Nnamdi Moweta is the host of Radio Afrodicia, a radio show on KPFK, a listener-sponsored radio station based in Los Angeles, California.
18 Facts About Nnamdi Moweta
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Originally from Jos Plateau State Nigeria, Nnamdi Moweta grew up in Jos, Minna, Kano and Lagos.
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Nnamdi Moweta speaks Igbo and Yoruba fluently and is Igbo.
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In 1978, Nnamdi Moweta came to the US to study film-making at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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Nnamdi Moweta moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and established himself as a DJ, music supervisor, consultant, manager, and event promoter.
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In 1983, Nnamdi Moweta received a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs in Los Angeles to host an eight-week segment about the origins of rap music.
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The program aired on KPFK that year and afterwards, Nnamdi Moweta was asked by KPFK to host a weekly show and subsequently, Radio Afrodicia began broadcasting on June 21,1995.
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Nnamdi Moweta has interviewed well-known artists such as Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti, Femi Kuti, Baaba Maal, Papa Wemba, Youssou N'Dour, Asa and Fally Ipupa.
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For over twenty years, Nnamdi Moweta has increased the US exposure of African artists such as Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, Koffi Olomide, and Nneka.
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For several years, Nnamdi Moweta has promoted and supported local events in Los Angeles that educate the public about African culture and music.
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In 1995, Nnamdi Moweta managed Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, the Nigerian performer who rose to international fame as the leading contributor of African popular music, known as highlife.
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Nnamdi Moweta oversaw Osadebe's four-month concert tour of North America and co-produced four of Osadebe's CDs with Andrew Frankel, two of which, Kedu America and Club America, were released in 1996.
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In 2021, Nnamdi Moweta became the co-founder of Odogwu Entertainment with Lucas Silva, a music promoter based in Bogota, Colombia.
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In 2008, Nnamdi Moweta was the music supervisor for the winner of eight international film festival awards, Kassim the Dream.
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Later, in 2009, Nnamdi Moweta again lent his talents to film, and was the music supervisor for 40, a Turkish film that casts both Turkish and African actors.
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In 2011, Nnamdi Moweta interviewed Nigerian boxer, Samuel Peter, before Peter's world heavyweight title challenge against Wladimir Klitschko for the Africa Channel's sports documentary, Boxing Before the Bell.
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Nnamdi Moweta interviewed world-renowned boxing trainer, Freddie Roach, and Lateef Kayode, another Nigerian boxer for Boxing Before the Bell.
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Additionally, Nnamdi Moweta covers Hollywood news for the BBC evening program Africa World.