{"id":5892,"date":"2013-01-02T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2013-01-01T22:31:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T22:31:31","slug":"trendy-pop-gabourey-sidibe-and-afropop-are-having-an-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/trendy-pop-gabourey-sidibe-and-afropop-are-having-an-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendy Pop: Gabourey Sidibe and AfroPoP are having an Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oscar-nominated actress <strong>Gabourey Sidibe<\/strong> is best known for her heart-wrenching turn in<strong> Precious<\/strong>, the film that basically put her on the map and made her an instant household name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?attachment_id=5893\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5893\" title=\"Gabourey Sidibe med\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Gabourey-Sidibe-med-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Gabourey-Sidibe-med-620x413.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Gabourey-Sidibe-med-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Gabourey-Sidibe-med.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since then, she has been juggling numerous projects, including a recurring role on <strong>Showtime\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>The Big C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year is upon us and we all have projects lined up waiting for us to dutifully tackle and Sidibe is no exception. On January 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, she will be the resident host for <strong>AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0AfroPoP<\/strong> has been on an explorative mission to expose the multi-layered journey and struggles of women who dwell in third world countries. Sidibe whose father is Sengalese, is the perfect ambassador for this exercise and joins forces with filmmakers, <strong>Eliachi Kimaro<\/strong>, <strong>Dara Kell<\/strong> and <strong>Christopher Nizza<\/strong> to present the situational component of an abused half Korean, half-Tanzanian (Eliachi Kimaro) as she tries to unearth her African roots. There are also other films in the series that are just as enlightening, including, <strong>Dear Mandela<\/strong> by Kell and Nizza which movingly divulges the determination of the women of the Durban shantytowns in South Africa as they challenge the present regime to carry out the promises that were made during the post-apartheid climate.<\/p>\n<p>Sidibe is also able to draw from her background as a resource to help bring these particular stories to light and acknowledges the relevance of being in a position to help facilitate the process. \u201cThis season of AfroPoP helps give voice to those who truly need to be heard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to <strong>AfroPoP: The Ultimate Exchange<\/strong> when it premieres on the WORLD Channel on January 22 at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>For more info check out: <a href=\"http:\/\/blackpublicmedia.org\/\">www.blackpublicmedia.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe is best known for her heart-wrenching turn in Precious, the film that basically put her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[1330,1329],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - 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