African Entertainment News – Read entertainment news today, celebrity news today, and latest news on entertainment with updates on movies, music, and trending stories.
Before there were studios, streaming apps or written scores, there were hands, hollow gourds and hollowed-out logs. Traditional African musical instruments carried news, called communities together and spoke to the ancestors long before anyone thought to file it all under “music.” Today, these African musical instruments still set the beat at weddings, funerals, festivals and […]
For decades, the story of African film was told mostly by men. That is changing fast, and African women filmmakers are leading the shift with stories that feel personal, daring and impossible to ignore. From Dakar to Nairobi to Lagos, female African filmmakers are picking up cameras, raising money against the odds and putting their […]
Somali-American model Halima Aden has broken another boundary in the fashion industry as she becomes the first Muslim model to wear a hijab and full-body burkini in Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue. Aden called the photo feature a “dream come true” and hopes it would promote diversity and boost confidence among young Muslim women to […]
The Universal Music group has announced through their Instagram account that they were “thrilled to welcome Tiwa Savage, one of Africa’s biggest stars to the family”. Tiwa Savage’s music will be released to more than 60 countries worldwide. Mavin Records’ boss Don Jazzy has since sent out a farewell message to Tiwa to thank her for an “amazing seven […]
Hurt that her former husband Olakunle Churchill claimed Tonto Dikeh pushed his mother and accused her of infidelity, she has turned the tables on him and spilled the tea on several issues. In different interviews, the actress has alleged that Churchill is a cheat and a fraudster. TAGS: EntertainmentNigeriaWest Africa