US Based African Entertainment Guru Anderson Obiagwu Celebrates 10 Years Of Crossing Boundaries
Anderson Obiagwu, the CEO of Big A Entertainment and founder of AFRIMMA Awards, is one of the most reputable names in African entertainment in Diaspora. The Imo State born music executive has over the years built a penchant for excellence as well as one of the most visible promoters of African arts and entertainment. What started as a passion to push the African brand on the international scene has become a huge brand. For many of the top African artists today, their story would not be complete without a mention of the impact of Anderson Obiagwu.
For over a decade, Anderson Obiagwu has promoted African arts, culture and entertainment. He has pioneered multi city tours for African artists, actors and comedians in Diaspora and is an ardent and unrepentant pillar of support for African Youths. His influence over the youth spans over the entertainment and the medical field.
Anderson spent his childhood growing up in the Eastern part of Nigeria and
is described by people who knew him as a young bright boy with huge dreams of
impacting the world. He is a serial entrepreneur at heart as well as
an unrepentant philanthropist whose support has been felt by many all over the world.
Anderson Obiagwu is happily married to
the beautiful Ifeoma Obiagwu and they are parents to three lovely children. He grew up as a huge lover of Nigerian music, little wonder that he is now at the forefront of propagating African music to the world. Residing in the United States of America for the past 20 plus years, Anderson Obiagwu has carved
a niche as the biggest African music promoter and subsequently the biggest youth movement supporter. The passion for African music led to the creation of three trailblazing companies Big A Entertainment, African Muzik Magazine and African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA).
Big A Entertainment is committed to promoting African Music to the rest of the world by assisting African artists cross over boundaries through music and discover new niches. Some of Africa’s biggest music stars like 2face Idibia, P-square, Awilo Logomba, Fally Ipupa, Wizkid, Diamond Platnumz, Psquare, Timaya, Flavour, Banky W, Kcee, Davido, Iyanya, Dj Arafat, Eddy Kenzo, and Caribbean artistes like Demarco and many more have had shows and tours executed by Big A Entertainment in America and Canada; staying true to the vision of crossing boundaries with music. Top African comedians like Basketmouth, Bovi, Anne Kansime have been on Big A Entertainment tours.
His platform gave a leverage to African musicians in the United States and the love for African music presently being experienced all over the world is rooted in the sacrifices the likes of Anderson Obiagwu have made for African music. At a time when it was not lucrative to identify with the African entertainment industry, Anderson’s passion for supporting the practitioners marked him out as one with a great heart. He put his money where his mouth and heart is and invested in the careers and lives of many of the talented young Africans who started doing great things with the music.
For the past 5 years as well, Anderson Obiagwu has consistently organized 2 annual charity events, the Children’s Easter and Christmas party. The idea being to give back to the Dallas Fort Worth community and has turned into an event the children and parents look forward to yearly. The children always have a great time and do not miss Santa and the free gifts at the Christmas version. They enjoy the food, drinks, games and prizes won at the games during this event.
Anderson Obiagwu is also heavily involved in charity work back in Nigeria, sponsoring youths in his area through school. He is known to be a believer in hard work and with that the sky is the limit. Hence, his passion to help hardworking youths stands out.
Anderson Obiagwu’s brain child
Big A Entertainment has grown from a passion into a global entity recognized for the promotion of African music. All roads would lead to Dallas, Texas on the weekend of May 3rd and May 4th as activities to mark the Ten years of crossing boundaries with music takes place. Some of the activities lined up include a book launch, album launch as well as unveiling a documentary of his journey promoting and crossing boundaries with music.