Africa

TOGO QUIT AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT / UK ‘PERSONALITIES’ JOKE ABOUT TRAGEDY

January 9, 2010

The British media is having a field day with this one…..  Due to this tragic incident, jealous hacks are now saying that it isn’t safe to hold the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and that the nation isn’t equipped to handle a possible “terrorist attack”. For a start the attack happened in Angola NOT in South Africa. What does any of this have to do with South Africa or the 2010 World Cup? *Huge irritated sigh” Via BBC News Togo’s footballers are being recalled from the […]

JAY-Z, WILL SMITH BACK $11 MILLION FELA KUTI PLAY

September 10, 2009

Via Allhiphop.com Rappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti. The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones’ musical “Fela,” which will open in November. The original version of the play opened off-Broadway last September, starring actor Sahr Ngaujah, who will reprise his critically acclaimed role as Fela Kuti. Financial concerns due to the recession briefly halted production of the play, which […]

NIGERIAN MAN WANTS TO MARRY HIS PILLOW

August 12, 2009

A stuttering Nigerian man, who says he can’t find a girlfriend, has announced that he plans to marry his pillow instead. Okeke Ikechuku told the Daily Metro that his stammer makes it difficult for him to speak to girls who laugh at him whenever he talks, Ananova reports.  But, the 26-year-old from Lagos admits that he has needs and wants a companion to sleep with. So, Ikechuku says he will marry his pillow because he has been sleeping with it since he was 16 […]

UK NEWS: MADONNA ADOPTION MUSICAL PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE

August 6, 2009

Via BBC News A musical about pop star Madonna’s attempts to adopt a young African girl is being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe by a Malawian cast. The 50-year-old star is portrayed in the play Mercy Madonna of Malawi by a black male actor in a blonde wig One of the performers, Shombi Banda, 29, claims he was heckled by the star when he performed for her in Malawi. He said she responded to a play about the African cultural identity by […]

NEW HIV STRAIN DISCOVERED

August 3, 2009

Via Black Voices A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday’s edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The finding “highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central […]

R. KELLY TO TOUR AFRICA

June 13, 2009

Via Allhiphop.com Hitmaking artist and songwriter R. Kelly will make his first tour of the African continent this month, courtesy of his participation in the ARISE African Fashion Awards. The awards show and gala will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 20. The inaugural R. Kelly concert will also serve as a close out to Africa Fashion Week, and kickoff a multi-city tour that spans South Africa, Nigeria, and London. The Chicago singer revealed that this tour is his first […]