Michael Blackson, a native-born Ghanian comedian aka “ The African King Of Comedy “ told BeeAfrican.com senior youth coordinator Ms. Olivia Karzon at the first annual African Angelz Fashion Show in California about his non-profit foundation for the African Youths and his new show (Unknown) soon to be air world wide.

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About  Michael Non-Profit Foundation

As stated on his website "My foundation will aid in the continuing education of African children across the continent. Soon you will be able to learn more about this fantastic program and donate to this worthy cause that is close to my heart."  Michael Blackson.

About Michael Blackson

He has been called one of the most original stand-up comics in the country, and his performances leave audiences laughing in tears. Michael Blackson, aka, ‘The African King of Comedy', has been entertaining audiences all across the country and around the globe for more than a decade. Inspired by the stand up comedy of Eddie Murphy, Blackson began to develop his comedic talent in 1992 in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Blackson’s comedic appeal grew from his involvement with BET’s ComicView series, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Showtime at Harlem, and Live in Hollywood. However, it was in a Los Angeles comedy club where Blackson got his big break. Blackson was performing at the Comedy Store where actor/director Ice Cube was in attendance to see comedian Mike Epps perform. But after experiencing Blackson’s performance, Ice Cube invited the young comic for a reading…and the rest is smash hit history! Blackson’s outstanding and unforgettable performance in the smash hit comedy, Next Friday, drew praise and a fan following like no other.


After his scene stealing performance in Next Friday, fans wanted more, and in 2005, Blackson would not disappoint. He released his top-selling sketch comedy CD entitled, Modasucka, Welcome to America. With Blackson, the work never stops. Along with special guest appearances on some of the hottest music videos, Blackson stole the stage on P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO and starred in a commercial for the Chappelle Show on Comedy Central. There’s no mistaking Blackson for any other comedian when he takes the stage.


And what about those Dashikis? When he takes the stage, clad in the finest Dashikis the Motherland has to offer, “The African King of Comedy? is born! Along with his film and television endeavors, Blackson continues to entertain his fans as the headliner for live shows at comedy clubs, universities and special events, bringing his one-of-a kind, must-see stand-up performance to audiences all across the country and around the world.

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Fatou Kora was born January 27th, 1986 in Senegal, West Africa. In her family, she is the second of five siblings, and her younger sisters look up to her as a role model, "I am ready to live up to" fatou explained.

Fatou is a good dancer, she travel around the world as a dance instructor, and teach west Africa cultural dance and singing. Along side with dancing and singing, she also a model and a fashion designer. Modeling has been her passion since she was a kid and she is ready to exploit the world with her talent. Fatou Kora is compassionate, caring, friendly, and people's person.

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"I love to help the needy around the world, especially from West Africa Senegal were i grew up. And in this sense i have always pray to God for guidance and inspirations in all my doings and achievements. Talking about fashion, i love fashions, which works well with my modeling; I am a designer, I make my own clothes sometimes; and my older brother is a tailor who helps in building up my ideas. “ She told us.

Fatou Kora is a proud African woman full of life, ready to inspire and teach the African Diaspora what it means to be African, and the beauty it entails.

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 Speaking to the P&P about the media reports, a distressed Becca vehemently denied having any intimate relationship with the Chelsea and Black star midfield star. “I have never met Michael anywhere before not to talk about dating him. I only see him on TV doing what he does best. I am surprised how some people can go round making allegations they cannot substantiate. How can I go out with a man I have not met before. This is ridiculous”.

She disclosed that since the issue made the headlines, friends, family and school mates have been calling to find out if indeed he was going out with the soccer maestro. “Whilst some say they have heard I have a child with Michael, others say he has bought me a brand new Range Rover vehicle. All these are unfounded allegations. I wonder how a journalist can write something like that without any investigations. It all began a few weeks ago when a during a radio interview on Peace FMs Entertainment Review programme some anonymous person sent a text to ask if she was seeing Michael.

Though Becca denied and insisted she never knew the football star, the media somehow picked it up and blew it out of proportion. Sometime last year, there were media reports that Becca was seeing the Camerounian superstar, Samuel Etoo, which turned out to be false. Indeed Becca only featured on a documentary on the life and achievements of the footballer.

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One of Zambia's most famous singers has revealed how she was badly beaten by her husband. She now hopes to lift the lid on the country's ingrained acceptance of domestic violence.

"My husband will kill me," giggles Saboi Imboela nervously. "But, yes, he once beat me up so badly I reported him to the police."

The 32-year old is one of Zambia's top vocalists. Her husband is a popular actor, Owas Ray Mwape. This is the first time she has spoken publicly about the beating she received at his hands, and she wriggles uncomfortably at the memory.

The majority of women enjoy a beating, because they are made to believe it is part of our tradition   Christine Kalamwina Gender in Development Director

"It was the police who begged me not to take it further," she recalls, revealing some of the engrained attitudes she is now taking on.

"They told me: 'We know how you women are. We'll lock him up and in a minute or two, you'll change your mind and want him released.'"

Her doctor also dissuaded her from reporting the assault, as did some of her friends.

'Part of growing up'

Campaigners believe more than half of Zambian women have suffered domestic abuse but cases rarely come to light because of the stigma attached to speaking out.

Young women are taught by their elders to accept punishment from their husbands when they are disobedient. Even cooking a bad meal warrants a smack.

Many women fear divorce would leave them in penury

"That's how you grow up in Africa," explains Mr Mwape.

"To be a man, you need to discipline a woman, give her a slap or two. You know, in our culture, it's OK because that's how we feel we love our women."

It is a message driven home at boys' initiation ceremonies - chastisement is a sign of affection and a woman never achieves the status of an adult. Like a child she needs to be "trained" to behave well.

In some parts of the country tradition allows a man to beat his wife if he survives a crocodile attack.

In others, a wife's infidelity is revealed when her newborn baby coughs. She must take the consequences.

"Tradition is used as a cover for domestic violence," complains Johnson Tembo.

As chairman of the Men's Network, he tries to persuade his peers to alter their behaviour.

But he believes women's attitudes need to change too.

"Some women are foolish enough to think that if they are not beaten by their husbands, they're not loved," he says.

Marital-rape clause

It is a problem recognised by the Zambian government's Gender in Development Division.

Director Christine Kalamwina is forthright about the challenges she faces in tackling domestic abuse.

"The majority of women enjoy a beating, because they are made to believe it is part of our tradition," she says.

 She believes the answer is to create awareness that violence against women is discrimination.

"Then they can stand up and claim their rights," she says.

Those rights are being discussed with the drafting of an anti-domestic violence bill.

As it stands, the law does not recognise attacks on women as a specific crime. Cases are treated as simple assault.

But the bill, which is designed to change that, is already running into difficulties.

A clause outlawing marital rape has been dropped because of cultural considerations.

And Ms Kalamwina says it is proving hard to reach agreement on where to draw the line between courtship rituals and sexual harassment in a country where women are expected to play hard to get.

'Partner or doormat?'

But even if the law is tightened, would it make a difference?

The risks of taking a stand against domestic violence are too great for many women. They are often blamed for provoking their husbands and ostracised for exposing them.

I was ready to go jail for what I did; I deserved it   Owas Ray Mwape

Divorce may follow, with devastating consequences.

"Abused women tell us they don't want their relationships to break up because the husband is the bread-winner, and they won't be able to take care of their children," says Hope Kasese Kumalo, the acting national co-ordinator for Woman and Law in Southern Africa.

"There's a lot of glorification of marriage in this country," she says.

"Some women who are economically independent will not speak out against violence because they want to stay married at all costs.

"If you are married you are respected; if you are not, people will think there is something wrong with you."

A battered woman who runs to her parents is often sent back to her abusive husband.

Campaigners are now hoping to revolutionise women's rights

Fortunately, not all cases end badly. At home in Lusaka, Ms Imboela and Mr Mwape snuggle up on the sofa together.

"He's a good husband, we've sorted out our differences," smiles Ms Imboela.

Mr Mwape counts himself lucky.

"I was ready to go jail for what I did; I deserved it. I have stopped hitting my wife for the sake of our boys. I don't want them to become what I became," he says.

"I'm pleased Saboi has spoken about this. That's the way to go."

Is he worried about his reputation?

"No, I don't have concerns that people will think less of me now, because in Zambia, 99.9% of men have committed that crime before," he says.

Ms Imboela is now working on a song about women's rights, called Yenze Nthawi Yakayena (That Was Then).

"Men have always mistreated their wives. But times have changed, and men must too," she sings.

She says she hopes abused women will hear her song and "stand up and say: 'This is wrong'.

"And that men will look at their situation and say: 'I love my wife and I shouldn't treat her like this. She's my partner, not my doormat'," she says.

Source: BBC News Africa

One of Ghana’s outstanding and versatile female divas, Rebecca Acheampong, known in showbiz circles as Becca, will be unveiled tomorrow by Glo Telecommunications (Globacom) as a new brand ambassador for the organization.

The Marketing Manager of Globacom, Mr. Lasisi, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with peacefmonline, also revealed that the unveiling of the talented Becca, forms part of activities towards the official launch of Globacom in Ghana.

It is unclear the amount of money involved in the deal between the musician and Nigeria’s telecom giant, but peacefmonline.com is reliably informed that the contract, which will be for brief period of time, is subject to renewal.

GLO has already unveiled several movie and music stars, including Van Vicker, Nadia Buari, Jackie Appiah, Asem, etc as their ambassadors.

Source: John Nyaaba / Peacefmonline

Youssou Ndour and Alicia Keys are a credit to Keep A Child Alive, the foundation of the American singer.

The Black Ball 2009, hosted by Alicia Keys and Keep A Child Alive took place on Thursday, October 15. The details of this exceptional evening were largely revealed Friday.

Queen Latifah hosted the evening. Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, has been honored, and Richard Branson, the famous British businessman and Youssou Ndour, the Senegalese singer to fight against AIDS and for children. Alicia Keys received guests and was the musical director of the evening

Like every year, the singer asked about her artists from different backgrounds. We already know that in October Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, and Youssou N'Dour, the Senegalese musician, were the festival. Other names were added. Spike Lee, Halle Berry to name but a few have participated in the evening.

Profits from the evening harvested including through auctions, will be devoted to the fight against AIDS in Africa and India.

During the evening, composer lartiste ESTELLE English-Senegalese Youssou Ndour called legend after his performance with Alicia Keys.

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The celebration attracted a number of showbiz personalities including models from Exopa Modeling Agency, as well as friends of Daddy Lumba. As part of activities to celebrate his birthday, the host of Adom FM’s Ofie Kwanso programme, Abeiku Santana, dedicated one and half hours of the programme to playing Lumba’s songs in his honour.

Speaking on Adom FM, Daddy Lumba, who credited his success to hard work, thanked Ghanaians for supporting him throughout his 25 years in active music. He told Abeiku Santana that he was happy to be alive to continue with his career adding, “It is the work of God which has made it possible for me to reach this far”.

He expressed gratitude to all his colleagues who in various ways contributed toward the success of all his albums. Daddy Lumba expressed appreciation to his former girlfriend Theresa, who was the brain behind his travelling to Europe to pursue his musical career.

Lumba told Abeiku Santana that although he composed a song for Nana Addo, his doors are open for everybody, including the president. A number of Lumba’s fans called in to the programme to wish him well, whilst others also encouraged him to continue with the good work he was doing.

Throughout his career, Daddy Lumba has been consistent, and music fans always see originality in all his song.

All of Lumba’s 20 albums became instant hits, catapulting him straight to superstar status; making him a household name and a national treasure.

Source: Ghanamusic

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An elaborate set was constructed for the entire production at Sapeiman in the Greater Accra Region, and the movie was shot on a $100,000 budget on the new mini 35mm camera, sponsored by Clairmont Camera in Hollywood CA.

The story is set in the ancient Ghanaian empire in the days of Mansa Musa, it tells of Soraya and Dume, two young lovers, threatened by the arrogant Prince Wenambe, who is basking in his new found throne and alliance with Mansa Musa, but is Mansa Musa really his friend or a slave raider himself in disguise, and what happened to Dume, and why did Soraya marry Prince Wenambe?

The Director was very excited about the entire production, despite the many setbacks on set. She said she loves period pieces, and thinks 'I sing of a Well' is her stress relief movie before she launches into the more rigorous work and tasks ahead of her, for the Ghana film industry.

Asked what Hollywood star she intends to spice the movie with, as is her plan, she smiled and said, "I have no Hollywood star in this, but I do have the voice of one star as a narrator." She would not tell who it is though, but rumor on the set, though, is that the narrator's voice is that of Danny Glover.

We will all know when the movie comes to be. The movie stars some of Ghana's aces - Akofa Ejeani, Kofi Middletom Mends, Prince David Osei, Stacy Amoanteng, Doris Sackitey, Luckie Lawson, Godwin Kotey and J.O.T Agyeman, as Prince Wenambe.

The movie promises to be a masterpiece. Some of the funny experiences on the set, were the arrival of many filmmakers from Nigeria and Ghana coming to see the equipment, and meet the media notorious Leila Djansi.

YES!!!!! That is what I am talking about! Finally, I am working on getting more pictures of the production. But from the few I have seen, this promises to be a masterpiece. No, not one of those hyped things that end up as flops, but a true masterpiece.

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The couple, who announced their pregnancy in March, welcomed son Walker Diggs. "Mother, father and son are all doing well," reps said in a statement.

Though the "Private Practice" actor had a few names in mind, he said they were waiting to see the baby first before making a final decision.

"We have a couple [of names] in the running," the actor explained. "But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We'll see what he looks like."

Diggs met the Tony award-winning actress, both 38, in the original 1996 Broadway production of "Rent." They wed in January 2003.

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Here is the new filla. This is another movie Joy will by all means rubbish again. Why? when have I said anything good about Frank Rajah? and now here is a soft porn.. hear me, I said soft porn movie showing but holes, breasts, wriggling waists etc.
 

 WATCH HEART OF MEN TRAILER EXCLUSIVE ON BEEAFRICANMEDIA

The trailer shows us nothing but sex. I do not get a story per se. But hey, I am curious to know what it is about. All that sex? I do want to just see why Majid allowed his precious but to be in a trailer. They have given all the suspense away by telling us watch out, this is sex galore!!! Yes ohhh, Jackie Appiah is in this, so you know Joy will talk, dissect and yes Joy shall receive abuse from the faint heart-ed and uncivilized. Yes, all of you those who call me names like bitch, witch, ugly are uncivilized. You are welcome to abuse and be harsh but use color.


As an addendum, I am waiting expectantly for some vindictive article from Mimi. You all know she has been posing under multiple IDs to call me names. I know why she is writing it and and I know who she is trying to rubbish by writing it. I expect such articles from her anytime I write anything good about that person. I will carry an article next week. But it will be more fun to wait and post it when Mimi, whom I am ready to swear by my life that she is no other than "screen goddess" Genevieve Nnaji, as rightly pointed out by some of my readers who seem to have more filla than I do, posts hers. How best to make her look silly? I think she is sore, because though I preach my love for her(assuming she is Genevieve), which I do love her, I seem to be giving too much credit to her arch enemy. I give credit to many filmmakers, Shirley inclusive. But she failed me. I am very quick to turn my back on people who do not live up to expectation.

Jonathan, faithful reader. For once, maybe more than once, we share some common ground on Perfect Picture. Pray, give me your opinion and insult on the upcoming Heart of Men from the dreary and long winded Frank Rajah.

My people, Ghana film industry is really shoving Nollywood out of the door oh. Frank is more or less a Ghanaian now so let me add him to the list of Ghana film makers. Shirley, Akofa, Leila, Revele Films, Miracle Films and Venus are simply causing a stir these days. Half of the products are nothing to write home about but we have controversy. I am expecting Akofa and Leila's movie and then I will provide a commentary on the Differences and Similarities between the Ghana and Nigeria film industry. On my side though, so far, I am disappointed by both, to an extent. Tunde kelani is the only filmmaker who stands tall for me now from West Africa. I can never find a fault with him. He is the best. When I see I sing of a Well, I will either demote him or keep him there. I have been trying forever to get his number to interview him. Any help will be great.

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