Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela ...
Meet two African fashion brands that shine globally
One of East Africa’s biggest Fashion brands, Kenya’s Vivo Fashion Group, is betting on growing abroad with its first store in ...
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Snippets from the story of Winnie and Nelson Mandela
The story of South Africa’s political power couple Winnie and Nelson Mandela, as told by award-winning writer and scholar ...
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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela ... referring to Mandela’s famous nickname. “I just heard this ...
Idris Elba's three marriages and 'love at first sight' with famous wife
The star has been married three times. His first wife was Hanne “Kim” Norgaard, with whom he shares daughter Isan, from 1999 ...
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Smize On The Prize—6 Black Women Who Continue Richard T. Greener’s Harvard Legacy
Richard T. Greener was Harvard University’s first Black graduate who blazed the trail for these intelligent women to continue his legacy.
How Simple Minds went from punk to stadium rock, via an 80s Brat Pack classic
That was probably the first time we started to get calculating in that sense.” Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr is acknowledging a pivotal moment in Simple Minds’ career. Rock stars will cite all manner ...
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‘Black sheep of the family’? Inside Mbuso Mandela’s past and present troubles
A young Mbuso Mandela with his grandfather Nelson Mandela and attending Winnie ... the AbaThembu clan as the family battled over the famous Mandela name – and the money it might generate ...