Jul 21, 20111 min read
Mama Africa on The Cosby Show
I have been watching re-runs of The Cosby Show on YouTube for the past two weeks or so and I happened to watch episode 10 of season 8...
Jun 23, 20111 min read
The Mirrior Boy
Released mid last year, The Mirror Boy is about London born 12 year old Tijani who’s mother takes him back to his roots to The Gambia....
May 22, 20111 min read
Look at Me Now
I was a fan of Tolu Charles Ogunmefun aka Mr Don’t Jealous Me before the advertisements started appearing on his YouTube page. After...
May 20, 20111 min read
The First Grader
Based on a true story, ‘The First Grader’ is based on an illiterate old man is determined to be admitted into a primary school in rural...
May 17, 20111 min read
The Premiere of Gossip Nation
Last weekend I went with friends to the premiere of Gossip Nation. The first African-Australian movie premiere screened at a major cinema...
May 5, 20112 min read
A Night with Ama & Chan
Last night, I went to the opening night of Ama & Chan featuring Effie Nkrumah as the an eccentric Ghanaian woman married to Chinese born...
May 2, 20111 min read
Ama & Chan
I got home to find my dear friend Effie Nkrumah on the front cover of my local paper discussing her new role and production ‘Ama & Chan‘....
Apr 25, 20111 min read
Gossip Nation
In Blacktown, a small but steadily growing African community faces its greatest challenge – gossip. Gossip that destroys friendships,...
Apr 23, 20111 min read
The Soweto Gospel Choir
Years ago, probably in 2001 or 2003, I went with my Mum to see the Soweto Gospel Choir. Before they were Grammy winners and before they...
Apr 12, 20111 min read
Desert Flower
FROM THE DESERT / TO THE BIG CITY / FROM DESPAIR / TO HOPE / FROM DARKNESS / TO LIGHT / HER COURAGE CHANGED THE WORLD / THE TRUE STORY...
Feb 27, 20111 min read
Yaaba
I watched this movie when I was about 10 years old. I remember my Dad recorded it onto a video tape many years ago when it aired on TV in...
Feb 11, 20111 min read
The No. 1 Detective Ladies’ Agency in illustrations
I was looking at the blog of my exchange University and I noticed that French designer Malika Favre of London-based Airside studio was...
Dec 10, 20101 min read
the slaves
The play is set during the times of the transatlantic slave trade. Inside a cell in the dungeons of ELMINA CASTLE on the coast of Ghana,...
Dec 2, 20101 min read
i am slave
I was looking for something to watch on Channel 4 on Demand (4OD) YOUTUBE and I came across this TV-movie ‘I Am Slave’. Based on the...
Dec 1, 20101 min read
the new boy
SOURCE: THIS IS AFRICA ‘New Boy’ is a captivating story about a nine-year-old African boy by the name of Joseph who begins his first day...
Oct 25, 20101 min read
a man’s story: Ozwald Boateng
A Man’s Story profiles Ozwald Boateng, his design, his business, his personal life. Charismatic, glamorous, hard-working and very...
Oct 5, 20101 min read
Africa united
“AFRICA UNITED tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their ultimate dream – to take part in...
Jul 23, 20101 min read
the no. 1 ladies’ detective agency
I have been hounded by a few people to watch The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I have been putting it off for the past 2 months or so....
Jul 19, 20102 min read
amajuba: like doves we rise
I was going through my archives and I saw this scanned postcard image. It was from a play I watched in 2005 for my English class. I...
Jun 11, 20101 min read
tsotsi
I just finished watching this about 20 minutes ago. One of the Australian TV channels (SBS) was getting into the World Cup fever by...