Asake Bomani is an African-American celebrity ex-wife of Danny Glover. She was married to the actor for 25 years from 1975 to 2000 when they divorced. She is also a jazz vocalist and novelist famed for Paris Connections: Africa American Artists in Paris (1992) and Paris Connections: African & Caribbean Artists in Paris (English and French Edition) (1992).
Her ex, Glover on the other has risen to prominence as one of the most celebrated Hollywood actors. Some of his notable works are Predator, Lethal Weapon, and The Cookout. The African-American is also a director and a political activist.
Most Fascinating Facts About Asake Bomani
1. Her Early Life
Asake Bomani was born on July 7 in 1940s. She led her early life away from the spotlight.
On the other hand, her ex, Danny Lebern Glover was born in San Francisco as the son of Carrie Hunley and James Glover on July 22, 1946.
His parents were involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and had equally contributed their quota to ensure that there were equal rights.
Even at this, the Glover parents were also postal workers while his mother had also reached the level of a supervisor at the US Post Office in San Francisco.
His father was also a World War II veteran.
2. She is a Jazz Singer and Writer
Asake has musical prowess and is a jazz vocalist. There is not much detail about her singing career in jazz. So if she ever took it professionally, it probably never grew as much as her ex’s acting career.
In addition, she is a writer and novelist with a 95 pages book called Paris Connection: African American Artists in Paris (1992).
3. Her Ex Has Dyslexia and Suffered From Epilepsy
Asake’s ex, Danny was not always a genius as he may be in the acting scene currently. He has a learning disorder known as dyslexia. While he was growing up and in school, he found it hard to read and write, and then he felt as though he was unworthy to learn.
The condition led to his 7th-grade counselor suggesting to his mother that he was retarded.
Despite the struggle, he did better with mathematics and pushed himself to obtain an education. He would later attend San Fransico University but did not graduate. Regardless, the school later awarded him the Presidential Medal of San Fransico State University for his service to education.
Away from his learning disability, Danny also suffered epilepsy from about the time he was 16. Nonetheless, he had not had a seizure since he was 35.
4. Asake Bomani Encouraged Her Ex to Start Pursuing Acting as a Career
The talent and the zeal were already there for Danny Glover but her encouragement for him to go into acting yielded a positive result.
Danny Glover’s ex went as far as supporting him when he quit his San Francisco Model Cities program evaluator job.
Glover also has his mother to thank for being an important part of his life and also believing in his acting talent even when many did not. She would boast to his colleagues that one day, he would make a difference. Well, the older Glover died just when he got the role that would change his entire career.
With their support and his hard work, Asake’s ex went on to join the American Conservatory Theater as well as trained under Jean Shelton at the Shelton Actors Lab in San Francisco, The same lab also trained Rob Epstein, J.E Freeman, Peter Coyote, Wendy Philips, and Lourdes Portillo among others.
In time, Glover started stage acting and later transitioned to movie acting in 1979 as an inmate in Escape from Alcatraz. He has also played roles in films such as:
- Ice Man (1984)
- Witness (1985)
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- To Sleep With Anger (1990)
- Operator Dumbo Drop (1995)
- Saw (2004)
- Missing in America (2005)
- Poor Boy’s Game (2007)
- 2012 (2009)
- At the End of Slavery (2009)
- Space Warriors (2013)
- Beyond The Lights (2014)
- Mr. Pig (2016)
- Proud Mary (2018)
- American Dreamer (2022)
Apart from his acting credits, Asake’s former husband is also a film director.
5. How The Celebrity Wife Met Danny
Asake and her ex Glover met while they were attending college in the 1960s. Danny was in his junior at the time at San Francisco University.
According to Glover, he was awed by her but was shy to approach her. Instead, he waited outside her English class only to say hi, ask how she was doing, and walk on.
Afterward, he repeated the same thing until he gathered the courage to ask her out.
Their friendship led to a love life, and a wedding in 1975. The marriage lasted 25 years before it was met by a divorce when Danny was about 54 years old.
6. Asake Bomani is a Mother of Danny Glover’s Only Child
Sake is a mother of one, a daughter named Mandisa Glover. She had Mandisa in 1975 and the daughter is currently..
Her daughter and only child of Glover is a food enthusiast who runs a food store called Shef – an online marketplace for local, food safety certified cooks with homemade foods to connect with customers in their community.
Her cuisine interest cuts across different cultures in Africa, Asia, and North America among others.
7. Why The Writer’s Marriage to Glover Ended
In 1999, about 25 years after the former celebrity couple was married, they headed for a divorce. In 2000, the divorce was finalized.
According to sources the reason, it was Glover who filed for the divorce citing irreconcilable difference as the cause
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8. Her Family Has a Special Interest in Africa
Danny Glover, husband of Asake Bomani for 25 years is known for his active participation in activism as well as showing support and interest in Africa.
At present, he is an active board member of the TransAfrica Forum.
His general contribution to Africa and Africans has won a Nigerian chieftaincy title in Imo State. The title is called Enyioma of Nkwerre which translates to English from Igbo as A Good Friend.
Furthermore, Sake’s ex also appeared in a 2016 Nigerian film titled 93 Days which was based on the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria and starred actors such as Bimbo Manuel and Bimbo Akintola.
In the same light, her daughter Mandisa is also interested in Africa, especially its culture and food. She has shared different things about the people and culture on social media.
In one of the posts on her Shef page, she reported how she was exposed to eating food from different countries while she was younger. Some countries where she has tried their cuisines in Africa are Nigeria, Senegal, and Ethiopia among others.
9. How Rich is Asake Bomani?
There are estimations online that Glover’s ex with worth about $1 million. There is no certainty about these earnings since she has not given a clue to how much wealth she may have accumulated over the years.
Nonetheless, a contributor to her wealth is writing. She is a novelist with Paris Connections: Africa American Artists in Paris (1992) to her name. Other sources of her income have been kept under wraps.
On the other hand, her ex Danny is worth $40 million in estimation. He has accumulated his wealth mostly through his job as an actor since the 1970s as well as serving as a director among other things.
10. Where is Danny Glover’s Ex-Wife Today?
Asake Bomani lives a quiet life since her divorce from her celebrity ex. She mostly reaches the spotlight on her birthdays on June 7 as a result of her daughter’s social media posting of the writer.
In terms of her relationship with Glover, she reportedly keeps a cordial relationship with The Cookout actor.
While she may keep her love life under wraps, Glover on the other hand married 9 years after their divorce had concluded. He is married to Eliane Cavalleiro. She is a Brazilian teacher and philanthropist.
In a more general sense, Asake Bomani, the ex-wife is a celebrity in her own right and keeps pushing a career for herself away from the public. Despite this, her being the only mother of Danny Glover’s child keeps pushing her to the limelight. While there is the title of a novelist on her, there is no current knowledge of her recent work. Perhaps, she could release a book in time to come.
