Laura Izibor – From My Heart To Yours
Born to a Nigerian father and a Irish mother, Laura Izibor is the second youngest of five children, a self taught pianist, singer, producer, arranger and a song-writer who sails from the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland.
John Legend and Keri Hilson to invade South Africa
Thanks to Twitter for the immediate news release. John Legend has confirmed his South African tour, scheduled to take place in mid-October 2009. It will start off in Cape Town, then on to Johannesburg, and end in Durban.
Keri Hilson
Celebrity Sightings
The 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival brought out some great talent including Jean-Marie Teno, the Cameroonian director who was screening his film, Sacred Places. Jonathan Amayo from Mode-HQ was on hand to answer technical questions during the Tech Talk segment of the festival. TV personality, Sal Masekela showed his support for musician Bill Withers during his performance with his wife, Kori.
Nollywood is making its mark in Hollywood with movies highlighting the making of Nollywood movies, and programs that celebrate the industry. Samir Malla, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen and Ben Addelman were in a photoshoot for Nollywood Babylon at the Sundance. » Read more…
Slum Village to invade SA with their ‘I Luv Hip-Hop’ music series tour
Slum Village is a two piece Detroit band consisting of T3 and Elzhi, that emerged in the music scene in the late 1990’s. During their life span in the music industry, Slum Village has released multiple number one hits like ‘Selfish’, ‘Do You’, ‘Dirty’,'Keep Holding On’ and ‘Old girl/Shinning star‘.
African Celebrities Out and About
Samantha Mumba was at the launching of Afro-Samurai for XBox and Playstation 3. Boris Kodjoe and Idris Elba were spotted in the Bahamas at Michael Jordan’s celebrity invitational golf tournament. I am sure many women would have given their eye teeth to be there!
Estelle sang at the official John Legend concert after party where she had her birthday bash. Akon celebrated the inauguration with BET in style. Angel was out and about celebrating the inauguration too. » Read more…
Weekend Buzz
Some celebrities received honors, while others celebrated awards and achievements. CNN Heroes had a large number of Africans who proved that heroes come from every continent in the world, and make a difference wherever they are.
Take Viola Vaughn and her husband, Jazz musician Sam Sanders.They made the decision to emigrate to Senegal with their family, to provide their five grandchildren with an international, multilingual and multicultural education and ended up making a difference for children in the town they lived in.Their organization, 10,000 Girls, is helping to make this happen. » Read more…
Estelle the first lady!
There is no doubt that one of biggest African highlights musically this year has been Ms Estelle, breaking through the industry with her single “American Boy” featuring Grammy award soldier, Kanye West. Ever since the hit single, Estelle has showed no signs of stopping but continuing to make hits like “You are” and “Come On Over” featuring a certain sensuous crooner by the name of John Legend.
Africa Rising – A Focus on Entertainment for Sustainable Solutions
Africa Rising is the brainchild of Thisday’s Editor-In-Chief, Nduka Obaigbena. The premise of Thisday’s Africa Rising is to celebrate Africa’s achievements and reflect the culture and positive attributes of Africa’s social, political and economical progress. It also seeks to reach out to the continent’s diverse population as well as the diaspora and international communities.
Estelle Watch – This Is Purely Serendipitous
Estelle Swaray is truly a marketing guru. I randomly google her to see what she is up to and she never fails me. Since she released her new album, she has been working the visibility angle with all the talent of a seasoned marketing guru. This week alone she was spotted at the screening of “Good Girls Gone Bad“.
Estelle Swaray releases her album, Shine
Estelle Swaray seems to be everywhere these days. She was spotted celebrating the release of her debut album at Bette Restaurant. » Read more…
Nonhle Thema- The African Ambassador
Sexy , smart and successful is one way to describe Ms. Nonhle. This 26 year old South African-born beauty is sure to turn heads wherever she goes. Nonhle is a television presenter for one of the most well know television channels in Africa , “Channel O, Africa”. She’s the host of a show called “O’Access“, an hour long intoxicating program filled with interviews from high profile celebrities from around the world. » Read more…
African Events Calendar
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July 14 - 17, 2010
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March 20, 2010
FACE Africa 1st Annual Gala
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March 11 -15, 2010
Sixth Annual New African Films Festival
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April 10, 2010
RUNWAY LIBERIA: Silver Spring,MD
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