Sidney's work as a special effect artist has brought him several accolades. So far in his career, he has won two Annie Awards for his work on 'Koba' in "War for the Planet of the Apes" and for his work in "Avengers: Endgame". (Read more...)
Before Poitier, the majority of roles for Black Americans were restricted to servants. He stretched beyond Hollywood's stringent boundaries to deny any role that had to portray racial stereotypes. (Read more...)
Boseman perfectly incarnated the Black Panther, as both King and a black superhero, first of its kind to defend his people, stand for justice and evict intruders from his country. (Read more...)
Since her movie debut, Mortal Inheritance in 1996, the movie icon and singer has starred in over 300 movies and has steadily risen to be nicknamed the ‘Queen of Nollywood’. (Read more...)
Spike Lee has been noted for his bold approach on controversial issue as racism, sex and politics, subjects movie writers and directors either twist or avoid. (Read more...)
Onwenu stands out as the only musician to have crossed pop with "juju" music and highlife, harmoniously combining English and local language. (Read more...)
Mo's journey into the entertainment world began in 2006 when she left ExxonMobil, giving up a nearly 20-year career in human resources, to become a self-taught host of a daily talk show titled, Moments with Mo. (Read more...)
Although he was not headed for a life in the limelight, Omar Sy is the only Frenchman among the 100 Most influential people in the world for the year 2021, according to the famous American magazine TIME. (Read more...)
iROKOtv, dupped the 'Netflix of Africa', is a Nigerian based video on demand service created to digitalize and distribute Nollywood contents. (Read more...)
When he was 40 years old, Ousmane Sembène learned cinema as an autodidact, in Moscow, at the Studio Gorki. (Read more...)