Nigeria: Nollywood Could See a Major Boost From Nigeria’s New Copyright Law
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria has finally updated its 2004 copyright law, bringing it into the digital era – where the entertainment industry has been for decades already.
Liberia: Model Osman Turay Aims Higher As First to Partake Runway Model Universe 2023 in Canada
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Osman A. Turay, a Liberian model and entrepreneur has thrown his hat as the first Liberian to represent Liberia and compete with other Models across the Universe at the ANNUAL event of the RUNWAY MODEL UNIVERSE in Edmonton…
Nigeria: ‘Third Wife Loading’, Reactions As Yul Edochie Deletes Instagram Photos of Second Wife
[Vanguard] Reactions have continued to trail the latest action of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie who took to Instagram on Monday to delete the photos of his second wife, Judy Austin.
Nigeria: Yul Edochie Deletes All Instagram Photos After Son’s Death
[Daily Trust] Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has deleted the profile picture on his verified Instagram account and all the hundreds of photographs he uploaded on the social media application.
Nigeria: Late Sidhu’s Collaboration With Burna Boy Still Trending On YouTube 3 Days Later
[This Day] Three days after its release, Sidhu Moose Wala’s posthumous song ‘Mera Na’ featuring Burna Boy continues to go viral. The music video, directed by Navkaran Brar, has gone viral on YouTube, garnering over 14.9 million views within 24 hours. A…
Benin: Why Treasures Returned to Benin Are Still in Boxes
[JusticeInfo.net] The November 2021 restitution of 26 art works stolen by French colonists from the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, was celebrated as a model. But these treasures that Benin’s people should finally be able to admire again have…
Rwanda: Rooted in History – How the ‘Hate Radio’ Theater Play Unfolded
[New Times] “Stand up so that we kill the Inkotanyi and exterminate them; look at the person’s height and his physical appearance. Just look at his small nose and then break it.” This kind of instruction wouldn’t be broadcast on standard radio stations…
Seychelles: Book Launch – ‘Koze Koze – Conversations Between Seychellois Creatives’
[Seychelles News Agency] Untold stories of how 18 Seychellois creatives started and progressed in their respective art forms have been released in a new book.
Egypt: The International Touring Exhibition ‘Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs’
[Egypt Online] The Minister of Tourism & Antiquities inaugurated on Saturday April 9, 2023 the international touring exhibition titled “Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs” at its 3rd stop in Paris, after its success in the preceding 2 U…
Morocco: Late Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, One of Most Important Figures in Morocco’s Media, Literary Landscape – Testimonies
[MAP] Rabat — Several personalities unanimously affirmed Sunday that the writer-journalist, the late Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, Director General of MAP, represents one of the most outstanding figures of Morocco’s media and literary landscape, evoking the…