The New York African Film Festival is currently underway and as always MyTrendyBuzz is on the scene to help highlight up and coming filmmakers who are on the verge of re-shaping the climate of African cinema.
The world recently lost one of Nigeria’s most formidable and gifted writer who helped shape and mold the literary world at large. He was a product of the British invasion and he unleashed his strong inclinations by peppering his work with a slew of culturally vibrant tales dramatically formatted to echo the tragic and heroic nuances commonly found in the works of William Shakespeare.
It’s that time again! The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FCLC) and African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) are joining forces once again to unleash a slew of inspirational and thought-provoking films via The 20th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF).
Nigerian designer Lanre Da Silva Ajayi has amassed an impressive roster of loyalists due to her intrinsic approach to the modern day assimilation of Western and Multi-cultural statutes.
World Channel Special Report: Behind Stolen is scheduled to air this coming Tuesday, February 26 at 7:00pm ET. Stolen, is part of AfroPop’s enlightening series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, which aims to highlight the multi-faceted lives of dwellers in the African Diaspora.
New York Fashion Week is underway and we are in the mood to partake in all things FAB.
On our playlist is the stylishly delish label Mataano, birthed from Somalian twin sisters Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim.
London-based Nigerian artist Kevin Okafor has plunged the art world into a tailspin with his innate renderings of photos depicting some of the most recognizable faces in the world.
It is no secret that the continent of Africa has been experiencing an electrical surge of re-discovery propelled by a global renaissance that has unmistakably re-affirmed the cultural Mecca as thriving force to be reckoned with.
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The fashion initiative in the form of Ndani has been enthusiastically admitted into the decked out halls of one of the most luxuriously decadent shopping meccas in the world – London’s Selfridges.