Dolapo Adeleke | |
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Born |
Adedolapo Omolola Adeleke September 6, 1990 Kano State |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | Covenant University |
Occupation | director, screenwriter, producer, editor |
Dolapo Adeleke, also known as LowlaDee is a Nigerian filmmaker.
Born on September 6, 1990 in Kano State, Adeleke began writing at an early age, publishing two books before entering university. Adeleke had her secondary education in Dansol High School, Lagos State. She graduated with a degree in Mass Communication from Covenant University in 2011.
LowlaDee founded Doreen Media Africa in 2014, a company that initiates and popularize multimedia content. In 2016, she launched LowlaDee TV. In an interview with Busayo Adekoya of ThisDay Newspaper, she stated that she began directing films at 21. In 2016, her web series, This is It garnered over 300,000 views, and got rave reviews upon release. In 2012, she was included in Vanguard list of young Nigerians making significant impact, and was noted to have won Best teen writer of the year award by Angles Magazine for writing Flesh and Blood and The Little White Hen.
In August 2007, on her way to get certain documents from school, after gaining admission to Covenant University, Adeleke was involved in an accident that resulted to scars on her face. According to her, this event resulted to her self-discovery in life.