Seal and Aguilera to Perform at ThisDay Africa Rising Festival in London
Christina Aguilera and Seal are scheduled to perform at the ThisDay Africa Rising Festival in London at the Royal Albert Hall. 2Face, Dbanj, and Asa are also scheduled to perform.
Celebrities around town
Celebrating new movies, birthday parties, and new beginnings, here are your African celebrities.
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.
Liya Kebede does Photo Shoot in Mali
Liya Kebede was spotted in Mali doing a spread for Vogue Magazine. Titled “From Here to Timbuktu”, the shoot seems to be opening up the discussions, once again, about using black models in the otherwise blandly pale landscape of modeling. It also raises the question about whether the people that are in the shoot with her will be getting paid for their part in the shoot, after all, Vogue will be making money off the pictures. My guess is that they don’t get a cent…..sigh! » Read more…
Lights, Camera, Action: Liya Kebede
According to AOL Black Voices, Ethiopian supermodel Liya Kebede has been tapped to play Somali model Waris Dirie in Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad, a film based on Dirie’s successful autobiography about her experience with female circumcision. Kebede will start filming in Europe in June. » Read more…
Liya Kebede is a mother, INSPI(RED)
Liya Kebede, Christine Turlington, Helena Christensen, and Mya got together on Sunday April 20, 2008 to discuss how great motherhood is, and share the impact that (RED) is having on women and children in Africa.
(RED)’s primary objective is to engage the private sector in raising awareness and money for the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. Companies whose products take on the (PRODUCT) RED mark contribute a significant percentage of the sales or portion of the profits from that product to the Global Fund to finance AIDS programs in Africa, with an emphasis on the health of women and children. » Read more…
African Events Calendar
Upcoming Events
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Nov. 3, 2008
TIKEN JAH FAKOLY - high performance reggae
West Europe
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Nov. 3, 2008
CHINUA ACHEBE’S NOVEL “THINGS FALL APART” CELEBRATED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
USA - North East
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Nov. 1, 2008
Queendom - the fabulous five
West Europe
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October 17, 2008
KINGS or QUEENS [GHANA or NAIJA] pt 2
USA - South East
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