Zainab Bukky Ajayi (2 February 1934 6 July 2016) was a Nigerian

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Life and career

Bukky Ajayi was born and raised in Nigeria but completed her higher education in

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with the support of a federal government scholarship. In 1965, she left England for Nigeria where her career began as a presenter and

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for

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in 1966. Ajayi made her film debut in the television series '' Village Headmaster'' during the '70s before she went on to feature in ''

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'', a Nigeria television series that aired in the early 1990s. During her acting career, she featured in several films and television series including ''Critical Assignment'', ''Diamond Ring'', ''Witches'' among others. In 2016, her contributions to the Nigerian film industry was recognized after she and

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were awarded the Industry Merit Award at the

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Filmography

Death

Ajayi died at her residence in

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on 6 July 2016 at the age of 82.

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* 1934 births 2016 deaths Yoruba actresses 20th-century Nigerian actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses Actresses in Yoruba cinema Nigerian television actresses Nigerian film actresses AMVCA Industry Merit Award winners Nigerian television presenters {{Nigeria-film-actor-stub