Moky Makura (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Jumoke Akinsemoyin) is a Nigerian author, journalist, actress, and businesswoman who serves as executive director of

Africa No Filter Africa No Filter (ANF) is a non-profit organization that works to challenge and change harmful narratives about Africa by amplifying authentic and diverse stories from the continent. The organization aims to shift perceptions and create a more ...

(ANF), an organization aiming at inducing changes in Africa by means of mass media.

Life

Makura was born in

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, as a member of the House of Akinsemoyin, a

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of the

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. She has a degree in politics, economics, and law from

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. In 1998, she moved to South Africa, and in 1999, started her own consultancy company. She was deputy director for Communications Africa at the

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, and since 2017 the representative of the Foundation in South Africa. In March 2020, she took up the role of executive director of the not-for-profit organization

(ANF). She took up her role as Executive Director of ANF in March 2020. In South Africa, she also acted on television, mainly in the ''

Jacob's Cross Jacob's Cross is a South African-Nigerian television drama series created by Catherine Stewart. It is an M-Net original series produced by The Bomb Shelter for M-Net, and stars Hlomla Dandala, Anthony Bishop, Nandi Nyembe, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, B ...

'' drama series.

Books

* ''Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs'', Penguin Random House (2008).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:makura, moky Living people Alumni of the University of Buckingham Nigerian women journalists Writers from Lagos Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian princesses Yoruba princesses