Fally Ipupa confirmed for Sawa Sawa Festival in Kenya
The Sawa Sawa week-end concerts will be staged at the Carnivore Grounds on Saturday, May 28 at 6:30pm – May 29 at 6:30pm. Sawa Sawa will feature the ‘main’ concert stage, a (cultural) vending area, food and beverage area, an info market and child activities. The lineup and programming will be (as much as possible) focused on female talent and will be done in such a way that it will cut across audiences of different communities, age, gender, economies and cultures. Saturday evening’s program will be geared towards the youth while the Sunday program will focus on families.
Fally Ipupa
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Anthony David draws huge crowd in Nairobi concert
American singer and songwriter Anthony David performed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, recently at the National Park in a concert dubbed ‘The Lounge Unplugged’. Known for his hit ‘Words‘, featuring India Arie, he wowed the crowd with his songs, including some from his fourth album, ‘As Above, So Below‘. One of the singers he collaborates with is his cousin, Shawn Stockman, from the group Boys II Men.
Anthony David
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Paint the town white at LOVE Nightclub in DC
Memorial Day weekend usually brings an invitation to honor our soldiers, past and present, and remember their sacrifices to keep us safe. It also brings lots of parties to the DC/Maryland/Virginia (DMV) area. One very popular party is the Ultra White Party, an annual celebration of contemporary African music by some of the hottest African DJs in the USA today. This year’s Ultra White Party will be held at the spacious LOVE Nightclub at 1350 Okie St. NE, Washington DC 20002 on May 29, 2011 from 9pm-3am. General admission is $20 and VIP is $40.
Ultra White Party
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Emprezz Mullings visits Ethiopia and Kenya
Singer/songwriter Emprezz Mullings is visiting Ethiopia and Kenya to solicit a collaboration between her and Kenyan entrepreneurs and celebrities to focus on a message that helps empower youth and address issues that are closest to their hearts. She is traveling with Steven Golding, President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and the son of the Prime Minister of Jamaica. He is a radio host and lecturer.
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Emprezz is also a journalist and TV show host, and a boutique owner. She has performed at the reggae Festival in Montreal, the reggae festival in Columbia, the show Smile Jamaica – TVJ, the Port Royal Jazz Festival, and theVillage Café and Jamaica Nice on weekends.
She has also graced stages in Japan and released an album last year with a group, Passenger 7, on the Pony Canyon Label in Japan. She is currently spear-heading another group, Lady Traffic , produced by Sly & Robbie on Universal Records in Japan. Her style is dubbed neo-reggae and she believes “in life you need to find your innate talents and use those to achieve your goals”.
Jossy out in Big Brother Africa Amplified
Well, the musical relationships have started. Ernest and Bhoke had a good thing going (or at least that is what he thought) but she made it clear (after throwing herself at him shamelessly, previously) that she was a little concerned about perceptions and wanted to know where he stood and how he felt about her. Hmmm….that didn’t go down very well.
Jossy - Nambia (EVICTED)
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Sein Saoli is the new Face of Africa-Germany
Ms. Sein Saoli, a lady who made the 2010 list of Jamati Online’s Sexiest African Women has been honored with yet another award. She was crowned Ms. Face of Africa-Germany 2011.
Sein Saoli - Ms. Face of Africa-Germany 2011
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Gregory Maqoma – African dance poetry in motion
The Vuyani Dance Theater (VDT) Project has garnered international recognition, thanks to it’s Founder/Artistic Director, Gregory Maqoma. The website states that VDT is meeting “its artistic objective of producing work that questions and challenges social values while, simultaneously, exploiting history as a launch pad for (material) research and development.” A deep undertaking indeed for an entertainment company.
Gregory Maqoma
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Big Brother Africa Amplified – who are the players?
Big Brother Amplified(BBA) has a lot of interesting characters in the house this year. Of course, as with every Big Brother show, the catty side of people comes out and is revealed in live splendor. Add to the mix the fact that the group was split into two random teams and each team is competing to win a $200,000 grand prize and you will have some serious in-fighting. Oh, reality joy!! The two teams are named ‘Heads’ and ‘Tails’.
Namibian singer EES, and South African rap sensation, AKA helped break the tension somewhat as people waited with bated breath to see what would transpire. Amplified Crew danced while Busta Rhymes performed and helped build the excitement for the show. You can follow the BBA updates on Twitter and Facebook. DStv viewers can press the OK button on their DStv remote (on Channel 198) to get updated news and information from the Big Brother Amplified house. They can also use this option to choose between two different television feeds from inside the houses.
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African Celebrities in the News
Well, we are on the Forbes Top 10 Supermodel list…..well, maybe not us, but an African is! Candice Swanepoel of South Africa is featured on the top 10 Supermodel list. She was on the list as one of the models who has made the most from May 2010 to the present with a total of $3 million dollars. Congratulations Candice, it is difficult to remain an important part of the scene in this cutthroat market so the recognition is well-deserved.
Pierre Kayitana, coordinator of the Rwanda Cinema Center was at a reception for ‘Films Without Borders‘ where he got an audience with a Prince…..Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex. ‘Films without Borders’ aspires to inspire young people, between 15-18 years of age, to produce their own first subtitled “short” film by training them in the first stages of film production.
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African celebrities out and about
Well, there was a royal wedding (congratulations to Prince William and Catherine) with some African dignitaries on hand to share in the joyous festivities.
The NFL draft is upon us once more and the parties abound as folks waited to see where they were going to end up. There were many Africans in the mix.
Bambadjan Bamba on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Look out for Bambadjan Bamba on this week’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy‘. He will be starring as a protective Portuguese-speaking older brother, Sefu, to younger brother, Kondo (Jalen Harris), who is about to have open-heart surgery.
Bambadjan Bamba
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