The official video for Bantu’s ‘Waiting’ featuring Nneka is out. The two did the song for the movie ‘Relentless’ where Nneka also makes her acting debut. Written and directed by Nigeria’s Andy Amadi Okoroafor, Relentless is “a haunting story about loneliness, love and self-discovery that explores Africa’s throbbing megacity Lagos, and the effects of war …
19th Annual Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles Kicks off Today, Six African Films Will Be Shown
The 19th Annual Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles kicks off today with writer and director Russ Parr’s “35 and Ticking” film premiere tonight. Expected at the premiere are many of Black Hollywood celebrities and a few African celebrities including Ngo Okafor and Ghana’s A-List Actress Nadia Buari. Throughout the event which will be held …
AMAA Awards Nomination Nite & Nairobi Rocks Musical Concert, Feb. 25th-26th, 2011
African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) prepares to rock the continent with its Pan African Film Awards event on March 26th, 2011. Leading up to AMAA, the producers, on February 25th and 26th, respectively, will hold both a nominee event announcing industry professionals who made the cut. On the 26th, Africa’s music stars P-Square and J-Martins will …
Egypt to Send a 20-Man Delegation to the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards
“Egypt is to send a 20-man delegation to the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards, following the success of Egyptian movie, ‘Hanayns Shoe’ which won the Best Animation prize at the 2010 awards ceremony. The 2011 AMAA holds on March 26 at Gloryland Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Traditionally held in April, this year’s AMAA is …
Celebrity Weddings: Dakore Egbuson Weds Olumide Akande (Pictures)
Nollywood Actress Dakore Egbuson ties the knot with her beau Olumide Akande. The wedding took place at the Guiding Light Assembly Church in Ikoyi, Lagos. The reception was held at the KFA Events Centre in Lekki also in Lagos. Many showed up to witness the couple’s big day including top names in Nollywood like Rita …
Nollywood: Audition for Late Rapper DA Grin’s Biopic ‘Ghetto Dreamz’ Movie Begins
As a way of ensuring that the life, works and ideals of the late award-winning popular rapper, Dagrin, is sustained for future generations to learn from, Stingomania Records is finalizing plans to go on location to begin the filming of the GHETTO DREAMZ, a biopic based on the true life story of the late Dagrin. …