Veteran Nollywood actor and singer, Zulu Adigwe, is dead.
He was reported to have breathed his last Tuesday evening, 23 April, 2024.
The demise of the veteran actor was confirmed by movie producer, Stanley Nwoko, via a post on his Instagram page, although without disclosing the cause of his death.
“I regret to announce the passing of a veteran actor, late Mr Zulu Adigwe. What caused his death is yet to be reviewed. Rest in peace good actor,” Nwoko had written on his social media handle.
Zulu Adigwe was an actor and singer, best known for paternal roles in Nollywood movies. He first achieved fame as Mr. B in the sitcom Basi and Company and most recently featured in the 2019 blockbuster Living in Bondage: Breaking Free.
Adigwe’s interest in acting started when he was seven. His earliest appearance on Nigerian television was in Basi and Company where he played the lead character Mr. B, replacing former actor Albert Egbe who left the series after a dispute with the show’s creator, Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Adigwe’s introduction to the cast saw Mr. B re-invented as a guitar-strumming layabout composing and singing get-rich-quick ditties. He also performed Basi and Company’s new theme song, and an album coinciding with the series – Mr. B Makes His Millions – was released under Polygram Nigeria in 1990.
Adigwe was born in Enugu where he spent most of his childhood, but moved to Austria where he attended primary and secondary school.
Prior to acting, he studied French and German, worked as a teacher, and briefly studied Medicine before returning to Nigeria after his father’s death. He enrolled with the University of Ibadan where he studied Theatre Arts, graduating with First Class Honours.
