Two of this year’s headline artists at Zimfest London festival, Pop sensations Tinashé and the sibling duo BKay and Kazz have been nominated for the prestigious Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards. Zimbabwe-born, London-bred Tinashé of the Zambezi fame and Masvingo natives, BKay and Kazz who are currently riding on the wave of success with their hit new album African Spirit take two of the seven nominations Zimbabwe has received. BKay and Kazz face stiff competition in the Record of the Year category, from heavyweights 2Face Idibia from Nigeria, Senegalese rap pioneer Awadi and South African lyricist Morale. An exited Seiraj “BKay” Khan said: “It’s... Continue Reading
FASHIONGIVESBACK! 2011 is the spectacular boutique event launching at BMW Synter in Leicester on Friday 19th August in aid of ‘Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children’. The BBC documentary – ‘Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children’, by BAFTA winning directors Xoliswa Sithole and Jezza Neumann followed the lives of three children growing up in Zimbabwe. Charlene Mukuzvaza, a young Zimbabwean woman living in the UK was so moved by this beautiful yet haunting documentary, that she enlisted the support of her fellow countrymen to create a fundraising event using the medium of fashion to benefit under-privileged children in her home country. Hosted by the award-winning Zimbabwean... Continue Reading
TO BE HEARD: Free Film Screenings, Free Writing Workshops for Youth, Poetry Slams WHAT: Rooftop Films brings the power of poetry to the streets of New York with three free events based around this award winning documentary about lives and language on the edge: three teens from the Bronx tell their stories and show how a radical poetry class can ignite change. Rooftop Films will co-host screenings in East Harlem, Chelsea and the South Bronx. Each event will be a celebration of the power of writing, with a poetry workshop for teenagers, a performance slam, and a screening of the... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Sam Loco Efe has been pronounced dead. He died in the early hours of Sunday morning August 7 in Owerri on set whilst shooting a movie in his hotel. He was said to be sick before he collapsed on set, and died. Meida reports coming from Nigeria have all had mixed reports regarding the age for the veteran actor with some reports stating Sam Loco was 60 years of age others have his age at 70 years old. Sam Loco a graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan, Loco-Efe came into limelight when he... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – This year’s Ghana Movie Awards event is expected to be an improved edition from last year’s event, at a grand launch in the Ghanaian capital of Accra at the Golden Tuli Hotel. The 2011 Ghana Movie Awards promises a lot and recognized as the only movie awards for the industry, stamping its authority on quality, professionalism among other unique approaches to modern day film production. This was contained in a release from the event organizers of the Ghana Movie Awards, dated 3rd August,2011, which says movie producers are therefore expected to submit their works for the... Continue Reading
