African Celebrities: January 2014

Friday 31 January 2014

Christina Milian

Christine Flores better known by her stage name Christina Milian is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She was born on September 26, 1981 in Jersey city, New Jersey, to Afro-cuban parents, Carmen Milian and Don Flores.

Christina Milian is the oldest of three sisters, including Danielle and Elizabeth.

Christina Milian was married to R & B singer-songwriter Terius Youngdell Nash popularly known as The-Dream on September 4, 2009 in Las Vegas, and she gave birth to their daughter Violet Madison Nash on February 26, 2010. Christina and The-Dream annonced their separation on July 2010. Their divorce was finalized on October 23, 2011.

Christina Milian

Christina Milian and her daughter Violet Madison Nash

Christina Milian's daughter, Violet Madison Nash

Christina Milian and her daughter Violet Madison Nash

Christina Milian and her ex-husband, The-Dream

Thursday 30 January 2014

Nyota Ndogo

Nyota ndogo is a musician from Kenya who performs taarab-influenced pop music. Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. Her real name is Mwanaisha Abdalla. She was born in 1981 in Kenya. She is from the coastal city of Mombasa.

Nyota Ndogo

Watu na Viatu - Nyota Ndogo

Nathalie Makoma

Nathalie Makoma is a Dutch singer of Congolese origin. Her parents are from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was the lead singer for the group Makoma and she later embarked on a solo musical career on her own.

Nathalie Makoma was born on February 24, 1982 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). She started singing with her family group in 1993 when the band was known as "Nouveau Testament". The group was renamed Makoma and was made up of seven members (three brothers and three sisters with one non-family member, boy friend of one of the sisters).

Nathalie Makoma

Butu na Moyi - Makoma

Napesi - Makoma

Moto Oyo - Makoma

Natamboli - Makoma

Mwinda - Makoma

Yo Wuti - Makoma

No Jesus No Life - Makoma

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Clarion Chukwura

Clarion Chukwura is a Nigerian actress. She was born on July 24, 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria as Clara Nneka Oluwatoyin Chukwura. She attended University of Ife, Nigeria. She is the only daughter with four brothers.

Clarion Chukwura

Clarion Chukwura and her first son Clarence

Clarion Chukwura and Monalisa Okojie

Interviews

Best of the Game - Movie

Best of the Game 2 - Movie

End of the Game 1 - Movie

End of the Game 2 - Movie

Never Back Up - Movie

Rumours of War 1 - Movie

Rumours of War 2 - Movie

The Comforter 1 - Movie

The Comforter 2 - Movie

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur also known by his stage names 2Pac or Tupac was an American rapper and actor. He was born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, United States and died on September 13, 1996.

Tupac Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2010, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where he died six days later.

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur

Interviews

Dear Mama - 2Pac

Changes ft. Talent - 2Pac

California Love - 2Pac

Me against the World - 2Pac

True Story - 2Pac

Ghetto Gospel - 2Pac

California Love Remix - 2Pac

When Thugs Cry - 2Pac

Hit em Up - 2Pac

Lucky Dube

Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. He was born on 3rd of August 1964 in Ermelo, Transvaal, now Mpumalanga, South Africa. His parents separated before his birth and he was raised by his mother, Sarah, who named him Lucky because she considered his birth fortunate after a number of failed pregnancies. Along with his two siblings, Thandi and Patrick, Lucky Dube spent much of his childhood with his grandmother, while his mother relocated to work.

Lucky Dube recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans and was South Africa's biggest-selling reggae artist.

In 1989 he won four OKTV Awards for "Prisoner", won another for "Captured Live" the following year and yet another two for "House of Exile" the year after. His 1993 album, Victims sold over one million copies worldwide. In 1995 he earned a worldwide recording contract with Motown. On 18 October 2007, Lucky Dubne was killed in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville shortly after dropping two of his seven children off at their uncle's house.