Category: Film/Television

This week in African Style 4/14 – 4/20/07

Fighting Nigeria’s other drug war. Africa: Continent’s leading social entrepreneurs honored by Ashoka. Pope accuses rich of plundering Africa. Deola Sagoe for Caribbean Fashion Week June 6-10. Engineers want Europe-Africa train. Opposition protests erupt after flawed Nigeria poll. Ghanaian music is more than Highlife. Madonna filming her African trip. UN helicopter gunships get go-ahead to…
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This week in African Style 4/7 – 4/13/07

Untapped: the scramble for Africa’s oil. Africa in pictures. Danny Glover joins Bob Marley tribute ‘Africa Unite’. African governments not doing enough. Gallery opening: NY thru the eyes of African immigrants. Plugging Africa’s kids in to $100 laptop. The silent takeover of the continent (Africa) by South African businesses. Gay travel in Africa. Luxury hotels…
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Designers for Darfur event on Fashion Television

Here’s the Fashion Television feature of the Designers for Darfur event from the Fall 2007 New York Fashion Week. Designer Malcolm Harris (Mal Sirrah) and model Lydia Hearst did a great job of pulling the event together.

This week in African Style 3/17 – 3/23/07

• Virgin Atlantic opens East Africa route and competes with British Airways. • Innovation and investment at Oprah’s African schools. • Tragedy of 5 lost in Bronx fire lead American media to Mali’s red earth. • Russia looks to sign energy, metals deals in Africa. • Americans milk Africa to death. • Queen Latifah competes…
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Selling African culture Bollywood-style

Reading this article about Bollywood and the brand new Kenyan film commission has me thinking about the African film industry and how it can grow. As some of you might already know, for the past year I’ve been consulting with the African Film Commission in developing and promoting the African film industry. This article about…
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My Brother, the movie

My partner Dante (Mixtress X, Jungle Crooks) dropped me a line to tell me about a movie I need to check out called My Brother. I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about this movie and knowing that a fellow African is working on the project makes it all the more interesting. Check out the…
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This week in African Style 3/1 – 3/16/07

• BBC launches new Africa Beyond website. • CNN, Niger Delta and Western Media Portrayals of Africa Part III. • Ghana: Independence? Try ‘aid-dependence’. • Chinese Minister: African people will never welcome colonialists to plunder their resources. • Africa and Europe set for tunnel link. • MySpace and The New York Times sends readers on…
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Minding my business

I know, I know I haven’t posted anything since Friday and surely there are new developments in the world of African fashion, entertainment, business, politics. But I’ve been running around trying to organize things for the re-launch of my clothing line, Annansi Clothing. Even-though I haven’t gotten the chance to express my views on Oprah’s…
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Bono: the busiest man in Africactivism

Bono is probably the busiest Africa lobbyist of the decade. Every time I look up, he’s involved in some Africa-related initiative. What separates him from the rest of the celebrity Africa-enthusiasts is his ability to develop initiatives which explore new avenues to address Africa’s issues. In the past few days alone, he’s been awarded an…
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Ghana: 50 years young

March 6th will mark the 50 year anniversary of Ghana’s independence. A lot can happen in 50 years, and a lot has happened in Ghana in the past 50 years. Besides the celebration of Ghana’s independence, I’ve been thinking about how many of us expect miracles when a country like Ghana has only had 50…
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