Onuora Abuah

Anthony Onuora Abuah is a Nigerian–British actor, film director, producer and writer.

Early life and education
He was born in Kenya to a Nigerian-Igbo father and Rwandan mother of the Tutsi ethnic group. Most of his childhood was spent across Africa before his family relocated to Switzerland in 1995. Onuora attended the British School of Lomé from 1999 to 2002, before moving to the United Kingdom to attend Plymouth University and he later obtained a master's degree in Filmmaking from Central Film School.

Acting
After living in Cardiff for a few years, Onuora joined the London-based MeWe Youth Theatre Company, where he was cast in a play about the ex-slave turned author, Olaudah Equiano. He later played the role of Olaudah Equiano in a short film from Talawa Theatre company for the Victoria & Albert Museum. His first feature film was in Tony Kaye's Black Water Transit (2009), before playing the lead role in the low budget film Patrolmen (2010). He then wrote and produced his first play Another Biafra, about the ongoing Niger-Delta oil crisis.

Directing
Onuora directed his first feature film Woolwich Boys (2012), which screened at the British Urban Film Festival and was licensed by London Live in the UK, ETV in South Africa and Ebonylife TV across Africa. His second film, Mona (2016) starring David Avery and Lonyo, won the Grand Nile Award at the 2016 Luxor African Film Festival and was also nominated for two Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Documentaries
Abuah has produced several documentaries on African history including Danhomé & Vodun (2018), A Thousand Years to Tomboctou (2019), Kano with Onuora Abuah (2020) and Revolution Now: 5 Days with Sowore (2022) about Sahara Reporters Founder Omoyele Sowore.