Nnamdi Moweta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nnamdi Moweta
Occupation	Radio Personality
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1958(1958-03-27)
Age	66
Country	United States
Birth City	Jos Plateau
Horoscope	Pisces

Nnamdi Moweta Biography

Nnamdi Moweta is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on March 27, 1958 in Jos Plateau, United States. Nnamdi Moweta (born on the 27th of March, 1958) is a radio host and music producer, as well as a supervisor as well as a music promoter and consultant. He hosts Radio Afrodicia, a radio show on KPFK which is a radio station that is sponsored by listeners. station located within Los Angeles, California. With an average of fifty thousand listeners per week, Moweta is the only radio host from Africa on the air in Los Angeles, California. The year 2011 was the first time Moweta made the news in a Reuters Africa Journal segment about African DJs in the United States.

In the past Moweta has promoted and helped the local community events that take place in Los Angeles that educate the public about African music and culture. One of his biggest long-running and most popular events is the African Village Festival held at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Between 1997 and 2003, Moweta produced the annual African Village Festival, which featured music from across Africa, Brazil, and Cuba. The Festival had a profound impact on the popularization of African music in Los Angeles, in that artists like Papa Wemba steadily gained a U.S. following. International artists like M’bilia, Kanda Bongo Man, Papa Wemba, Diblo Dibala as well as Madilu System all were featured in the festival.

In 2011, Moweta interviewed Nigerian boxer, Samuel Peter, before Peter’s world heavyweight title challenge against Wladimir Klitschko for the Africa Channel’s sports documentary, Boxing Before the Bell. Moweta also interviewed world-renowned boxing trainer, Freddie Roach, and Lateef Kayode, another Nigerian boxer for Boxing Before the Bell.

Moweta is recognized by UCLA’s ethnomusicology program as an expert in the field of African and African-influenced music—he has served as a panelist for UCLA’s annual ethnomusicology conferences which attempt to educate the public about global arts and cultures.

Originating from Jos Plateau State Nigeria Moweta was raised living in Jos, Minna, Kano and Lagos. The Nigerian is fluent in Igbo and Yoruba well and speaks Igbo. The year was 1978. Moweta moved to US to study filmmaking in the San Francisco Art Institute. He relocated from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 1982 and began his career as DJ and music supervisor as well as a consultant, manager and event organizer. When he was in 1983, Moweta was awarded an award by the Department of Cultural Affairs in Los Angeles to host an eight-week program on the history of hip-hop music. The show aired on KPFK the following year. Afterwards, Moweta was asked by KPFK to host a weekly show , and then, Radio Afrodicia began broadcasting on June 21st on the 21st of June, 1995.

Nnamdi Moweta Net Worth

Nnamdi Moweta is one of the richest Radio Personality from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nnamdi Moweta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the years that followed, starting around 1984 Moweta ran a team of athletes known as”the “Warrior Family from Africa.” The stable also included Prince Mama Mohammed from Ghana who was a fighter in his place in the WBC Light Heavyweight World Title Championship in December 1985. Mohammed completed his professional career with 30 victories with 3 losses, as well as two draws. Moweta’s stable also featured Nigerian Welterweight Young Dick Tiger, the nephew of the former Middleweight world champion Dick Tiger.

The year 1995 was the first time that Moweta was the manager of the Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, the Nigerian performer who achieved international recognition as the most prominent producer to African popular music referred to as highlife. Moweta was in charge of Osadebe’s concert tour across North America and co-produced four of Osadebe’s recordings together with Andy Frankel, two of which, Kedu America and Club America were released in 1996.

In 2008, Moweta was the music supervisor for the winner of eight international film festival awards, Kassim the Dream. The documentary is about Kassim Ouma, Ugandan child soldier became IBF Light Middleweight Champion in 2004. Later, in 2009, Moweta again lent his talents to film, and was the music supervisor for 40, a Turkish film that casts both Turkish and African actors.

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Nnamdi Ranked on the list of most popular Radio Personality. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nnamdi Moweta celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.