WORLD PREMIERE 'ORI OLOKUN'

Title: ORI OLOKUN
Producer: Oluwole Ojojolu
Director: Seun Olaiya
D.O.P: Wale Lawal
Executive Producer: Oluwole Ojojolu.
Production Company: Empire Optimum Communications.

                                    
                                                          ORI OLOKUN

                                                  BABA WANDE's arrival @ the location



From the stables of Oluwole Ojojolu owned EMPIRE OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS producer of ORANMIYAN and ODUDUWA comes another Yoruba traditional bluckbuster ORI OLOKUN (a multimillion naira worth of project), this is the story of a town in the ancient days called 'AWARA' it was a peaceful town with happy and lively people until the death of its king, the influencial citizens of the town were fighting for the post of AFOBAJE (the king maker) which happens to be the most powerful position in the town after the king.
Power tussle, political power play, rancour and chaos became the order of the day.

                                                                     Empire 4 Action


                        

                                             ARA and  OLUWOLE OJOJOLU@ the location.

   ORI OLOKUN coming soon to a cinema near you.......

THE ELEGANT STALLION

Onyeka Onwenu is a woman of many parts. She is a Broadcaster, singer, actress and politician all rolled into one. From the onset of her broadcasting career with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in the 80s, to singing career and later Nollywood industry, Elegant Stallion (as she is fondly called), ranks among the best artistes that Nigeria has produced both locally and internationally. Onyeka surprised a whole lot of people when she joined the fray in 2003 vying for the chairmanship of her local government area in Imo State, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Recently she was the guest judge at this years MTN project fame west africa where she waoh both the contestant and the audience with her hilarious perfomance.

She recently released a political jingle praising President Goodlucl Jonathan encouraging him to run for second term in office. she is no doubt a woman of many part.

 

 

MAJEK FASHEK 'THE FALL OF A LEGEND'

                                                        KING MAJEK FASHEK

African reggae star Majek Fashek (born: Majekodunmi Fasheke) attracted
international attention, in 1987, when his self-penned tune, "Send Down
The Rain," seemed to coax a rain storm that ended one of the worst
draughts in Nigeria' s history. Labled a "prophet", Fashek went on to
become one of Africa's greatest reggae-influ...enced performers. His debut
solo album, Prisoner Of Conscience, released in 1988, sold more than 200,000 copies in Nigeria alone.


Born in Benin City, once the center of the ancient Sini kingdom, Fashek
inherited his love of music from his mother, an Edo woman who raised
him following the death of his father when he was eleven years old. A
businesswoman, who supplied concrete to road contractors, she inspired
him through her participation in traditional religious ceremonies where
the Olokun rhythms were used to accompany worship of the river goddess.
As a youngster, Fashek played maracas during the ceremonies.


While he developed an early interest in the music of Jamaica, Fashek
was equally drawn to the music of Indian cinema. Learning to play
guitar while in secondary school, Fashek joined a band, Jah Stix, and
began playing in clubs in the capitol city of Lagos.


Fashek, whose name means "power of miracles, the high priest does not
live", had a very close involvement with the late Nigerian drummer and
bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Though still alive but all is not that rossy for the one time king of reggea in nigeria as he is suffering from the aftermath of drug abuse.

KAY-L THE RAP ADDICT

WANTED: KAY-L (RAZZ BUTTER BOI)
CRIME: TITE BARS
PENALTY: MUST WIN THE GRAMMY'S
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                                                                          KAY-L
Sunkanmi Pedro (Kay-L) is a Nigerian with Dynamism,A Rapper, Graphics Designer, An Animator, Video Director/Editor, A Professional in all ramification he is signed to CASH IN RECORDS 'CHI CHING' his latest single 'I DON BLOW' features EX-O an extra-ordinary producer and singer. Ladies and gentlemen brace yourselves seat back relax as this guy is coming soon to blow in our faces.
NOTE: Click on this to listen and download his new singles 'I DON BLOW'.



I DON BLOW kay l by black pride entertainment

DR VICTOR OLAIYA (HI-LIFE WILL NEVER DIE.)

                                                      Dr Victor Olaiya doing is thing way back.

 

'Dr Victor Olaiya', is a Nigerian trumpeter who plays in the Highlife style. He was possibly the biggest star in Nigeria in the 1950s and early 1960s, but received little recognition outside of Nigeria.So many people within and outside nigeria admiringly styled him "The Evil Genius of Highlife. His Band Was Chosen to play for Queen Elizabeth when she visited Nigeria in 1956......more to come on Chief Dr Victor Olaiya.

 

 

THE RETURN OF JENIFA

FUNKE AKINDELE.
She is about the biggest Yoruba actress of our time, she came to our notice some years back when she starred in one of 9ja's soap-opera titled I NEED TO KNOW, she later joined the YORUBA film industry and in no time she bacame an house hold name, but she hit it big with her self produced movie titled JENIFA(1&2) where she played the character of a village girl who went to school in the city only to join the bad girls (ARISTOS) in school and ended up contacting the HIV/AIDS.
 The movie was well directed and professionally produced that it gave her several awards such as the prestigious Africa Movie Awards etc, and many endorsement contracts from numerous company like GLOBACOM and even LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT, infact the movie gave the nick name JENIFA.

News reaching us is that this beautiful damsel is coming out with the concluding part of the movie which is titled 'The Return Of JENIFA', what we dont know is if there is still any story behind what ended the part 2 of the movie, hope it will be as good as Part 1&2 or it will be a fl$%%$%p? anyway watchout for the movie as it is coming soon to a movie store near you.

ANCHOR BABY (THE NEW BLOCK BURSTER).

Written & Directed by: Lonzo Nzekwe
Producer: Lonzo Nzekwe
D.O.P: Ricardo Diaz C.S.C
Co-Producer: Ian Sun
Co-Producer: Jeremy Hood

Main Cast:
Omoni Oboli as Joyce
Sam Sarpong as Paul
Terri Oliver as Susan
Casting Director: Ron Leach C.D.C
D.O.P: Ricardo Diaz C.S.C
Production Manager: Jeremy Hood
Synopsis:
Married illegal immigrant couple, Joyce (Omoni Oboli) and Paul Unanga (Sam Sarpong) have been ordered by the US immigration to leave the country by voluntary departure. They agree to leave; but only after Joyce who is 5 months pregnant delivers her baby inside the US. This will guarantee automatic citizenship for their child. The couple ignores the deportation order, and go into hiding. Later, Paul is caught and deported by a team of overzealous Immigration officers, led by agent Mark Castello (Michael Scratch). This leaves Joyce to struggle on her own to accomplish their dream.
Then, Joyce meets Susan Backley (Terri Oliver), a married freelance writer who offers to help her with free accommodation until her baby is born. Joyce accepts the offer and moves in. Now, with the help of Susan, Joyce sets out on the most daring journey of her life; to achieve the “American Dream” for her unborn child. She will try by any means necessary.
The theme of the movie is about the Love, dreams, desperation, betrayal and struggles, faced by these non-citizens in order to belong to the American society. “Anchor Baby” is actually a derogatory term for children born by immigrants or other non-citizens in the United States. The movie Anchor Baby is set in the United States, but was shot in Brampton and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Anchor Baby is written, directed and produced by a Nigerian first time director Lonzo Nzekwe. The movie is being produced under his independent film company Alpha Galore films, a division of Alpha Galore Inc. based in Brampton, Ontario Canada. Other co-producers on the project are Ian Sun and Jeremy Hood. For more information about the company, please visit to http://www.alphagalorefilms.com/ or http://www.anchorbabymovie.com/. to watch the trailer click here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yx_kiBOZDA

FIRST YORUBA FILM SHOT WITH CELLULOID

I was browsing through the web when i stumble on this picture, its a shot from the first ever YORUBA film titled AJANI OGUN, a film produced by ADE LOVE.

                                               A picture from the movie (AJANI OGUN)

                                                        CHIEF OLA BALOGUN
 It was directed by one Chief Ola Balogun although many do not know him but this man directed better film shot in celluloid then like AIYE by HUBERT OGUNDE, and some couple of films by ADE LOVE and DURO LADIPO. To watch the film AJANI OGUN follow this link www.hollywood.com/movie/Ajani_Ogun/6050985 .

'INALE' THE MUSICAL

http://www.inalethemovie.com/ 'INALE' THE MUSICAL is a movie to behold, it speaks of our culture, customs, values and norms in far better picture quality with an hilarious story line, great settings, and a professional directing, my people to cut the whole story short this movies is one in a million.

  I think gradually nigeria movie industry is moving very close to where it actually should belong, with a movie directed by JETA AMATA produced by KEKE BONGOS and with international acts such as CAROLINE CHIKEZIE (inale), HAKEEM KAE KAZIM (ode), and some of 9ja's best like INI EDO, EKPENYONG EDET BASSEY, LOLA SHOKEYE, DEDE MABIAKU and even OMAWUNMI to mention but few, so relax brace yourself as INALE is coming to a cinema near you.

KING SUNNY ADE THE TRUE KING OF MUSIC.

For 30 years King Sunny Ade has been thrilling audiences and listeners with dynamic live performances creative videos and innovative recordings.

Born in 1946, Oshogbo, Nigeria Adé dropped out of school in 1963 in order to play with Moses Olaiya & his Rhythm dandies, a Lagos juju band. In 1966 he formed his first band the Green Spots, in 1974 he renamed the band the African Beats. By 1975, he felt sufficiently powerful and financially secure to set up his own label, Sunny Alade Records which was his main recording vehicle through 1990. In 1982, Island Records signed Adé for Europe and North America (promoting him as 'the African Bob Marley'). The three albums were - Juju Music, Synchro System and Aura. When the artist and the label ultimately disagreed on the artist’s future artistic direction, they parted ways amicably. For almost ten years, King Sunny Adé continued to release records and dominate the domestic music industry in Nigeria, while only vinyl imports trickled out to the rest of the world.In 1996 Adé signed a new deal with Atlantic Records subsidiary, Mesa/Bluemoon under which he released three records. E Dide / Get Up. Odu, and Seven Degrees North.
In January 2002, Ade completed a four year term as President of The Performing Musicians Assoc. of Nigeria (the national musicians union) Still performing weekly at a wide variety of parties and events, both public and private, King Sunny Adé intends to use his newly recaptured free time to focus on his music. With 111 albums to his credit already in Nigeria, African music fans can surely look forward to more great things to come.Juju Music Juju music is a music of broad social messages. Rooted in the ancient Yoruba tradition of conveying broad social and cultural messages. Musically it is a thrilling hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music that incorporates electric guitars and synthesisers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums. LONG LIVE THE KING.

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For 30 years King Sunny Ade has been thrilling audiences and listeners with dynamic live performances creative videos and innovative recordings. Born in 1946, Oshogbo, Nigeria Adé dropped out of school in 1963 in order to play with Moses Olaiya & his Rhythm dandies, a Lagos juju band. In 1966 he formed his first band the Green Spots, in 1974 he renamed the band the African Beats. By 1975, he felt sufficiently powerful and financially secure to set up his own label, Sunny Alade Records which was his main recording vehicle through 1990. In 1982, Island Records signed Adé for Europe and North America (promoting him as 'the African Bob Marley'). The three albums were - Juju Music, Synchro System and Aura. When the artist and the label ultimately disagreed on the artist’s future artistic direction, they parted ways amicably. For almost ten years, King Sunny Adé continued to release records and dominate the domestic music industry in Nigeria, while only vinyl imports trickled out to the rest of the world.In 1996 Adé signed a new deal with Atlantic Records subsidiary, Mesa/Bluemoon under which he released three records. E Dide / Get Up. Odu, and Seven Degrees North. In January 2002, Ade completed a four year term as President of The Performing Musicians Assoc. of Nigeria (the national musicians union) Still performing weekly at a wide variety of parties and events, both public and private, King Sunny Adé intends to use his newly recaptured free time to focus on his music. With 111 albums to his credit already in Nigeria, African music fans can surely look forward to more great things to come.Juju Music Juju music is a music of broad social messages. Rooted in the ancient Yoruba tradition of conveying broad social and cultural messages. Musically it is a thrilling hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music that incorporates electric guitars and synthesisers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums. As King turns 64years yesterday, we at Black Pride Entertainment rejoice with Baba and we pray that he live long.

FELA VIVA AFRIKA

It's almost impossible to overstate the impact and importance of Fela Anikulapo Kuti to the global musical village.
Fela Kuti's death on August 3, 1997 of complications from AIDS deeply affected musicians and fans internationally, as a musical and sociopolitical voice on a par with Bob Marley was silenced. A press rele...ase from the United Democratic Front of Nigeria on the occasion of Fela Kuti's death noted: "Those who knew you well were insistent that you could never compromise with the evil you had fought all your life. Even though made weak by time and fate, you remained strong in will and never abandoned your goal of a free, democratic, socialist Africa."

This is as succinct a summation of Fela Kuti's political agenda as one is likely to find. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, north of Lagos in 1938, Fela Kuti's family was firmly middle class as well as politically active. His father was a pastor (and talented pianist), his mother active in the anti-colonial, anti-military, Nigerian home rule movement. So at an early age, Fela experienced politics and music in a seamless combination. His parents, however, were less interested in his becoming a musician and more interested in his becoming a doctor, so they packed him off to London in 1958 for what they assumed would be a medical education; instead, Fela Kuti registered at Trinity College's school of music. Tired of studying European composers, Fela formed his first band, Koola Lobitos, in 1961, and quickly became a fixture on the London club scene. He returned to Nigeria in 1963 and started another version of Koola Lobitos. Fela Kuti dubbed this intensely rhythmic hybrid "Afro-beat," partly as critique of African performers whom he felt had turned their backs on their African musical roots in order to emulate current American pop music trends. In 1969, Fela Kuti brought Koola Lobitos to the Los Angeles to tour and record. They toured America for about eight months using Los Angeles as a home base. It was while in L.A. that Fela hooked up with a friend, Sandra Isidore, who introduced him to the writings and politics of Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver (and by extension the Black Panthers), and other proponents of Black nationalism and Afrocentrism. Impressed at what he read, Fela Kuti was politically revivified and decided that some changes were in order: first, the name of the band, as Koola Lobitos became Nigeria 70; second, the music would become more politically explicit and critical of the oppression of the powerless worldwide. After a disagreement with an unscrupulos promoter who turned them in to the Immigration and Naturalization Services, Fela Kuti and band were charged with working without work permits. Realizing that time was short before they were sent back to Nigeria, they were able to scrape together some money to record some new songs in L.A. What came to be known as the '69 Los Angeles Sessions were remarkable, an indication of a maturing sound and of the raucous, propulsive music that was to mark Fela's career. Afrobeat's combination of blaring horn sections, antiphonal vocals, Fela Kuti's quasi-rapping pidgin English, and percolating guitars, all wrapped up in a smoldering groove that could last nearly an hour, was an intoxicating sound. Once hooked, it was impossible to get enough. Upon returning to Nigeria, Fela Kuti founded a communal compound-cum-recording studio and rehearsal space he called the Kalakuta Republic, and a nightclub, the Shrine. It was during this time that he dropped his given middle name of Ransome, which he said was a slave name, and took the name Anikulapo (meaning "he who carries death in his pouch") . Playing constantly and recording at a ferocious pace, Fela Kuti and band (who were now called Africa 70) became huge stars in West Africa. His biggest fan base, however, was Nigeria's poor. Because his music addressed issues important to the Nigerian underclass (specifically a military government that profited from political exploitation and disenfranchisement), Fela was more than a simply a pop star; like Bob Marley in Jamiaca, he was the voice of Nigeria's have-nots, a cultural rebel. This was something Nigeria's military junta tried to nip in the bud, and from almost the moment he came back to Nigeria up until his death, Fela was hounded, jailed, harassed, and nearly killed by a government determined to silence him. In one of the most egregious acts of violence committed against him, 1,000 Nigerian soldiers attacked his Kalakuta compound in 1977 (the second government-sanctioned attack). Fela suffered a fractured skull as well as other broken bones; his 82-year old mother was thrown from an upstairs window, inflicting injuries that would later prove fatal. The soldiers set fire to the compound and prevented fire fighters from reaching the area. Fela's recording studio, all his master tapes and musical instruments were destroyed. After the Kalakuta tragedy, Fela Kuti briefly lived in exile in Ghana, returning to Nigeria in 1978. In 1979 he formed his own political party, MOP (Movement of the People), and at the start of the new decade renamed his band Egypt 80. From 1980-1983, Nigeria was under civilian rule, and it was a relatively peaceful period for Fela, who recorded and toured non-stop. Military rule returned in 1983, and in 1984 Fela was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of currency smuggling. With help from Amnesty International, he was freed in 1985.

As the '80s ended, Fela Kuti recorded blistering attacks against Nigeria's corrupt military government, as well as broadsides aimed at Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan (most abrasively on the album Beasts of No Nation). Never what you would call progressive when it came to relationships with women or patriarchy in general (the fact was that he was sexist in the extreme, which is ironic when you consider that his mother was one of Nigeria's early feminists), he was coming around to the struggles faced by African women, but only just barely. Stylistically speaking, Fela Kuti music didn't change much during this time, and much of what he recorded, while good, was not as blistering as some of the amazing music he made in the '70s. Still, when a Fela record appeared, it was always worth a listen. He was unusually quiet in the '90s, which may have had something to do with how ill he was; very little new music appeared, but in as great a series of reissues as the planet has ever seen, the London-based Stern's Africa label re-released some of his long unavailable records (including The '69 Los Angeles Sessions), and the seminal works of this remarkable musician were again filling up CD bins. He never broke big in the U.S. market, and it's hard to imagine him having the same kind of posthumous profile that Marley does, but Fela's 50-something releases offer up plenty of remarkable music, and a musical legacy that lives on in the person of his talented son Femi.

Around the turn of the millennium, Universal began remastering and reissuing a goodly portion of Fela's many recordings, finally making some of his most important work widely available to American listeners 15 of his re-mastered albums are now available on Wrasse Records in the UK. The annual FELABERATION CELEBRATION came up this year again to celebrate his legacy and almost all major nigerian artist performed at the event artist like Tu-face, M.I, K1- D-Ultimate, Nneka, Wande coal, D'banj to mention but few....long live BABA 70 long live ABAMI EDA long live FELA

Celebrating Chief Hubert Ogunde.

 Oloye Hubert Adedeji Ogundeborn on May 31, 1916 in Ososa, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, and died on April 4, 1990 in London, England,He was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the Ogunde Concert Party in 1945, the first professional theatrical company in Nigeria. Ogunde starre...d in Mister Johnson, the 1990 motion picture which also featured Pierce Brosnan. The movie was shot on location in Jos.....Long live BaBa.

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