Biology:Wale Fanu
Wale Fanu (29 October 1952- 12 June 2022), popularly known as Uncle Wales, was a veteran TV and Film producer and one of the few septuagenarian with sickle cell anaemia.[1] [2][3]
Early Life and Career
Wale Fanu was born into Fanu family in Lagos State Nigeria and he attended St. Paul’s College Zaria. He was the third child of the family and the only one with sickle cell anaemia. [1] The ailment was diagnosed at age of thirteen and apart from being medically sentenced to a life not more than twenty one years, he also faced different challenges and some of them are ; unable to do some activities meant for young people like playing football, hockey, cricket etc. He forgo his admission to be a pilot[4] and also withdrawn out of Technical College (now The Polytechnic), Ibadan as an Electrical Engineering student because of the adversities of the ailment. Eventually he picked up a job at film laboratory in Ikoyi and eventually become a veteran film producer and the CEO of CINECRAFT[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sickle Cell gives me opportunity to meet good people - Wale Fanu" (in en-GB). 2011-06-17. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/sickle-cell-gives-me-opportunity-to-meet-good-people-wale-fanu/.
- ↑ "Veteran filmmaker, Wale Fanu, is dead. The death of the filmmaker was announced by his associate, Jide Bisayo, on Sunday." (in en-US). 2022-06-12. https://punchng.com/filmmaker-wale-fanu-dies-at-72/.
- ↑ "Wale Fanu, filmmaker who defied sickle cell, dies at 72" (in en-US). 2022-06-12. http://lifestyle.thecable.ng/wale-fanu-film-producer-who-defied-sickle-cell-dies-at-72/.
- ↑ "Sickle cell’s not a death sentence, I’m a carrier, still alive at 68 –Wale Fanu" (in en-US). 2018-06-23. https://punchng.com/sickele-cells-not-a-death-sentence-im-a-carrier-still-alive-at-68-wale-fanu/.
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