Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam

Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam grew up in a Nigerian village. He was a graduate student at San Francisco State College and a teacher in dramatic arts. Okpokam made his first film appearance in "Give Me a Riddle" (1966). He is one of the four charismatic Nigerians at the center of the movie, friends and students of director David Schickele when he was a Peace Corps volunteer a few years earlier. The shooting of "Bushman", again directed by David Schickele, started in 1968, Okpokam playing there the main character. Halfway ...