Emeka Ed Keazor is a Nigerian lawyer, author, historian, and documentary filmmaker, born to Kenneth Keazor and Victoria Keazor. He currently serves as the director of the Nsibidi Institute.[1] In 2022 he became the chairman of Piql West Africa.[2][3]
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| Born | Emeka Ed Keazor |
| Occupations | Lawyer, author, historian, and documentary filmmaker |
He is the director and producer of award winning movie - January 15: Untold Memories of the Nigeria-Biafra War, a documentary movie that chronicled the Nigerian civil war; the movie earned him an award at the Spotlight Film Award in 2021 and was nominated for best documentary at the AMAA in 2020. In 2016, YNaija listed him amongst 100 influential Nigerians alive.[4]
Education and personal life
editKeazor attended Home Science Primary school and St Gregory's College, both in Lagos. He then studied at University of Nigeria, Nsukka for his Bachelor's degree in Law. He is an alumnus of the University of Law and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a 2014 recipient of the African Society of Cambridge University Award for research in African History
Keazor is married to Muni King-Keazor.
Publications
edit- The Federation Cup and Nigerian Football: A Tribute to the Nation's Oldest Football Competition
- The Lagos-Hamburg Line[5]
- 120 Great Nigerians We Never Knew
- Nigeria60: Realization of a 99-year dream
- Nigeria: The journey to amalgamation
- Did Black Lives Matter to the British Empire in World War Two
- Igbo Historiography: Milestones, Triumphs and Challenges – Ed Emeka Keazor
- Unleashed: The Enugu Rangers Revolution (1970-1977)
Documentary
edit- The Eastern Nigerian Afro-Funk Revolution 1970-1980. Ki'mon![6][7]
- Company Yaya: Lost African Voices of World War 2[8]
- Never Say Die: The Story and History Of Rangers[9][10]
- Onunaekwuluora: The Legend of Thurstan Shaw
- Journey Of The Beats [11]
- January 15, 1970: Untold Memories of the Nigeria – Biafra War[12]
- Lagos: The Birth of a City of Style (2017)
References
edit- ↑ "Nigerian historian Keazor named director of Nsibidi Institute". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2025-06-10.
- ↑ "Piql appoints Nze Keazor board chairman". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-12-16.
- ↑ "Piql West Africa Strengthens Board with New Chairman in Significant Deal". This Day. 4 December 2022.
- ↑ "These are the 100 Most Influential Nigerians alive today". ynaija.com. 2016-12-12.
- ↑ "Ki'mon! Documentary on music in post-Biafra Nigeria to screen in US". Premium Times. 2024-08-02.
- ↑ "Documentary of Afro-Funk music in the East tells the stories of its pioneers". Pulse Nigeria. 2024-04-03.
- ↑ "Keazor's 'Ki'mon!' Recounts the Vibrancy of Nigeria's Afro-Funk Scene". thebounce.net. 2024-04-04.
- ↑ "Ed Keazor Remembers Nigeria's Forgotten Army in "Company Yaya: Lost African Voices of World War 2"". ynaija.com. 2020-08-21.
- ↑ ""Never Say Die!": Powerful & emotional documentary about Enugu Rangers premieres in London/Enugu". naijiant.com. 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Enugu, stakeholders urge Igbo to emulate Rangers FC's resilience, sacrifices". Peoples Gazette. Abuja, Nigeria. 2025-02-25.
- ↑ "Keazor takes Afrobeats on memory lane". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "January 15, 1970 – Untold memories of the Nigeria-Biafra war". twmagazine.net. 2020-01-17.
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