Nollywood filmmaker and Director, Ansa Bassey Dies at 36

 Nollywood Filmmaker,director and  Calabar-born Ansa Bassey died this morning.Many may not know her but she is a top Nollywood producer, actress and assistant director, known for Black Gold (2011), Dawn in the Creeks (2014), Mary Slessor (2008) and The Amazing Grace (2006).


   But another Film Maker Uduak Isong Oguamanam, younger sister of
Emem Isong, took to her Facebook to write a glowing tribute
to the late Ansa, whom she described as a friend, partner
and colleague;

“Grief. It makes you remember things. Minute details, like the sound of their feet, the colour of their hair and the sweet smell of their body spray. It makes you regret. The holidays you never took, the movies you never watched together, the visits you kept planning to but never made.It reminds you. Of your own mortality. You wonder if there’s a row call and what your number is on the list.

  Death doesn’t warn you. One moment you’re laughing with a
loved one, your head thrown back, with wanton abandon, the
next your eyes are bloodshot from weeping for a loss so deep no
one can understand.

   I’ll never understand, never come to terms with your death. You
were many things to me; Friend. Sister. Business partner.
Supporter. Colleague. My life was better because you were in it.
Sleep well my beautiful ,adorable ,amazing Ansa. Till we meet
again to part no more”