Despite relocating to Canada, actress and filmmaker, Amandla Ebeye formerly known as Amanda Ebeye, has continued to soar in Nollywood.
In a recent interview with Pearls News, the mother of one says she has never experienced discrimination in Canada. She also shared her ugly encounter with a racist who she met in a UK shop.
“To be honest, the nicest people I have met are from here (Canada). I honestly have never experienced racism here. And that’s the truth. The only time I was racially profiled was in a shop in the UK. The attendant was so rude and condescending, I just called her out and walked away. I think Europe is racist to Africans naturally; it’s always subtly embedded somewhere,” she said.
Speaking on how relocating abroad has affected her acting career, Amandla Ebeye said, “I won’t say I have relocated here completely, but in a way, you are correct. Being more away has helped me make better choices of not being in every movie. I love acting passionately, but I love being a mom and a wife too. When I am present for my family then I’ll be excited to be on set. So, being here has given me the freedom to choose things I want to be part of. I won’t say it impacted my career in any sort of way because whatever happened, I allowed it to happen. The Nigerian movie industry is way more advanced than the Canadian movie industry. How many blockbusters have you heard come out from Canada? Canada is not America; their movie industry has not fully developed, it’s still coming up. So, I love to come back home and shoot my films.”
The Clinic Matters star actress got married a while ago, as a single mum, she speaks on how married life is treating her.
“Married life is good; I mean we have been sailing the boat for close to two years and I love it. I have been happily married for almost two years now,” she assured
