Nigeria: Patoranking Selected to Perform At Qatar 2022
[This Day] Nigeria’s reggae-dancehall singer, Patoranking (real name Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie), has been selected along with DJ Aseel and Hassan Shakosh to perform at the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduled to kick off on November 20 in Qatar.
Nigeria: Don Jazzy’s Marriage Plans, Funke Akindele’s Mandate, Other Top Entertainment Stories From Last Week
[Premium Times] A roundup of top entertainment stories from last week
Nigeria: Yemi Alade to Perform At 2022 Creative Africa Nexus Weekend
[Premium Times] Yemi Alade, alongside other personalities in the creative industry, will be showcasing another bright side of Africa.
Nigeria: ‘Breakfast Reach Me Las Las,’ Nollywood Actor Gideon Okeke, Wife Split
[Vanguard] Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke has ended his marriage to Chidera after four years of being together.
Kenya: I Dream of Meeting Eliud Kipchoge, Says Author of Book That Inspired World Record Run
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Brad Stulberg, the author of the book ‘Practice of Groundedness’ which Eliud Kipchoge said he read prior to breaking his World Record at the Berlin Marathon says he feels honoured to have played a role in the piece of history, a…
Liberia: Afrobeat Artiste Stunna Rebrands to ‘Stunn’
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Liberia’s RNB, Afropop, and Afrobeat artiste, Lourell Andymark George, professionally known as Stunna, has changed his stage name to Stunn preferable.
Africa: Newly Released Audience Survey Gives Pointers to Programming Preferences Across the Continent
[Balancing Act] London — 21 October 2022- Satellite operator Intelsat’s Media Market Watch 2022 gives broadcasters a peek into the programming preferences in six key African TV markets. Russell Southwood looks at what it discovered.
Zimbabwe: Madam Boss Recovering in Hospital After Car Accident
[New Zimbabwe] COMEDIENNE Tyra Chikocho, popularly known as Madam Boss, was Saturday involved in a near fatal car accident on her way to Kadoma for the Makhadzi and Jah Prayzah music concert.
Zimbabwe: More Dambudzo Marechera Letters – to Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1)
[This is Africa] What’s race got to do with it? Dambudzo Marechera channelled his Oxford swag, Rastaman aura and leftist virtue signalling to chat up White writer-types. His stated preference for White girlfriends has been brought up by critics who acc…
Uganda: Yemi Alade Set for December Edition of Blankets and Wine
[Nile Post] Nigerian Afropop singer, songwriter and artiste Yemi Alade will headline this year’s final edition of Blankets and Wine set for December, 11, 2022 at the Lugogo Cricket Oval.