Efa Iwara, also known as Efa, is a Nigerian actor, hip hop emcee and rapper, who was born on August 2019 in Ibadan, Oyo state to his professor of linguistics father and librarian mother. He hails from Ugep in Cross River state.
Iwara started his career in the entertainment industry as a musician in 2006 in a group known as DJ Clem, Bolaji, Jide and Boye. Following the dissolution of the group, he released his first single and 5 track EP called Waka EP 2011. His last official single was titled Fall In Love where he featured Plantashun Boiz in 2014.
Efa debuted his career into the Nigerian movie industry in 2011 where he played a role as a debate moderator, he was absent from the acting space until 2016 when he appeared on life 101 for Ebonylife TV, since then, he has appeared in so many series such as Ajoche, Rumour has it, The men’s club etc.
He has featured in so many movies like Seven,Rattlesnake and Isoken.
Efe Iwara earned his first African Magic Viewer’s Choice Award (AMVC)nomination for his performance in seven.
