#Uyaiedu Ikpe Etim

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Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1989

Ethnicity: Nigerian

Occupation: Producer, screenwriter, director, activist

Note: Creates works which tell the stories of Nigeria's marginalised LGBTQ communities. In 2020 the BBC included her in its list of the 100 Women of the Year.

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Despite repressive laws and societal stigmas, many Indigenous Nigerians, including those in the LGBTQ community, are expressing and celebrating their true identities. Through this series of portraits from photographer and National Geographic Explorer Yagazie Emezi, queer and nonconformist Nigerians explain what it means to reclaim their space and break against colonial norms.

How queer and nonconformist creators are redefining what it means to be Nigerian

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Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim: director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Ìfé tells the story of ìfé and Adaora, two Nigerian women who fall in love over a three-day date. Ìfé is looking for someone to share her life with openly, but Adaora isn’t ready to make the leap. When a critical secret is revealed, the two women have to decide how much they are willing to give up to sustain their new love.

Starring: Uzoamaka Aniunoh Cindy Amadi Written and Directed by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim Produced by Pamela Adie Executive Producer: The Equality Hub

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Ìfé dir. Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim (2020)

Ìfé is a love story about ìfé and Adaora, two Nigerian women who fall in love over a three-day date, but their love is soon tested by the realities of being lesbian in Nigeria.

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Nigeria: The filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

Nigeria: The filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the stern warning of the authorities and proceed with the release of a movie about a lesbian relationship.  The dramatic face-off with the regulators – the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) – is worthy of a film itself.  Producer Pamela Adie and director Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim are determined that Ife (meaning “love” in…

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See How Nse Ikpe Etim’s sister, Uyaiedu dumped her marriage for lesbianism

See How Nse Ikpe Etim’s sister, Uyaiedu dumped her marriage for lesbianism

As previously reported by The9jafresh, Actress Nse Ikpe Etim‘s sister, Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim, took to Instagram to call out her former lesbian partner, “Amara the Lesbian.” According to Uyaiedu, Amara would scream at her during threesomes. Uyai also claimed Amara was a toxic person. Uyai, who made the claim public on Instagram, described how they met and how she became aware of the aggressive…

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2020

Since 8 October, the streets of cities and towns across Nigeria have been filled with young protesters demanding the abolition of the Nigerian police force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit. An undercover force first formed in 1992 with the purpose of tackling rising cases of violent crime -- including armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and other forms of domestic terrorism -- in recent times, the group has come to resemble the criminals they were set up to fight.

In what is being heralded as one of the most culturally impactful movements in the country’s recent history, Nigerians have mobilised in their hundreds calling for an end to the indiscriminate violence, extortion, arrest, torture and, in the most serious cases, extrajudicial killings they’ve been subject to at the hands of the unit’s members. The overwhelming majority of victims of these crimes have been the nation’s youth, who report reasons for being targetted by SARS officers as absurd as dressing fashionably -- sporting dreads or dyed hair, for example -- or using an iPhone. Within this demographic, members of Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ community have been especially singled out, often simply for ‘appearing queer’, or expressing a gender identity or presentation not in line with heteronormative social expectation. Still, despite the disproportionate systemic brutality queer Nigerians continue to face, their calls for fellow protesters to recognise their struggle and amplify their voices are largely falling on deaf ears.

Though President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on Sunday of his intention to disband SARS, the protests are continuing in response to further injustices. Just three days ago in Lagos, police officers opened fire on peaceful protesters with one person losing their life and many more reported injured. In Abuja, the country’s capital, protesters were met with tear gas attacks and hose-downs. Indeed, these are just new additions to the long list of reports of young Nigerians experiencing brutality from the police force that’s supposed to protect them. According to Amnesty International, 82 cases of police brutality were documented between 2017 and 2020, a figure that only accounts for reported incidents.

At the height of the protests, a video of a young Nigerian man wagging a finger at a camera and chanting “Queer Lives Matter” began to circulate on Twitter. The video, shot on an open street in Lagos, has since garnered over 10 million views and more than 40k likes. Impressive as its engagement tally may be, what’s more important is the signal that the chant by human rights activist Matthew Blaise sends to fellow #EndSARS protesters, who remain oblivious to the particular ways in which SARS has oppressed members of the Nigerian LGBTQ+ community.

The unit’s actions are, shockingly, legally vindicated. In 2014, the federal government of Nigeria passed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, a law that not only stops Nigerian LGBTQ+ folks from marrying, but also criminalises the gathering of and affiliation with queer individuals. The result has been an unending wave of institutionalised homophobia, which occasionally manifests in violence.

“As a queer woman in Nigeria, I am targeted by SARS for so many different reasons,” says Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim, a writer and filmmaker who has attended the protests and openly campaigned as a queer woman against the judicial targeting of queer Nigerians. “I'm sexually harassed almost any night I go out with my friends. My friends who are masculine-presenting women or feminine-presenting men are easy targets, and I’ve had to either witness this firsthand or listen to these stories helplessly. When I go out to protest, it is because of these experiences that are unique to us as queer people.”

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Gay activist, Amara, preaches celibacy after she was accused of domestic v!olence by her ex-lover

Gay activist, Amara, preaches celibacy after she was accused of domestic v!olence by her ex-lover

controversial Lesbian, Amara is set to embark on and preaches being celibate after she was accused of domestic violence by her ex-lover actress Nse Ikpe Etim’s sister Uyaiedu days ago. In a lengthy post on Instagram, Uyaiedu claimed that Amara once slapped her and would always scream at her whenever she’s upset. She wrote: “I […] The post Gay activist, Amara, preaches celibacy after she was…

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Grace Makun, wife of Yomi Casuals, has expressed disappointment over the current rift between Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu and her ex-girlfriend Amara

Grace Makun, wife of Yomi Casuals, has expressed disappointment over the current rift between Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu and her ex-girlfriend Amara

According to Naija News understands that Uyaiedu accused Amara of being verbally abusive while they were having threesomes. She also claimed that Amara had hit her across the face during an argument. Responding to Uyaiedu accusations, Grace expressed her disgust over the narrative and asked the ladies to stop acting trashy. She wrote: “Rubbish talk…was disgusted at this point. If una wan do the…

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Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim’s short depiction of two women in love is a social landmark in Nigerian cinema.

Ife, Reviewed: Lesbian Love in Bourgie Lagos

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"If una wan do lesbianism biko do it well and stop acting trashy"

“If una wan do lesbianism biko do it well and stop acting trashy”

Grace Makun, the wife of Yomi Makun, aka Yomi Casual, has expressed disgust over the ongoing drama between actress Nse Ikpe-Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu and her former partner and activist, Amara The Lesbian.   Uyai had accused Amara of being emotionally abusive, assaulting her and screaming at her while they were having a threesome with another lady, among other allegations.     Taking to…

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Uya Ikpe-Etim Biography, Age, Career and Net Worth

Uya Ikpe-Etim Biography, Age, Career and Net Worth

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim is a Nigerian filmmaker, movie producer and scriptwriter. She is popular for highlighting on how Nigeria marginalize LGBTQ communities. Uya Ikpe-Etim was born in June 7, 1989. Uya Ikpe-Etim Profile Name Uya Ikpe-Etim Real Name Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim Date of Birth June 7, 1989 Age 32 years (2021) State of Origin Akwa Ibom…

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Photo of Kate Henshaw and actress Nse Ikpe Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu sparks reactions

Photo of Kate Henshaw and actress Nse Ikpe Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu sparks reactions

NEWSMEDIANG.COM photo-of-Kate-Henshaw-and-actress-nse-ikpe-etims-lesbian-sister-uyaiedu-sparks-reactions A photo of veteran actress, Kate Henshaw and actress Nse Ikpe Etim’s lesbian sister, Uyaiedu has sparked mixed reactions. In the photo, actress Kate Henshaw was seen holding Uyaiedu tightly on her neck as she kissed her. This is coming shortly after Uyaiedu dragged her former lesbian…

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Photo Of Actress Kate Henshaw Kissing Nse Ikpe Etim’s Lesbian Sister, Uyaiedu Surfaces

Photo Of Actress Kate Henshaw Kissing Nse Ikpe Etim’s Lesbian Sister, Uyaiedu Surfaces

Uyaiedu claimed that Amara would hit her and scream at her at the slightest provocation. She wrote: “I wanted to be silent but in the spirit of new year, I will be talking about how Amara abused me while we were in a relationship. I met this babe in 2018. The same night I met her was the first time she and everyone else called me a lesbian. Fast forward to 2019 when I first came out to…