YouTube reading challenge to promote African authors
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Google-owned YouTube has launched an online reading marathon dubbed the Africa Reading Challenge as a way of backing African writers.
The online video platform will bring on about 54 readers drawn from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa where each county will have 18 representatives to read during the challenge, which is also aimed at promoting the reading culture in Africa.
Seven renowned Kenyan artists are part of 18 readers that will be part of the month-long virtual challenge.
Thursday April 22 2021
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Sometimes known as JSO, Sibi-Okumu has made an acting comeback after an 8-year hiatus. He is an artist, revered for his craft and for his achievements both on stage and on screen.
JSO has over 50 years’ experience in the theatre and film industry in Kenya. Earlier on in his career, he landed his first major role in the Academy Award and Golden Globe winner
Born Free. Later, he would rub shoulders with Academy winner Rachel Weisz (
The Favourite) and Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (
Schindler’s List) in the critically-acclaimed drama,
The Constant Gardener, where he played a corrupt minister.
In 2007, he played UN special envoy
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Crime and Justice series starring Sarah Hassan and Alfred Munyua is now on Showmax
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Crime and Justice, the original Police procedural and legal drama series is now streaming on Showmax, with new episodes every Monday. The series is both Kenya’s first Showmax Original and Showmax’s first co-production with global broadcaster CANAL+.
Set in Nairobi, Crime and Justice stars Sarah Hassan (
Plan B, Just In Time) and Alfred Munyua (
Poacher, The First Grader) as
Makena and
Silas, the Nairobi Metropol Police detectives at the heart of the show.
The eight-part series follows one ripped-from-the-headlines case per episode, all the way through to the courtroom verdict. In the first episode, Silas and Makena investigate the gruesome murder of