converted to Islam in the early
eighties and chose the name
Zainab.
2. Her love for the theatre started
as a young girl when her father
used to take her to the cinemas.
3. She studied in England. She
was abroad for six years, as a
Federal government scholar.
4. She left England and came
back to Nigeria after her
education in 1965 and started
out working in Nigeria Television
Authority(NTA) as a presentation
assistant in 1966.
5. Afterwards, she became a
presenter and then a news
reader.She presented a couple of
children's programmes and
'Nigerian's Sketches,' a
programme which was all about
Nigerian culture, and Diran
Ajijedidun of blessed memory
was her producer.
6. She was later transferred to
Port Harcourt and later back to
Lagos, and it was at that time she
started her acting career.
7. She started with the 'Village
Headmaster' in the 70s, and she
later got a role in Amaka Igwe's
'Checkmate.'
8. She has featured in so many
home videos that she has lost
count.Shooting of international
film 'Critical Assignment' in South
Africa, is one of the events of her
life that she will never forget. It
gave her an opportunity to see
how it is done elsewhere, other
than Nigeria, where a movie is
shot in five days.
9. Bukky Ajayi's popular movies
include Mother of George,
Indecent Girl, Diamond Ring,
Witches, Thunderbolt among
others.
10. She's Jazzman Olofin's
grandmother-In-law.
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