Name: Mawuse
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Web Site: http://www.twitter.com/mawuse
Bio: Mawuse Ziegbe is an NYC-based, Boston-bred, Ghanaian writer. She has written for BET Networks, The Associated Press, TVOne, Giant Step, Frank151, Okayplayer, and TRACE magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York and enjoys movie popcorn, trendy electro, and irony.
Posts by MZ:
AfriPOP! Video: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond on “Powder Necklace”
June 2nd, 2010
Ghanaian author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s Powder Necklace tells the story of a young girl grappling with life, love and a plethora of cultures. The writer – whose work has appeared in TRACE, AOL , Metro, The Village Voice and more – sat down with AfriPOP! at Brooklyn’s Brownstone Books to talk about stepping out as a writer, hustling to finish her book and going to Ghana for the first time.
Shot and edited by Sekiya Dorsett of The Rainbow Collective http://www.therainbowcollective.com/
Event: 5th Annual Nigerian Healthcare Foundation Banquet
March 29th, 2010
On April 10, the Nigerian Healthcare Foundation will hold it’s annual banquet in New Jersey to help bring supplies and medical care to parts of rural Nigeria. Advance tickets are $125.
Soul Power Now Available on DVD
February 5th, 2010Available now on DVD is Soul Power, a documentary about the legendary Zaire ’74 festival which brought North American stars like Celia Cruz, James Brown, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba and B.B. King to the stage during the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” match between Muhammad Ali and George Forman in 1974.
Afrika.am Free Nollywood Movie: The Evangelist
February 5th, 2010
The Evangelist is the story of Egoyibo, a woman with a lot of guts. She controls almost everybody in her family and causes pandemonium in the village with her evil deeds. That is, until she succumbs to the power of God, becomes an evangelist and starts to perform miracles, healing the wonders until the day of reckoning when her evil deeds start to haunt her. Can she withstand the pressure?
Starring Patience Ozokwo, Chiwentalu Agu, Nonso Diobi, Diewait Ikpechukwu, Ofia Mbaka, Charles Awurum
Nneka Tour Dates + Free iTunes Single
January 29th, 2010Nneka will make her stateside debut with the album Concrete Jungle which hits stores on Tuesday. This week you can download her single An Uncomfortable Truth for free on iTunes. iTunes is also offering an early download of her album for $6.99 this week.
Check out her US tour dates below:
Jan 27 San Francisco, CA @ Red Devil Lounge
Jan 29 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
Feb 2 New York, NY @ S.O.B’s (Official Release Party)
Feb 3 Performance on David Letterman
Feb 4 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
Feb 5 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
Feb 6 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Club Stage
Feb 8 Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre
Feb 9 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
Feb 11 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
Feb 13 St. Louis, MO @ The Gramophone
Feb 14 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
NYC Event: Dawn Okoro Art Opening 1/29
January 29th, 2010Nigerian artist Dawn Okoro has been steadily getting attention with her retro, empowered portraits of beautiful women. You can check out her work in person this today, January 29th at the Urban Pulse opening in Harlem.
Renaissance Fine Art
2075 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
7th Ave. @ 124th St
New York, New York 10027
www.therfagallery.com
Video: Baaba Maal “Dakar Moon”
January 12th, 2010AOL’s Spinner site recently featured Baaba Maal’s “Dakar Moon” as its video of the day. The acoustic number from Maal’s latest release Television is underscored by images of African street life and nature.
Afrika.am Movie of the Week: Heavy Mama in London
January 12th, 2010This week’s Afrika.am Free Nollywood Movie of the Week is Heavy Mama in London.
Kassan (Preston Toghanro), a multi-millionaire, spends a great part of his matrimonal life as a “kassanova” with the able assistance of Jim Iyke (Emeka). This leads to a dramatic twist which lands Kassan’s wife, Ngozi in a boxing ring with her best friend Ifeoma on the grounds of husband-snatching. What happens when Lady G (Ramat Abdulahi) comes to the rescue with her Jandon pistol?
Starring
Preston Toghanro, Ramat Abdulahi
Watch the entire movie directly at Afrika.am here:
http://afrika.am/heavy-mama-in-london/nigerian-nollywood-movies
Event Review: Nas, Damian Marley and more at Nat Geo Headquarters
December 29th, 2009Nas and Damian “Jr Gong” Marley have teamed up to record Distant Relatives, a cross-cultural opus that brandishes both lyricists skills and bridges the gap between hip-hop and reggae. The project is expected to drop in March 2010 and the duo is taking an unorthodox approach to promotion by helming a panel on December 12th that featured hip hop greats, reggae legends and music intelligentsia.
Afrika.am Nollywood Movie of the Week: Heart Of Bitterness
December 29th, 2009
Heart of Bitterness focuses on a family torn apart by sheer greed. Thompson has bitterness in his heart after finding out that his mother had her subsequent children with men other than his father, and as such despises his mother, brother and sister.
Starring: Emeka Enyiocha, Ngozi Ezeonu, Mike Ezuruonye, Uche Iwuji, Rich Oganiru
You can also watch the entire film at Afrika.am
Part 1
http://afrika.am/heart-of-bitterness-1/nigerian-nollywood-movies
Part 2
http://afrika.am/heart-of-bitterness-2/nigerian-nollywood-movies