Emeka Ed Keazor

Emeka Ed Keazor
Born
Emeka Ed Keazor

Obosi, Anambra
OccupationsLawyer, author, historian, and documentary filmmaker

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. In 2022 he became the chairman of Piql West Africa.

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.

Education and personal life

Keazor 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

Documentary

References

  1. ↑ "Nigerian historian Keazor named director of Nsibidi Institute". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2025-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Piql appoints Nze Keazor board chairman". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-12-16.
  3. ↑ "Piql West Africa Strengthens Board with New Chairman in Significant Deal". This Day. 4 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "These are the 100 Most Influential Nigerians alive today". ynaija.com. 2016-12-12.
  5. ↑ "Ki'mon! Documentary on music in post-Biafra Nigeria to screen in US". Premium Times. 2024-08-02.
  6. ↑ "Documentary of Afro-Funk music in the East tells the stories of its pioneers". Pulse Nigeria. 2024-04-03.
  7. ↑ "Keazor's 'Ki'mon!' Recounts the Vibrancy of Nigeria's Afro-Funk Scene". thebounce.net. 2024-04-04.
  8. ↑ "Ed Keazor Remembers Nigeria's Forgotten Army in "Company Yaya: Lost African Voices of World War 2"". ynaija.com. 2020-08-21.
  9. ↑ ""Never Say Die!": Powerful & emotional documentary about Enugu Rangers premieres in London/Enugu". naijiant.com. 2025-02-22.
  10. ↑ "Enugu, stakeholders urge Igbo to emulate Rangers FC's resilience, sacrifices". Peoples Gazette. Abuja, Nigeria. 2025-02-25.
  11. ↑ "Keazor takes Afrobeats on memory lane". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. 2023-02-12.
  12. ↑ "January 15, 1970 – Untold memories of the Nigeria-Biafra war". twmagazine.net. 2020-01-17.