Nadja Kodjoe is the sister of Brown Sugar star, Boris Kodjoe. Nadja’s brother whose real name is Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe is a German actor and former model. Aside from his performance in films and his gifted skills, he is good-looking, one of the things his fans love about him. He is one of the most watched and recognized faces in the entertainment world.
Nadja Kodjoe: Bio Summary
How old is Boris Kodjoe’s sister, Nadja?
Nadja Kodjoe’s date of birth is not available. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Eric Ofuatey-Kodjoe (30.12.38 – 21.4.16), a Ghanaian physician, and his ex-wife Ursula Kodjoe, a German psychologist of partially Jewish descent. Nadja is a German-Ghanaian. Her parents got divorced in 1979 when she was at a tender age.
Nadja Kodjoe grew up in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany alongside her siblings Patrick Kodjoe, Lara Kodjoe, and Boris Kodjoe. Her matrilineal great-grandmother was Jewish and was murdered in the Holocaust; her maternal grandmother survived the war in hiding.
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Nadja Kodjoe’s grandparents from her father’s side are Chief of Police Joseph Cecil Ofuatey-Kodjoe and Elsie Ofuatey-Kodjoe. Her paternal grandmother was unable to see as she had gone blind from a cataract and left untreated. Her father Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian migrated to the US, looking for greener pastures.
Nadja Kodjoe’s father Eric Kodjoe ‘left his country to become a physician and greatly contributed to his new home country through medical services and economically alike. He endured endless racially motivated abuse even as the head of anesthesiology at his hospital. Other doctors questioned his abilities, patients refused to be examined by him.’
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However, Eric Kodjoe ‘kept going, kept helping people, kept saving the lives of those who wanted him to go back to his country.’ Eric died in April 2016, at the age of 77-78 years. The cause of his death is unknown. There isn’t any information about Nadja’s education. She reportedly has a degree in journalism.
Nadja Kodjoe is said to be an ‘esteemed director’. She recently directed a film series known as the ReMIX Africa in Translation. She has been working as an artistic director and a project manager at Each One Teach One (EOTO) since 2017 in Berlin. She also co-directed the BIGSAS festival of African and African-diasporic Literature at the University of Bayreuth.
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Where Is Boris Kodjoe’s Sister Now?
Boris Kodjoe’s sister Nadja Kodjoe reportedly lives in Munich, Germany. She has stayed away from the limelight but is believed to be living a comfortable and healthy life. She is a very private person and not much is known about her private life. She is suspected to have a family of her own although their information is not available online. She goes by the name Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, per a source.
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