Edafe Blackmon

Who is Edafe Blackmon?

Edafe Okurume - Edafe, pronounced means "rich man" in the Urhobo language. Edafe's father, a Nigerian economist, his mother, an educator from Mississippi and his siblings moved from Washington D.C. to Lagos, Nigeria when he was a year old. At seven, Edafe's parents separated, bringing him to his mother's hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. His parents would later reconcile, moving the family back to Nigeria. Edafe would return to the United States for his last years of high school. After attending Morehouse College, Edafe moved to Los Angeles and began his career on A Different World after a chance meeting with Debbie Allen at a history parade at which Allen was grand marshal. Edafe would go on to star in the classic romantic comedy For Your Love for four seasons.