Professor Onyeka Nwelue is a Nigerian Filmmaker, Publisher, talk-show host, Author, Academic visitor and founder of the James Currey Society, at the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
Naija News NG reports that he is the Dean of the School of Cinematographic Studies at Université Queensland in Haiti.
We have compiled his views on marriage, funerals, procreation and spirituality. The Professor on his Facebook page shared his believe in Voodoo and with his full chest admits he will never be a Christian,
He wrote : My life has shocked a lot of people. They feel so confused, so they have been asking Google: is Onyeka Nwelue a professor?
I understand where all the shock dey come from. I am not conventional.
Naturally, if people are operating straight, I do things sideways.
So, my dear, negatively inquisitive people, I am a professor.
Take some rest.
On how he finds time to write, teach and make films, he said he has no wife and children to distract him .
People ask me when I find time to produce: films, books, travel and teach.
I have no one single setback in life.
I have no spouse, no child. I am not in any relationship. If I don’t want to hang out, I am not going to hang out. I am quite dedicated to my projects, like a maverick.
And, I have no intention to change this lifestyle.
I don’t wake up with migraine, thinking of who to feed. Or cater for. Or take care of their problems. Or ask: “Are you okay?” No.
No university creates a schedule for me. I create them by myself. I am employed full-time at James Currey Society, so I am in charge of my time.
My life is as simple as having sex.
I wake up and I go where I want, when I want and how I want to go about my day.
However, all these things come with consequences. So, don’t wake up and try to be me. You fit regret am later.
In another post, Onyeka Nwelue explained why having children will shorten your life span and distract you from pursuing your dreams.
BLUES & HILLS: Having children, will ruin your personal dreams, get you distracted, shorten your life-span and shoot up your blood pressure. At the end, you will leave them behind and die.
He also said he is very happy that he will never have anything to do with ‘vamps’ in churches as his heart belongs to voodoo ,
I am really thankful that I will never have any business with those vamps in churches.
My heart belongs to Voodoo.
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Onyeka Nwelue’s father just passed and he wrote about the unnecessary energy spent on organizing funerals .
The kind of energy people spend on organizing funerals, that they wouldn’t use to support you, while you were alive.
With time, my connection with Africans will be severed because I don’t understand their mentality.
Don’t invite me to funerals, nightclubs, weddings and naming ceremonies. I no dey house.
You can invite me to birthday parties, book festivals, book launches, conferences and diplomatic dinners.
I spent time with my parents, as much as I could. We would go out, together and I would buy drinks – my mother would not drink. She would watch me and my father drink.
I did all these, hoping that if they left me in the world, I will not have regrets that I did not spend time with them.
Please, if you are going to throw funeral parties, make sure you take care of the person while they are alive.
I always discussed ‘death’ and ‘funerals’ with my parents.
In 2021, I shared in an article, a conversation I had with my father about ‘his funeral,’ which I told him I will not attend, since I promised to take absolute care of him, while he was alive.
In July of this year, I reminded him also, that we agreed I won’t be at his funeral, because I do not attend funerals.
In another post he wrote :
Nigerians: Now that your father is dead, that means you will come to Nigeria?
Me: He won’t know if I came or not. Na you people wan make I come entertain you. So, no!
On where he will be buried after death, Onyeka said in a cemetry in Oxford .
My final resting place will be in a cemetery in Oxford.
