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Nnedi Okorafor To Launch A Production Company For Africanfuturist Shows

April 30, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

Genre-bending storyteller, Nnedi Okorafor is taking on a new creative project: a TV Series company for africanfuturistic shows. The multi-award winning author took to her social media to share the name

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Oyinkan Braithwaite’s “My Sister, The Serial Killer” shortlisted for 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction

April 30, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

A few months back we reported Oyinkan Braithwaite amongst two other Nigerian authors: Akwaeke Emezi, and Diana Evans as part of the sixteen authors long-listed for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

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The Broken Record Podcast’s Religious Episode initiates a necessary conversation about Faith

April 26, 2019 by Tochi Praise

Episode 10 of Laila Johnson- Salami’s The Broken Record Podcast by Laila Johnson-Salami features Adeolu Adefarasin and Mustapha Briggs and seeks to discuss specific religious values over two sessions. Adefarasin spoke on

Pop Culture Sports

These Africans Made TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People In 2019

April 26, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, South Africa’s Caster Semenya, and more join this year’s notables making an impact in their communities and around the world, as recognized by TIME Magazine. TIME Magazine published

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Episode 20 of F&S Uncensored is a Reminder That “We Rise By Lifting Others”

April 26, 2019 by Tochi Praise

Feyikemi and Simi Badiru are emphasizing on the popular quote which doubles as the title of the latest episode of their F and S Uncensored podcast, We Rise By Lifting Others.

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Joey B Joins the ‘Loose Talk’ Giants For Episode 167

April 23, 2019 by Tochi Praise

For Episode 167 of the Loose Talk Podcast titled Trans Benz, Ghanaian rapper Joey B joins the quartet of AOT2, BadGirlMo, Jess and Steve to discuss pop culture and everything in

Film & TV Pop Culture

Watch The Stunning Trailer For ‘The Lion King’ Live Action Remake

April 17, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

The second coming of the Disney Renaissance is upon us. With live-action remakes of iconic films like Beauty And The Beast and the forthcoming Aladdin, and probably the most anticipated, Jon Favreau’s The Lion

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Netflix Suits Up for First African Animated Original ‘Mama K’s Team 4’

April 17, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

Netflix is adding to its growing slate of African content with its first original animated series, ‘Mama K’s Team 4,’ produced by South Africa’s award-winning Triggerfish Animation Studios and British

Feature Music Pop Culture

The Alté Playmaker: The GMK Story

April 15, 2019 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

For our May cover story, we catch up with one of the most influential players in the Alte movement, Quddus King aka GMK.

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Nnedi Okorafor and Tomi Adeyemi Earn 2019 Hugo Awards Nominations

April 10, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

The Hugo Awards are amongst speculative fiction storytelling’s most prestigious honors and this year the list is dominated by women, with 5/6 women finalists in Novel, Novella, Novelette, AND Short

Music Pop Culture

Burna Boy takes ‘Sway in the Morning’

April 10, 2019 by Tochi Praise

Burna Boy is undeniably the music industry’s man of the moment, following an outstanding run in 2018 which saw him do his utmost best to demolish the age-long Wizkid-Davido duopoly.

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Rigo Villardo is Chronicling the DMV’s Music Culture Through Images

April 1, 2019 by Tochi Praise

Rodrigo Villardo known as RigoShotMe is a music photographer and documentarian who has been chronicling Hip-Hop in the DMV over the last five years. Last month, the Chi Modu inspired

Fashion Pop Culture

African Designers KENNETH IZE and THEBE MAGUGU made 2019 LVMH Prize Finalist

March 28, 2019 by Adaeze Oguzie

For the first time ever, an Israeli designer and two African designers — Kenneth Ize from Nigeria and Thebe Magugu from South Africa — made the final round of the

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Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu Co-Writing Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’ to be Produced by Viola Davis

March 27, 2019 by Tochi Praise

Nigerian-American novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy & magical realism, Nnedi Okorafor and Kenyan filmmaker, director of the controversial LGBT feature Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu are scripting the pilot for new

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Burna Boy’s new YouTube documentary tells his story authoritatively

March 26, 2019 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Burna Boy is having the type of moment that we’ve yet to see in contemporary Nigerian music. As he continues to take steps towards world domination, we get a new