"I am proud of my Nigerian Igboland lineage. I have Nigerian blood flowing in my veins. I am from Nkwerre community in Imo State, which is why I visit Nigeria three times every year. Nigeria is my home and Africa my root”. Whitaker.
American Famous Hollywood Actor, FOREST WHITAKER traces Ancestral Roots to Nigeria and receives traditional chieftaincy title of Nwannedinamba of Nkwerre (meaning "There's a Brother in a Foreign Land".