--- description: Omotola Jalade Ekeine, one of the Africa's most-watched actresses, is also revered as a champion of human rights and the environment. title: "Omo Sexy" Uses Celebrity to Inspire, Influence and Change Africa image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Omo Sexy' Nollywood Star Finds Passion in Activism by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 7:07 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 7:07 PM CUT When one of Africa’s biggest celebrities was honored as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013, she found that it served to amplify her influence as a human-rights and environmental activist. “I speak, and I shout even louder,” said Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, the actress, singer and reality television star known as “Omo Sexy” in Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie industry. Ekeinde continues to speak out about issues affecting Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Niger River Delta in her native Nigeria. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/54559/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-activism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/54559/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-activism/"},"headline":"'Omo Sexy' Nollywood Star Finds Passion in Activism","datePublished":"2014-04-14T19:07:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:16.110Z","description":"Omotola Jalade Ekeine, one of the Africa's most-watched actresses, is also revered as a champion of human rights and the environment.","url":"https://time.com/54559/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-activism/","keywords":["activism","Amnesty International","Sierra Leone","celebrity","Nigeria","TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/54559/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-activism/","name":"'Omo Sexy' Nollywood Star Finds Passion in Activism"}}]}] ```