Nollywood Yoruba actress Joke Muyiwa bags PhD

Nollywood actress, Joke Muyiwa is ending the year with an academic achievement.

The actress who is also a lecturer at the department of Performing Arts at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State has bagged a PhD in Theatre Arts at Redeemers University.

She disclosed her success on social media on Wednesday night.

She said, “Just finished defending my PhD. I just turned Dr. Mrs Joke Muyiwa. Congratulations to me”

Joke Muyiwa is a veteran who started her career as a stage play actress in the late 1970s.

She has been featured in several movies such as Odaju Omo, Afowoka, Ayitale, Afowofa and Shakabula.

This latest feat by Muyiwa means that the Yoruba movie industry has three publicised doctorate holders with Eniola Olaniyan and Saidi Balogun already on the list.