For Omoni Oboli, The Stars Are Ageless

All roads led to Wheatbaker on the 12th of May for the launch of Omoni Oboli’s new book titled The Stars are Ageless. She also ceased the opportunity to celebrate her 40th birthday.

It was an enlightening moment as Omoni shared her story with the audience, taking time to read a few lines from the book.

It was interesting listening to her share on her early years in acting, when she took the 10 year break and returned, how it was a struggle to blend back in but became unstoppable after she got another chance for her skills to be celebrated again, thanks to Emem Isong, who believed in her and gave her the opening she needed to be back on screen and today, like the say, the rest is history.

The program had in attendance guests like Omawumi, Waje, Yemi Kuti, Tope Oshin, Kemi Lala Akindoju,  Zik Zulu Okafor, Mary Akpobome, Lilian Esoro, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, to mention a few.

Surrounded by friends, family, colleagues, fans and well-wishers, Omoni had a successful launch and the reviews on the book are coming in already. In her words, “I am glad I am able to launch my book for my 40th birthday. It’s what I had planned to do and I am glad God granted the desires of my heart. The Stars Are Ageless is the story of my life, journey, friendships, family and lessons learnt. Trust me; you will be glad you bought it. It’s available on Konga. I am moving on to greater heights by God’s grace” she said.

Omoni is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, director, producer and a trained digital filmmaker at the New York Film Academy. She is also a writer, with a number of screenplays to her credit.

In 2010, she won the award for Best Actress Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the award for Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival.

She has directed several movies such as ‘Being Mrs Elliott’, ‘Okafor’s Law’, ‘The First Lady’, ‘Wives on Strike’, and most recently ‘Wives on Strike- The Series’.

She is one of the 27 participants selected from among 300 nominees from over 30 African countries for the 2018 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship.

Kemi Ajumobi