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2022 BET Awards, a historic moment for Nigerian artists
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Diddy was the most honored celebrant at the 2022 BET Awards. At the same time, Nigerian entertainers made history and brought honor to their countrymen.
Mbalenhle Ntuli’s ‘Loving In Midrand’, a novel or screenplay
Mbalenhle Ntuli’s Loving In Midrand debuted in October 2020. With the promise of a sequel and South Africa’s appetite for print-to-screen productions, it’s time to discuss this novel as a screenplay, because the book…
Zakes Bantwini, DJ Maphorisa, & Msaki lead the SAMA28 nominations
The 28th annual South African Music Awards will be broadcast live on July 31, 2022. Some of the most nominated acts include Zakes Bantwini, DJ Maphorisa, Msaki and more!
Riky Rick’s COTTON FEST Returns
Known for merging both established and upcoming South African talent, celebrating and promoting growth across all disciplines of the creative arts, and more, 2022 marks the return of COTTON FEST with The University of COTTON FEST campus; a 2-day festival experience at The Station in Newtown on the 19th & 20th March 2022.
Backyard Group: A high calibre creative community
On Friday, January 14, Backyard Group made their return to the scene with an event collaboration alongside Bone Soda and Heavy Rotation at Carfax in Newtown, Johannesburg. As scenes around the country begin to open up again, Back Yard Group’s creative community is a welcome benchmark of entertainment spaces for the months to come.
Netflix pledges $ 1 million to African Film & TV students
Netflix has announced a commitment of US$1 million towards the newly-established Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for film and TV students in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Wife’s husband, ‘indoda eqhoto’ and ‘isilwane’
South African audiences are currently enraptured by the book-to-screen series, The Wife based on Dudu Busani-Dube’s Hlomu, The Wife books. Depicting the story of a journalist who marries a taxi driver with a hidden life, the series engages the duality of an abusive husband. Additionally, the series requires viewers to engage what they think they would do, how ever uncomfortable that may be.
Interrogating: Just Mercy
Just Mercy follows the true story of young Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. Of the 2019 film, Misa Narrates concludes, “Blackness comes with scandal and just enough mercy.”
Valentine’s Day Is Coming Where Is Your -
Relax. Okay? Valentine’s is coming, sure, but don’t ask about a significant other whom I’ve yet to identify…not to make something deeper than what it is, but, why the fixation on asking the single person where their partner is during a time when we can barely leave our homes, much less meet people to potentially engage in a relationship?
Afronaut’s ‘Africans From Outer Space’ Is An African Space Odyssey
While 2020 was marked by negative human experiences, the day of 11 December 2020 was a good day in music. On that day, Afronaut’s Africans From Outer Space crash landed back home in South Africa.