Dami Elebe

Dami Elebe is a Nigerian screenwriter known for web series like Skinny Girl In Transit, Rumour Has It and Far From Home (2022 series).[1][2][3][4] She is an on-air personality, an artist and a musician. Elebe studied advertising and art.[5]

Dami Elebe
Born
Dami Elebe
Alma mater
Occupation(s)OAP, Screenwriter, Artist, Musician
Years active-present

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.[7][8]

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 a 'great ride'.[9][10][11]

References
  1. 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.
  2. The Guardian Life, The Guardian Life (13 June 2016). "5 Minutes With Dami Elebe". The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. Nwangwu, Adaora (2022-03-01). "6 Nigerian Female Screenwriters To Keep Up With In 2022". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. Acho, Affa (2022-11-13). "Netflix Announces Launch Date For New Nigerian Series, Far From Home". Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. News of Africa, News of Africa. "Nigerian Radio Presenter, Dami Elebe Will Be leaving Beat Fm". News of Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. ONYEAKAGBU, ADAOBI (10 October 2018). "Our woman crush this Wednesday is the brilliant scriptwriter, Dami Elebe". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  9. Izuzu, Chibumga (8 August 2018). "OAP is leaving Beat 99.9FM". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  10. Uwakwe, Tim (7 August 2018). "Dami Elebe announces she's leaving Beat FM". Metrolife.ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. 36ng, Tobiloba (8 August 2018). "Dami Elebe announces she's leaving Beat FM". 36ng. Retrieved 25 May 2020.


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