By IFEANYI NSOFOR and ESTHER NGUMBI | NPR
There are two kinds of reactions to Beyoncé’s new Black Is King video: lavish praise – and deep criticism. The praise comes from her many fans and from many reviewers. The criticism often comes from Africans.
Continue reading “Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ Is Praised — And Panned — By Africans”
Writer/director Shaka King doesn’t anticipate criticisms like those of Kaluuya in “Get Out,” Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet,” or David Oyelowo in “Selma.”
By Ryan Lattanzio | | IndieWire
Continue reading “Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah Director Defends Casting British-Ugandan”
By Aisha Salaudeen | CNN
Mojisola Odegbami did not anticipate that a trip to the United States would land her a part in a visual album by one of the most popular music artists in the world — Beyoncé. The 69-year-old Nigerian grandmother appeared in two music videos in Beyoncé’s highly anticipated “Black Is King” album, which premiered on Disney+.
Continue reading “Mojisola Odegbami | How a grandmother from Nigeria ended up in Beyoncé’s new visual album”
By Hannah Yasharoff | USA TODAY
Tamar Braxton publicly thanked her Nigerian boyfriend, David Adefeso, for “saving my life” after announcing she would be parting ways with a television career she said negatively impacted her mental health.
Continue reading “Tamar Braxton thanks her Nigerian boyfriend, David Adefeso, for ‘being my rock’ amid mental health struggles”
By | THEWILL
Popular Beninese musician and songwriter of Nigerian descent, Angélique Kidjo, is trending on Twitter as Nigerians debate on who deserves to be called Mama Africa.
Continue reading “Angelique Kidjo and Beyonce Trend As Nigerians Debate who should be called Mama Africa”
By Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi | Peacefmonline.com
Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale has disclosed that the Akufo-Addo government arranged an all-expense paid trip for him to go to the United States and shoot the music video of ”Already” with American music icon, Beyoncé.
Continue reading “Shatta Wale | Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo paid for video shoot trip with Beyoncé”
by LAURA PRIOR | Vogue
Ramy Youssef’s show “Ramy’” has become the first ever Muslim American sitcom to be nominated for the Emmy’s. The Egyptian-American co-creator and star of the Hulu series is nominated in the categories of Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.
Continue reading “Ramy Youssef | Egyptian American’s sitcom Becomes First Muslim American show to Receive Emmy Nomination”
By Marianne Garvey | CNN
Tiffany Haddish is talking about how racism makes her fearful of having children of her own. The comedian had strong feelings about the subject during a recent “What’s in Your Glass?” podcast with NBA star Carmelo Anthony, saying she “would hate to give birth to someone that looks like me, knowing that they’re gonna be hunted or killed.”
Continue reading “Tiffany Haddish | Eritrean-American comedian tells Carmelo Anthony why racism makes her scared to have children”
By LCD | PRNewswire
What began as a professional lighting assignment for Christian Epps on Beyonce’s much-anticipated visual album “BLACK IS KING,” turned into an opportunity for Lights, Camera, Diaspora! (LCD!), founded by Epps, to secure positions for 10 trainees from Kangala District, Mpumalanga (northeastern South Africa), to train on a world-class production for Beyonce!
Continue reading “LCD Founder Links African Trainees to Beyonce’s New BLACK IS KING Album”
By McKenna Aiello | E!
Nigerian-America Yvonne Orji earned an Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series nod for her performance as Molly—the character fans loved to hate. Season 4 of the HBO series explored what goes wrong (and what can go right) when a friendship reaches its breaking point. But while we’ll have to wait for Molly and Issa (Issa Rae) to hash out their differences once and for all when Insecure returns for a fifth season, it’s only right that Yvonne gets her time to shine.
Continue reading “Yvonne Orji | Insecure star Dishes On Her ”Special Moment” With Issa Rae After Emmy Nominations”
Egyptian Director Amr Salama has announced that the filming of the series “Ma Waraa al-Tabeea” (The Paranormal) wrapped up on Saturday, July 18.
Publishing a picture of the show’s clapperboard on his official Instagram page, Salama wrote: “In these difficult circumstances, it’s a wrap!”.
Continue reading “Netflix’s first original Egyptian movie is ready”
BY AYA MILLER | Screen Rant
Star Wars fans won’t be seeing British-Nigerian John Boyega in the franchise anytime soon as The Rise of Skywalker star has admitted he’s moving on. Boyega served a prominent role in the sequel trilogy as stormtrooper turned Resistance fighter, Finn.
Continue reading “John Boyega Has No Interest In Returning To Star Wars”
By Josh | Jaitrends
Nigeria’s Burna Boy was celebrated by Naomi Campbell as he won the 2020 BET awards for Best International Act for the second consecutive year, while Zimbabwe’s sha sha won the Best New International Act award
Continue reading “Burna Boy Wins Best International Act At BET Awards 2020”
By SAMANTHA AGATE | Talent Recap
America’s Got Talent has always had impressive contortion acts but the Bonebreakers are truly unlike any other. The group consists of four men from Conakry, Guinea in West Africa and they came all the way to ‘AGT’ to show off their tremendous talents whether it’s bending, twisting and having your stomach churning with the amazing things their bodies can do.
Continue reading “5 Facts About Bone Breakers: The African Quartet Taking ‘America’s Got Talent’ By Storm”
By Sam Spiller | iol
Imagine a world where witches took up arms in service of their country. That is the premise of the new fantasy TV series Motherland: Fort Salem. South African-born actress Jessica Sutton plays witch cadet Tally Craven. She stars alongside Taylor Hickson and Ashley Nicole Williams.
Continue reading “Jessica Sutton: South African actress says playing the role of a witch in Fantasy series is her ‘dream job’”
By Anita Patrick |CNN
The Nigerian kids famous for remaking multimillion-dollar music videos and movie trailers with household items may be heading to Hollywood.Members of Ikorodu Bois nabbed the opportunity Wednesday after the group shared on social media their homemade remake of the trailer for the Netflix movie, “Extraction.”
Continue reading “Nigerian kids ‘Ikorodu Bois’ get Hollywood invite after recreating movie trailer”
By Steve Vickers | BBC News
Zimbabwe’s first film to feature on streaming service Netflix is a romantic comedy about a struggling single mother who finds love and good fortune in a TV cooking show contest.
Continue reading “Zimbabwe’s Cook Off: How an $8,000 romcom made it to Netflix”
By Ebimo Amungo
A Kenyan produced film, “The Letter” has had its Virtual World Premiere after it was aired online at an event hosted by the American Film Institute on June 21. The coronavirus pandemic upended earlier plans to show the film in cinemas. The Letter was produced over the course of six years by Maia Lekow and Christopher King, a husband and wife team who live in Nairobi, Kenya.
Continue reading “American Film Institute hosts global premiere of Kenyan Film THE LETTER”
by Herman Eloff | Channel 24
It’s official. The South African Netflix series Blood & Water has been renewed for a second season.
According to a statement released by Netflix the second season will see Puleng and Fikile deal with the consequences of their explosive confrontation as more mystery and drama unfolds.
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by Alex Billington | Firstshowing.net
“Inside of me, my heart is always on fire…”
An official trailer has debuted for a documentary titled simply Runner, about the world famous Olympian named Guor Marial. When he was a child, he fled from Sudan and escaped its oppression in America. Years later, ready to compete in running, he had to fight the IOC to be an independent runner for South Sudan but eventually was given the chance to compete in the marathon event in the 2012 Olympics.
Continue reading “Official Trailer for ‘Runner’ Doc Film About Guor Marial a South Sudanese Olympian”
‘He’s who I’m afraid of becoming’:
by Razmig Bedirian | The National
“Ramy is me without a passion, without perspective,” Ramy Youssef says as he ponders the differences between himself and the titular protagonist of his TV show Ramy. “He’s me with a family that talks less.”
Continue reading “Ramy Youssef opens up about portraying the titular protagonist in ‘Ramy’”
Sam Richardson is a rising star with a dual heritage. Born to an African American father and a Ghanaian mother, Richardson spent his childhood shuttling between the United States and Ghana. In this report by Stuart Heritage in The Guardian Sam Richardson talks about his career and his latest film, HookUp.
Continue reading “Sam Richardson: Comedy’s hidden gem”
By DAVID MAWULI | Pulse Ghana
Despite the lockdown around the world which has affected the show business in so many ways, musicians across the African continent are making good use of their creativity and racking in millions. Pulse Ghana has compiled a list of some of the wealthy musicians on the continent at the moment based on their works, endorsements, properties, achievements, investments, and fame.
This list is not ranked or in any order.
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by Earl Nurse | CNN
“Can I navigate home? This place that I call home? And if I can’t, then is it really?”
Those are the questions actor and comedian Yvonne Orji asked herself when she decided to stay in Lagos, Nigeria, on her own for two months at the age of 27. As a young child, she had moved with her family from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to the United States; after that, the only Nigeria she knew came from summer visits to her hometown, during which she hardly ever left her parents’ side.
Continue reading “From CNN: Actor Yvonne Orji no longer ‘Insecure’ about Nigerian-American duality”
BY NOMVELO MASANGO | Sowetan
When it comes to South African designers who are flying the country’s flag high, Thebe Magugu is undoubtedly among the best. The LVMH prize winner, who was the first in Africa to ever receive the prize, has become a household name and continues to shine bright.
In this week’s episode of Insecure, American actress Issa Rae wore a red cold shoulder safari jacket from Magugu’s ‘African Studies’ collection.
Continue reading “South African designer Thebe Magugu’s creation featured on hit HBO show, Insecure”
By Radio Afrodicia
Nnamdi Moweta is the host of Radio Afrodicia, a weekly on-air radio program dedicated to promoting African and African-influenced music. Originally from Nigeria, Moweta came to the US over twenty years ago. After studying at the San Francisco Art Institute, he quickly established himself as an influential DJ, music supervisor, consultant, manager, and promoter.
Continue reading “Nmamdi Moweta: Meet the Host of Radio Afrodicia in Los Angeles”
by Gail Mitchell | Billboard Magazine
The next musical revolution is brewing in Africa.
Continue reading “‘This Isn’t a Fad’: Three of Africa’s Biggest Stars on Making the Industry Come to Them”
By Jake Kanter | Decider
Netflix has renewed its first African original Queen Sono for a second season. Starring Quantico‘s Pearl Thusi, it centers on a highly trained spy who takes on dangerous missions, while also facing challenges in her personal life. The second season will see her search for the truth as her newfound need for revenge takes her on a mission across Africa.
Continue reading “Netflix renews South African Spythriller ‘Queen Sono’ for second season”
By Brandon Yu | San Francisco Chronicle
Ramy Youssef is floating. But not exactly in a good way, and certainly not in a spiritual transcendence kind of way. The comic and star of the hit Hulu show, “Ramy” — about a Millennial Egyptian American Muslim adrift in New Jersey, struggling to live a good life and stay true to his faith — is currently holed up in Los Angeles “doing the thing, the quarantine.”
Continue reading “Egyptian-American Ramy Youssef hosts Mahershala Ali as a sage spiritual leader in new season of hit show”
By TRACY SCHUHMACHER | ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
Just four months ago, the dreams of the musicians in the African drumming troupe Womba Africa felt tantalizingly close. With little money in their pockets, they had moved from Ghana to Rochester. They had found a place to live and were adjusting to life in America. Word had spread that the energetic cultural group was in town, and they were getting booked to play at schools, libraries and festivals.
Continue reading “Ghanaian Group, Womba Africa, holds tight to ‘America’s Got Talent’ dreams”
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