Bikiya Graham-Douglas

Bikiya Graham-Douglas
Born4 March
Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
NationalityNigerian
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress/performing artist
Years active2009–present
ParentAlabo Tonye Graham-Douglas (father)

Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian-born British trained actress and performing artist. She is the daughter of Nigerian politicians Alabo Graham-Douglas and Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu. Graham-Douglas has attended and taken courses at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Oxford School of Drama, Bridge Theatre Training Company and Point Blank Music School. She has B.A. degrees in business economics and business law from the University of Portsmouth.

Graham-Douglas is the founder of the Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF).[1]

Career

Graham-Douglas is known for her roles in movies, plays, and TV shows such as Flower Girl, Shuga,[2] Closer, Saro, For Coloured Girls,[3] Suru L'ere, Lunch Time Heroes, Jenifa's Diary, Legacy and The Battleground.[4]

Her professional career started when cast in the Femi Oguns' play Torn at the Arcola Theatre London. Graham-Douglas worked with the Africa Unite Music Group which sponsored the first best African Act category at the MOBO Awards. On returning to Nigeria, she worked with MTV Base Africa on the first MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.

As the founder of the Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF), Graham-Douglas supports an arts organization focused on promoting the arts through production and education. It has produced over twenty plays and has created opportunities for many artisans. BUAF has been the official theatre partner for the UNESCO "Port-Harcourt world book capital 2014–2015"[5] and in the past was affiliated with Fela on broad way show when it toured to Nigeria. BUAF also launched the first indigenous playwright competition.

Bikiya is Executive Director of the Lagos Theatre Festival[6] and is an advocate for the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) programme with the European Union[7] and British Council[8] to raise awareness on Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria. In 2019 for the 26th FESPACO, she attended as a member of the Feature film jury at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.[9] She partnered with MTN on her project titled 'Beeta Playwright Competition' (BPC).[10][11]

Recognition

References

  1. ^ "Our People". Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ "MTV Shuga cast members!". MTV Base. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ "When For Coloured Girls came to Lagos". The Punch – Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Posts by tag: Bikiya Graham Douglas". Gist Factory. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Benefits of UNESCO World Book Capital as Port Harcourt reign ends". guardian.ng. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ "About". Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF). Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ^ NewNigerianNewsPapers (11 June 2019). "RoLAC; CSOs/Media Commended For Commitment As They Develop Advocacy Work Plan". New Nigerian Newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Strengthening the rule of law, curbing corruption and reducing impunity in Nigeria | British Council". www.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Africiné – Bikiya Graham-Douglas". Africiné. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Graham-Douglas unveils Beeta Playwright Competition 2022". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. ^ Ijaseun, David (4 June 2022). "Bikiya Graham-Douglas partners MTN, others for 5th Beeta Playwright Competition". Businessday NG. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  12. ^ "2014 AMVCA winners". Africamagic.dstv.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Nollywood Movies Awards". Noolywoodmoviesawards.tv. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Nominees". Neaawards.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  15. ^ "I've gone past accepting roles for mileage —Bikiya Graham-Douglas". Punch Newspapers. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  16. ^ "BIKIYA GRAHAM-DOUGLAS: My parents exposed me to performing around the world". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

Further reading

  • Oyelude, Adetoun A. "What's trending in libraries from the Internet cybersphere", Library Hi Tech News, volume 31, number 4 (20140527) ISSN 0741-9058, OCLC 7054477937.
  • Omope, Don; Babatope, Seyama; Babatope, Moses; Enunwa, Diche; Okwuosa, Kene; Akaide, Dakore; Oboli, Omoni; Yekinni, Diana; Graham-Douglas, Bikiya; Tedela, Tope; Walden, Paul (director of photography); Olunuga, Re (music); LaRue, Joe (editor). Lunch time heroes. PHB Films; FilmOne Distribution; Phebean Films. DVD : NTSC color. Nigeria : A Phebean Films Production, 2015. OCLC 960701638. Sound track in English.