Okola LLC

09/10/2023

Okola LLC has its mission in the United States of America, but it’s vision is all about Africa.

09/08/2023

Work is in Progress at Okola LLC.

01/15/2023

Heroes of Africa is loading!

Communications with the appropriate and relevant authorities are ongoing and the website is being constructed. We are now at the point of bringing on board, people capable of meaningful contributions and you could be one.

Are you an author, a journalist or a writer of any sort that is capable of conducting a quick research on distinguished African personalities and write a short biography on them? Okola LLC has a little paid gig for you.

Areas of interest include Leadership, Entertainment, Sports, Trade & Commerce, Media and Film. We will be writing tons of short biographies. Let us know if you’re interested.

You may indicate your interest here, send a DM to John Chuka or shoot an email to [email protected].

12/06/2022

11/28/2022

I had the privilege of bringing my New York Film Academy buddy, D.k. Lee, to Soweto International Film Festival 2022. This is actually his first time in Africa. We’re working together on the Hollywood award event, Okola Awards - Heroes of Africa. Look out for more pronouncements.

11/23/2022

Here we go! Okola Awards - Heroes of Africa launches at Soweto International Film Festival 2022. Look out for more pronouncements.

11/19/2022

And here’s the finished sample piece! Okola Awards - Heroes of Africa. Over forty of this beautiful metal will be presented in Hollywood to distinguished Africans, come February 2024, when indigenous Africans join the rest of the world to celebrate Black History Month.

Do you have one or two African heroes, who have done so well in their various callings to make you proud? Get ready to nominate them and vote for them to take this African bronze piece of art from the ancient Benin Kingdom plus prize money home.

Caveat - Each vote you cast for your heroes gives you a chance to receive 10% of the prize money from each of your victorious heroes as a token of appreciation for helping them win. If your hero takes a million dollars home, you may be lucky to take $100k home.

Heroes of Africa launches in Johannesburg, South Africa on 25 November 2022. I’m boarding my flight at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in a few hours to arrive Oliver Tambo in two days time. Join us at Soweto International Film Festival 2022.

11/18/2022

Okola Awards - Heroes of Africa. We decided to cast it in bronze. So we went to the ancient Benin Kingdom, where the best bronze artisans in Africa reside. Still work in progress, but couldn’t wait to share before boarding my flight to Soweto International Film Festival 2022, where the award event is scheduled to launch on 25 November 2022. Please, join us.

Concept - John Chuka
Design - Echezona Enyi & Francis Ogbueri
Sculptor - Phil Omodamwen

11/17/2022

Soweto International Film Festival 2022 downloaded! Flight tickets for me and my associate, DK Lee, just arrived! I in front of the camera and he behind the camera, we’re scheduled to launch Okola Awards - Heroes of Africa and teach filmmaking to knowledge-hungry South Africans. We have just about four days to teach them enough filmmaking to develop a story, shoot the film and edit it. It’s gonna be a very busy but fun-packed week in Johannesburg. 19th-26th November 2022. Join us.

09/26/2022

Black History Month is celebrated in the United States of America and Canada in the moth of February, while it’s celebrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the month of October.

It originally started in 1926 as Negro History Week as proposed by Carter Woodson, an African American historian. School boards came on board; Mayors came on board; the White House came on board. And it became Black History Month in 1970. President Gerald Ford recognized and celebrated Black History Month in 1976.

The original idea was to recognize and celebrate distinguished African Americans. Then the need to keep black history alive arose. Now, there is need to go full cycle by including the indigenous African People in the narrative. Wouldn’t you agree?