Rodney Quarcoo and his love for portraiture
Ghanaian photographer, Rodney Quarcoo could be described as a God-fearing humanitarian and entrepreneur who loves life, grinds hard and always wears a picture perfect smile. Although Rodney has no professional training in photography, his passion for photography began with photographs of family and friends and has evolved from a hobby to a profession in which he continues to create a niche for himself especially in the areas of wedding, fashion and portraiture.
Rodney Quarcoo
Ibinabo Fiberesima gets 7 years for manslaughter
Former beauty queen and popular Nigerian actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter which she pleaded not guilty. She was alleged to have killed a medical doctor in a road accident last year after what investigators describe as “careless” driving under the influence of alcohol.
Canoe Quarterly Sets sail with GOAT Edition
Canoe Quarterly Magazine has set sail yet again with the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) edition which celebrates some of Africa’s original music icons and legends. Canoe 53 Sails showcases stories on fashion, beauty, home, lifestyles, sports and business; essentially highlighting the various dimensions of Africa’s progress, while paying homage to the continent’s strong heritage.
Canoe
Big Brother Star, Mimi launches music Album
She was touted as the house gossip in the third season of Big Brother Africa but Ghana’s former rep to the hit reality series, Mimi Abu Adani, is making new waves for herself. Mimi, alias ‘Divalish’, also known as ‘Ghana’s Lady Gaga’, has finally released her ‘Music in Me’ album as a testament to her innate talent and passion for singing.
Divalish
Jimmy Jean-Louis narrates ‘I Sing of a Well’
Haitian-born actor and former model, Jimmy Jean-Louis has singed on to narrate the first installation, “I Sing of A Well,” of the slave trade trilogy “Legions of Slaves.”
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Spotlight on Billboard-Topping Producer, Coptic
U.S.-based Ghanaian beat-making genius, Eric Kwabena “Coptic” Matlock, continues to rise after his Billboard topping hit, “I Need a Girl”, for P.Diddy and his Bad Boy Entertainment label.
Coptic in the Studio
Kae Sun out with ‘Lion On a Leash’
Canada-based Ghana-born singer/songwriter/poet, Kae Sun’s much anticipated album; ‘Lion on a Leash’ has finally been released through Urbnet/Fontana North. The album release was marked with a release party on October 6th at Lula Lounge, Toronto and this would be followed by a Hamilton album release Concert October 15th at The Casbah.
Introducing actor, Freddie Annobil-Doodo
Promising Ghanaian-born, British actor, Freddie Annobil-Dodoo has had an interesting journey in theatre, film and television so far and he continues to push his ambitions of making it into Hollywood and becoming another household name in acting.
Born to Ghanaian parents in South London, Balham, Freddie grew up in East London, Isle of Dogs. It was at the early age of 14 that he was bitten by the acting bug after watching Eddie Murphy in ‘Beverly Hills Cop’.
Freddie soon developed an intense passion for acting and it was spotted by his then drama teacher and english teacher, who got their departments to pay for Freddie to go to a Sylvia Young Theatre School on weekends for a year. He later got into Seltec College, now Lewisham College, to study drama for two years. There, Freddie learned a lot of Stanislavski, Brecht, and Shakespeare among others, and got hooked on ‘The Method’. » Read more…
MNet launches African Film Library
M-Net has launched an African Film Library – the largest electronic library of feature films, shorts and documentaries from 50 years of African film production. Over the past three years, M-Net has been negotiating the rights to almost 600 works in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese and digitizing them.
African Film Library (photo: African Film Library)
African Hiphop Meets Democracy
Nomadic Wax, a fair-trade international hip hop label as well as film, music, and event production company has launched another thought provoking and insightful look into the role hiphop in African politics following the success of their film, ‘Democracy in Dakar’
This time they are out with ‘Democracy in Burundi’ and ‘Big up GB’, two mini-mixtapes focusing on youth and equality in Burundi and Guinea-Bissau. » Read more…
ARISE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Nduka Obaigbena the Nigerian media mogul and Editor-in-Chief of THIS DAY Group is determined to make his brand ARISE a household name by bringing his global African concept of fashion, music and entertainment to the forefront. September 11th, marks the second presentation of the ARISE Promise of the Africa Collective to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Bryant Park Tents located in the heart of Manhattan. » Read more…
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