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As you should recall, OWN's first scripted series from Tyler Perry are: a one-hour drama titled The Haves and the Have Nots; and a half-hour comedy series called Love Thy Neighbor, both shows set to debut on May 29, on OWN. I initially joked that The Haves and the Have Nots was akin to Downton Abbey, although the two have very little in common, except for the class differences each tackles. Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, the one-hour drama series will follow the dynamics of the affluent Cryer family and the impoverished family of Hanna, their housekeeper, and the obstacles and secrets that exist within both families. It's now...
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Have you ever shoe-horned yourself onto the 8.19am Denmark Hill to Blackfriars train? It's not pretty. If you haven't, and yet you live in this great megalopolis, then you've more than likely embedded your limbs into some other unwitting passenger's soft, memory-foam-like body, on one of the city's other overcrowded train or tube routes.
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Not a week passes by that I don't get a phone call, an SMS or an email from someone who says- "I want to be a writer, how do I start?" or "I have a manuscript for a book can you tell me where to get it published?". This goes to show that Batswana are writing or have the inclination to be writers but don't know where to start. It's inefficient for me to give such advice one by one so I thought I'd give it here to everyone at once. Keeping in mind I'm still on my own writing journey, this is what I know so far:
Rules for getting started
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Ahead of its Pan African Film Festival closing night screening, comes news this evening (via Variety) that Shola Lynch's Free Angela & All Political Prisoners, has been picked up by Codeblack Films for an April theatrical release. An even more interesting part of this deal is that BET will be teaming up with CodeBlack to release the film in theaters, via CodeBlack's partnership with AMC. An April 5th debut date is scheduled, for AMC locations in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Oakland, Philadelphia and Atlanta. Before then, PAFF attendees next month will have an opportunity to see the film, when it screens as...
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Words by Toyin Ajao; Song/Instrumentation written and sung by Donald Molosi Girl Soldier - Injustice, corruption, discrimination she saw. Deeply entrenched in her society. Ruling all and sundry. She carried a gun to fight. Gun of truth. Gun of passion. Gun of selfless service.
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When many of us reflect on the Holocaust, the horrific gas chambers and ovens of the death camps of Auschwitz and Treblinka immediately come to mind. Yet in parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, there is a lesser known aspect of the terrible genocide perpetrated against Jews, Roma, and other victims of the Nazis and their allies between 1941 and 1945. During this period, death squads of German soldiers and local collaborators carried out mass executions of millions of men, women and children, leaving remains in unmarked mass graves. This so-called "Holocaust by Bullets" is the subject of a documentary produced by Yahad-In Unum.
On January 28, the State Department marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by inviting foreign diplomats,... more »
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The leadership of the Let My Vote Count Alliance have insisted that they will keep pursuing their objective of sensitizing Ghanaians to the validity of the petition brought before the Supreme Court by presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, his running mate and his party chairman challenging the outcome declared in the 2012 presidential polls.
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The NDC and the EC have opposed moves by three leaders of the NPP to amend their petition challenging the results of the December 2012 presidential election.
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The Supreme Court will today give its verdict on the preliminary demands from parties in the petition challenging the outcome of the December 2012 presidential election.
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Despite high hopes, Morocco's Atlas Lions crashed out of Afcon 2013, but that didn't prevent young Moroccans from bumpin' and groovin' to radio pop. First up is the internationally renowned and veteran Algerian crooner, Khaled, known for hits like "Aicha" and "Didi." In late 2012, Khlaed released a new album with a new single, "Hiya [...]
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been active in sub-Saharan Africa. Seven investigations have been launched in Uganda, Kenya, Sudan,...
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Egypt's army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, warned on Tuesday that widespread political unrest was pushing the country to the brink of collapse, after 52 people were killed over the past week in violent clashes.
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