrieved 2023-02-15 .
^ Okey-Nwosu, Muna (25 January 2018).
"BN TV presents #BNBehindTheScenes: 10 Questions with Dami Elebe, aka The Baddest Scriptwriter" . Bella Naija. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Ayeni, Olamide (27 November 2018).
"Interesting Facts You Didn't Know About Dami Elebe, ELOY 2018 Scriptwriter Of The Year" . FabWoman. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ News of Africa, News of Africa.
"Nigerian Radio Presenter, Dami Elebe Will Be leaving Beat Fm" . News of Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ ONYEAKAGBU, ADAOBI (10 October 2018).
"Our woman crush this Wednesday is the brilliant scriptwriter, Dami Elebe" . Pulse.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Izuzu, Chibumga (8 August 2018).
"OAP is leaving Beat 99.9FM" . Pulse.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Uwakwe, Tim (7 August 2018).
"Dami Elebe announces she's leaving Beat FM" . Metrolife.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020 . [
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^ 36ng, Tobiloba (8 August 2018).
"Dami Elebe announces she's leaving Beat FM" . 36ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020 . {{
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