Sadiq daba biography for kids
Sadiq daba biography for kids
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Sadiq Daba
Nigerian actor (died 2021)
Sadiq Abubakar Daba (1951/52 – 3 March 2021)[1] was a Nigerian actor and broadcaster.[2] In 2015, he won Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Inspector Waziri" in October 1.[3][4]
Education
He had his secondary education at St.
Edward's Secondary School. He got higher degrees in many institutions including Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.[5]
Career
Daba has worked as a broadcaster for Nigerian Television Authority.
His acting career came to prominence in the late 1970s with his starring in Cockcrow at Dawn.[6]
In 2018 he was given the title "Garkuwan Nollywood" (when translated from Hausa language it means "Shield of Nollywood") by the stakeholders in the industry.[7]
Sickness and death
Daba announced his diagnosis of leukemia and prostate cancer in 2017 and was supported with fundraising by several Nigerians including Josephine Ob