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Amarachi C. Nwuneli (born June 27, 2007) is a Nigerian-American activist, social innovator, actor, and author. She founded and runs Preserve Our Roots[1] a social activism movement and NGO that focuses on raising awareness about climate change through the education and mobilization of youth. Preserve Our Roots supports all aspects of youth-led change and trains the future generation of activists through interactive seminars, workshops, informational videos, and local initiatives. Through her work as a climate activist, she has served as a speaker and youth representative on various panels, attended United Nation's COP27 as a CCC delegate[3], written several articles about challenging the ideas around climate change and runs the Fight Global Warming Nigeria educational Hub. [2][3],[4] She was selected as one of the seven Ashoka recognized co-leaders of the EACH movement and is part of the second cohort of Ashoka Young Changemakers Nigeria.[5]
In addition, she constantly works to address inequality[6], corruption[7], and discrimination by leading Beach Clean-ups[8], raising funding for communities affected by climate change, running shoe and book drives for government schools, and exposing herself to volunteer work.
In December 2022, she published her first poetry book, For We Are Curious and had several book readings in different locations across Lagos. For We Are Curious News Article.
Aside from her work as an activist, she is passionate about the Performing Arts. She began acting at the age of 7 when she starred in several school plays and is best known for her role in the Netflix film Coming From Insanity.[9] However, her first Television appearance was on Kids Say The Dardnest Things (2014). Following her debut, she continued to appear in radio commercials and television commercials with brand names including: Ribenna, Golden Morn, Maggi, Leadway Life Insurance and more . However, in 2017 she landed her first lead role in a traveling theatre troupe, Proud African Roots, where she performed in the plays 'I wish I wish’ and 'Ebi Bulu' in national theatres across Nigeria. She acted in these plays from 2017 to 2019, from which she continued to act in her school plays and practice public speaking.[10]
Early Life
Amara Nwuneli was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA to a Nigerian- American father and mother (Mezuo Nwuneli and Ndidi Nwuneli[11]). However, at the age of 4 after living in Senegal, she moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where she spent most of her childhood. Amara Nwuneli has one brother named Udenna Nwuneli.
Books
For We Are Curious (2022)[12][13]
Articles
Our Voices Matter Too: What Nigerian children and youth want to see from the next administration[14] (2023)
Consequences of choosing to ignore the impact of climate change in Nigeria (2022)[15]
What Nigerian children want to see from the next administration (2023)[1]
Filmography
Wazobia: A short film about climate change (2021)[16]
Coming From Insanity (2019)[17]
Kid say the Darndest things (Season 2 episode 8)[18]
References
- ↑ "Preserve Our Roots". Preserve Our Roots. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Nwuneli, Amara (June 2020). "Preserve Our Roots Hub".
- ↑ "British Council recognises 110 bright Nigerian students". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ "Consequences of choosing to ignore impact of climate change in Nigeria". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Press Release (11 June 2023). "Ashoka Africa Elects its Second Cohort of Ashoka Young Changemakers in Nigeria". Ashoka.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Phillips Exeter Academy on Instagram: "Exeter students gathered Tuesday morning to condemn recent racially motivated violence across America and to remember the victims. Read one note: "To those who have lost loved ones, know we are thinking of you. Know we are fighting for you. You are never alone.""". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Nwuneli, Amara (August 2019). "Book Drive Amaran".
- ↑ Wazobia Short film (Amara Nwuneli Productions), retrieved 2022-10-20
- ↑ "Coming From Insanity on Instagram: "The young ones also shone like stars. Samuel and Amarachi were simply awesome 🙌🙌🙌 #teamCFI"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ "Amara Nwuneli". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ↑ "Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli", Wikipedia, 2022-04-10, retrieved 2022-10-20
- ↑ Naija, Bella. "Leading Ladies Africa".
- ↑ Naija, Bella. "Amara Nwuneli's new book: For We Are Curious".
- ↑ Nwuneli, Amara. "Our Voices Matter Too".
- ↑ "Consequences of choosing to ignore impact of climate change in Nigeria". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Wazobia Short film (Amara Nwuneli Productions), retrieved 2022-10-20
- ↑ "coming from insanity - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Nwuneli, Amara (July 2016). "Season 2 Episode 8 Kids Say the Darndest things".
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