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ARTISTE: DAVIDO
SONG TITLE: ROTATE
SONG TITLE: SKELEWU
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
‘Dami duro’ was the song that set the big ball,
cash and recognition rolling for this tattoo
loving songster. With unrelenting tenacity,
Davido dropped the monster hit, ‘gobe’
which went on to establish the young man
as a hit-maker to watch. ‘One of a kind’, a
song modeled after the pulsating Jamaican
reggae vibes finally cemented Davido’s claim
to stardom. With it came endorsements,
big stage shows and the works. This time,
it is the heavy hitting party banger he aptly
tagged “skelewu” that is burning up the
dance floors everywhere you go. Any
disk jockey that knows his game is busy
slamming this jam right about now. Now, do
you really wanna get rocking? Then listen up.
This is the bomb!
WONDER
RECORDS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
ARTISTE: ZAINA FEAT WAYNE
RECORD LABEL: MAVEN
RECORD LABEL: TMZ
SONG TITLE: TOTALLY YOURS
This former MO HITS and MAVEN
COUNTRY: NIGERIA/JAMAICA
Records hit maker, the black boy
LABEL: SOUL MUZIK
with the voice, Wande Coal is kick-
This cross Atlantic musical marriages
ing up some dust after a musical
between Nigeria and Jamaica is coming
Compiled By Aisosa Okundaye, Words By Akudo Abengowe
ARTISTE: WANDE COAL
Compiled By Aisosa Okundaye, Words By Myke Pam
BRAND NEW
MUSIC
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HOUSE OF
NELSON
GOLD
BY
YVONNE
FELIX, KING OF THE
ROBERTA DURRANT
SAX;
BY
Ghanian actress Yvonne Nelson is flying high, she
Felix is a South African film with an all star cast. A
just released her third movie “House of Gold” which
story of dreams, betrayals and family, watching the
features a loaded cast of some of the best names
trailer made us thirst for more.
within the Nigerian film and music industry.
Starring Dame Janet Suzman (from Nuns on the
Run), Linda Sokhulu (from Isidingo and Generations)
House of Gold is set against the background of Mr
in her feature debut; and newcomer Hlayani
Dab Ansah Williams life, a high flying entrepreneur/
Mabasa, its a film by Roberta Durrant.
14-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a
jazz musician like his late father, Zweli, a famous
Brand New
Movies
saxophonist. His mother Lindiwe fears her son will
indeed end up like his dad: a drunk who squandered
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN BY BIYI BANDELE
lacuna. And this one is for the ladies
on the heels of a few other successfully
like always. The song Rotate, a
consecrated marriage of similar leanings.
Nigerian novelist Chiamanda Adichie had cause
club-banger is vintage WC. Here is
The icing on this particularly tasty cake
to shine again months back when her book “Half
hoping that this racy song will give
is that the Jamaican Mr . W onder has
Of A Yellow Sun” was adapted into a film and
Wande the much needed push in
never done anything like this before with
his quest to rotate aplenty!
a Nigerian act. Totally Yours is a love song
business mogul, polygamist and socialite, who has
that is guaranteed to touch that sensually
cancer with only 6 weeks to live according to his
emotional part of you that is mostly
doctors. He embarks on a mission to bring all his
With a second version of the trailer from the same
untouchable. Listen up!
children back home – most of whom were born out
film appearing on YouTube again, its only a matter of
debuted with an official trailer online via the Toronto
International Film Festival‘s website.
of wedlock with help from his legal representative.
The re-union proves a little more than everyone
bargained for as each child returns with an agenda,
setting the stage for the most hilarious and bizarre 7
days of their lives, at the end they realize that there
is just too much for too many. Nigerian music stars
Ice Prince, Omawunmi and Idol 2 winner Mercy
his money in the taverns before drinking himself
Chinwo act alongside Ghanaian actors Majid
to death. Lindiwe’s ambitions for her son exclude
ARTISTE: EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM
Michel and Eddie Watson. They all had high flying
jazz, which she bans from her home as ‘the devil’s
ARTISTE: DJ VETKUK VS
FT FEMI KUTI
roles in the movie. The movie is directed by Pascal
music.’ Felix gets scholarship at an elitist private
MAHOOTA FEAT DE MALINGA
SONG TITLE: TRIBUTE TO FELA
ARTISTE: D’PRINCE FT DON JAZZY AND
Amanfo.
school and defies his mother by turning to aging
time before the main film is released for the viewing
SONG TITLE: VIA ORLANDO
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
WANDE COAL
members of his father’s old band to help him
pleasure of fans who are waiting eagerly to see the
COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA
RECRD LABEL: KENNIS MUSIC
SONG TITLE: JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND
prepare for the school jazz concert.
movie.
LABEL:
This special tribute song from the
MILE
Repping the rainbow nation
lyrically hard hitting Lakreem egghead
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
He tries to give a jazz fundraiser to reclaim his dad’s
Half of a Yellow Sun” is directed by Biyi Bandele
where Madiba is still holding
and widely acclaimed Mister Hip
LABEL: MAVEN RECORDS
sax from a pawnshop. But his mother is appaled
and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika
sway are the irresistible duo
Hop, Eedris Abdulkareem is truly
True to his time tested ill production skills,
by his actions and refuses to attend his event.
Noni Rose, Nollywood stars Genevieve Nnaji, Gloria
of Dj Vetkuk and Mahoota. In
long overdue. A song featuring the
the don dada of the new generation Naija
TORN BY MOSES INWANG
She eventaully changes her mind and attends the
Young, Zach Orji, Onyeka Onwenu and Tina Mba.
this one featuring Malinga, the
king of Afrobeat, Femi Anikulapo Kuti
beats and the president of the defunct
Torn was written, directed and produced by Moses
concert. During the finale, Felix is overcome when
head bumpers are at it again,
celebrating the unforgettable originator
hit-making label Mo Hits, Don Jazzy lyrically
Inwang. The movie tells a psychological and
he sees his siblings dragging his mother into the
Half of a Yellow Sun has been selected as the
making the ladies go woozy in
of that universal genre of music can
teams up with his biological brother D’Prince
emotional story of Ovu
auditorium. He announces that there will be a
Opening Night Gala Film for the Trinidad & Tobago
the right places. A must listen
only be described as unputdownable.
and erstwhile label mate Wande Coal in this
and Nana who believe
“surprise encore” dedicated to his late father, Tata
Film Festival 2013.
for all the headies
Check this out!
journey of a thousand miles. This is hard
they are married to the
Zweli, and his mother Lindiwe, “who is only a little bit
grinding musical journey that is definitely on
same man, Olumide.
late.”
the lookout for more pilgrims. Are you game?
It appears that one of
the two friends is lying ,
A trumpet sounds offstage. Felix leads the Bozza
or possibly mentally
Boys onstage and they do a foot-stomping, show-
ill. A top psychologist
stopping number, which gets even Mr. Murray
begins
unraveling
and Mrs. Cartwright dancing in the aisle. When
the truth behind the
Felix does a star turn, Lindiwe ululates in the front
façade of a seemingly
row. She is at last a happy mama, and, like his father
ARTISTE: MAFIKIZOLO FT UHURU
happy young couple
before him, Felix has become “king of the sax.”
SOUTH AFRICA: KHONA
and their perfect family friend.
COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA
LABEL: KALAWA RECORDS
A song that binds beautiful people with clearly divergent musical depth and style known
as kwaito must definitely set the pulse of any musical curator racing, and this is exactly
what is been served in the sumptuous musical buffet! Mafkizolo and Uhuru will keep you
on your feet all night long with Khona. It is vintage South!
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Felix was shot in Cape Town, South Africa, written
Torn is a story of friendship, love, and betrayal,
by Shirley Johnston and produced by Penguin
which takes a look at mental illnesses in Nigeria. It
Films. The trailer for this film is already on YouTube
stars actors like Iretilola Doyle, Joseph Benjamin,
with a launch date coming soonest.
Monalisa Chinda, Bimbo Manuel, Julius Agwu and
Femi Ogendengbe as some of the lead cast. The
movie premiered on July 27th 2013.
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