Patience Ozokwor is a Nigerian actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. She was among the 100 Nigerians honoured by the government to celebrate the amalgamation of the North and Southern protectorates in 1914. Birthplace: Enugu, Nigeria Aya Ishig...
Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist. Birthplace: Lagos State, Nigeria Carl Switzer Dec. at 31 (1927-1959) Carl Dean Switzer (August 8, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child ac...
“This announcement gives me great pleasure because it speaks to organic growth with flavourings of longevity, ... AfDB, partners to mobilise $520 million for Nigerian agro-processing zones Nigerian finance minister Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed named the seven states that will p...
Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks; expansion into Australasia — through the acquisition of publisher Native Tongue and the subsequent creation of Concord Music Publishing ANZ — and West Africa through the signing of Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido and a joint venture with Immensum Music...
” In the United States, 18-year Def Jam Recordings veteran Lauro-Norris guided international campaigns in the past year for new 0207 Def Jam signing JayO as well as Def Jam U.S. acts like Grammy Award winner Coco Jones, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold and American rapper Armani White. (...
From debuter Bello, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Ph.D. candidate at the Black Mountain Institute. Khalid, Zain. Brother Alive. Grove. Jul. 2022. 352p. ISBN 9780802159762. $26. LITERARY Dayo’s heritage is Nigerian, Iseul’s is Korean, and Youssef’s undefinedly Middle ...
According to a report by Andy Rowell in the Village Voice (11/21/95), there is evidence that Shell has been bankrolling Nigerian military action against protesters and that two key prosecution witnesses admitted in sworn affidavits that they were offered bribes by Shell to unjustly incriminate ...
Sade Adu's mother, Anne Hayes, is British and Caucasian, and her father, Adebisi Adu, is Yoruba Nigerian. Age: 66 Birthplace: Ibadan, Nigeria Also ranks #26 on The 115 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time Also ranks #28 on The Best Singers Who Only Need To Go By One Name Also ra...
David has signed Burna Boy producer Kel-p and struck a co-publishing deal with the Nigerian-based Aristokrat Group. In the past 18 months, Fang and the UMPG team in China have worked with MCSC, the Chinese performing rights organization, to strengthen recognition for copyright owners under Chin...
Co-presidents, Roc Nation Label While its clients include Rihanna, JAY-Z and J. Cole, Roc Nation’s label division takes pride in developing younger talent, including recent signings Snoh Aalegra, Kalan.FrFr and Maeta, as well as the continuing advancement of Rapsody, Belly, and Jaden and ...