Nigeria has once again lost one of her best in the
movie world as George Edafe Menta passed on at the age of 80 years. SS was
reliably informed that Menta, who was one of the pioneers of the country’s
movie industry, died at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in Bristol, the United
Kingdom (UK), on Thursday March 29 during a protracted illness. Born on 3 June,
1931 in Bassa, Pla-teau State, Nigeria’s Menta lived in Jos where he had a very
successful acting career in Cock Crow at Dawn, one of the popular sitcoms in
the in the early 80s.Menta’s desire to make it in life saw him relocating from
Nigeria to Eng-land at the young age of 20 in 1951.He
later studied Law and became a telephonist at the international ex-change at
the time, working his way up to become a supervisor, and it was while he was
living in London that he met his wife Corine through a friend.They were married
in 1964, and had their first child Anne-Louise a year after.His return to
Nigeria in 1974 saw him venturing into acting and poul-try farming.And with
acting being his most profound hobby, George Menta became a legend of a sort in
Nigeria, with his role as Papa Bitrus in the now rested sitcom. He
featured in a number of other national TV dramas, and Mister John-son was one
of his most high profile movies. He appeared alongside film greats like Pierce
Brosman of the James Bond fame, and veteran English actor Edward Woodward in
1990.He was in Jos until he left for the UK in 1996 where he retired with his
wife and four children. Pa Menta after losing his wife was always surrounded by
his children and grand children….CKNNigeria has once again lost one of her best in the
movie world as George Edafe Menta passed on at the age of 80 years. SS was
reliably informed that Menta, who was one of the pioneers of the country’s
movie industry, died at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in Bristol, the United
Kingdom (UK), on Thursday March 29 during a protracted illness. Born on 3 June,
1931 in Bassa, Pla-teau State, Nigeria’s Menta lived in Jos where he had a very
successful acting career in Cock Crow at Dawn, one of the popular sitcoms in
the in the early 80s.Menta’s desire to make it in life saw him relocating from
Nigeria to Eng-land at the young age of 20 in 1951.He
later studied Law and became a telephonist at the international ex-change at
the time, working his way up to become a supervisor, and it was while he was
living in London that he met his wife Corine through a friend.They were married
in 1964, and had their first child Anne-Louise a year after.His return to
Nigeria in 1974 saw him venturing into acting and poul-try farming.And with
acting being his most profound hobby, George Menta became a legend of a sort in
Nigeria, with his role as Papa Bitrus in the now rested sitcom. He
featured in a number of other national TV dramas, and Mister John-son was one
of his most high profile movies. He appeared alongside film greats like Pierce
Brosman of the James Bond fame, and veteran English actor Edward Woodward in
1990.He was in Jos until he left for the UK in 1996 where he retired with his
wife and four children. Pa Menta after losing his wife was always surrounded by
his children and grand children….CKN