Latest in: Making Ghana Proud

Yaa Gyasi’s novel ‘Homecoming‘ has been approved as a mandatory reading for freshers of Stanford University. It is one of three recommended books chosen by the University in its ‘Three Books‘ programme. The novel is about the family tree of...

Award-winning producer Akosua Adoma Owusu’s latest film On Monday of Last Week is one of eight nominated for Best Short Film from the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Based on the short story by Chimamanda Ngozi...

Ghanaian-British Filmmaker Amma Asante has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Asante was awarded for her services to the film industry. An MBE is Member of the Most Excellent Order of the...

US Based Ghanaian rapper BlackWay has signed a deal with Republic Records. He will move to Los Angeles next week as part of the deal to promote and grow his craft. Born Yaw Sintim-Misa, he is the...

Akosua Afriyie-Kumi knew nothing about weaving, let alone running a business, when she stumbled across a community in northern Ghana twisting raffia into baskets to sell on the roadside. But the 31-year-old Ghanian, who had studied...

Vic Mensa took to Instagram on Tuesday (Jun. 6) to announce The Manuscript. Fans of the Chicago MC won’t have to wait long, as its set to drop this Friday (Jun. 9). There’s no details if...

Uber is in the midst of dealing with a myriad of internal issues that have seeped into the public arena. Prime among them is the current investigation into its culture and workplace practices that was sparked...

‘On Monday of Last Week,’ a movie directed and produced by Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu has earned a nomination at the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The awards scheme honours and promotes excellence in the African movie industry...

A student from South West London has smashed her education crowdfunding initiative – with a little help from Stormzy. Fiona Asiedu set up a crowdfunding account to raise the £12,000 she needed to cover the cost...

The annual Screen Nation Film & Television Awards popularly known as ‘the black Bafta’s’ and acknowledged by the industry as ‘the’ media event for diverse talent returned once again to the South of London, as the...

Rappers Stormzy and Vic Mensa have been named as two of the artistes to perform at the 2017 Made In America Festival. The two acts will join a tall list of artistes scheduled to perform at...

Nana Mensah has earned a second nomination for her ‘Man From Nebraska‘ role. Mensah was nominated in the ‘Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play‘ category by the Outer Critics Circle, an organization of  writers covering New...

BAFTA winner Michaela Coel says she was prepared to lose her latest role rather than play the part of a stereotypical “black friend”. The actress was offered a supporting role in the musical Been So Long,...

Just a few days before his earth strong in March, I join producer Nana Kwabena with a few of his friends at Negril, a Caribbean eatery in New York’s West Village. After wrapping up our interview...

Nominations for the 2017 Screen Nation Film and Television Awards has been announced by the organizers. The awards scheme dubbed The Black BAFTAs, rewards the very best in black British achievement in film and TV. This year’s edition...