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South African talk show host, Trevor Noah set for new adventure on Amazon Prime Video

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2 months ago

March 31, 2023

Five months after announcing he was quitting the “Daily Show” following a seven-year run, South African comedian and talk show host, Trevor Noah is set to embark on another journey after he signed on to host Amazon Prime Video’s new show “LOL: Last One Laughing.”

In October last year, Noah ended his romance with the “Daily Show”. With the new Amazon Prime Video, he will star alongside 10 famous South African comedians and entertainers who will go one-on-one against each other to compete for a grand prize of R1 million, with the winnings going to a charity of their choice, according to LOL.

Amazon Prime Video, which made the announcement of the new show on its Instagram page, promised it would provide an out-of-this-world excitement for viewers.

“Exciting news! Trevor Noah is BACK in Mzansi to host our first local Amazon Original series, Last One Laughing: South Africa! Get ready for some serious entertainment,” it said.

While reacting to the soon to debut show, Noah told US magazine, Variety, that he was excited to be back entertaining his home crowds again.

“I’m excited to be back home to host Prime Video’s first South African Original, LOL: Last One Laughing, and to have a chance to connect with my home audience,” he said.

He also added that he was delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside fellow South African comedians for the sake of charity.

Head of Africa and Middle East Originals at Amazon, Ned Mitchell, said he was happy to have Trevor onboard.

“We are delighted to be announcing Trevor’s momentous return home to South Africa as the host of Prime Video’s first South African Original, LOL: Last One Laughing,” said Mitchell.

Trevor also announced on his Instagram page that he would have a new YouTube movie called “The Ride of a Lifetime” alongside tennis legend Roger Federer.

Federer and Noah have come a long way. They share cultural roots, each having one Swiss parent and one South African parent.

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Burna Boy becomes most streamed Nigerian artiste

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1 day ago

June 3, 2023

Akanimoh Etim

Grammy-award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, is now the most streamed music artiste on all streaming platforms after overtaking Wizkid who was the undisputed leader.

In its current release, Top Chart Africa posted that the “Love, Me, Damini” exponent who dropped a new single “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” on Friday, topped the list of “most streamed Nigerian artistes on all visible streaming platforms with 8.47 billion combined streams, closely followed by Wizkid with 8.39 billion streams.”

The leading pop culture platfurn which focuses on African creatives, takes a poll of the most streamed act every month with a release at the end of the month.

The talented singer, songwriter and record producer who is also set to break the attendance record with a sold out London Stadium for his “Top of the World” on Saturday night, also dusted the likes of Davido who 3.76 billion streams, Rema with 3.67 billion streams and CKay who polled 3.28 billion streams to complete the top five most streamed artistes.

Other Nigerian artistes who made the list include Tems, Omah Lay and Asake who made his debut on the chart.

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Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate entry of ‘Holy Family’ into Egypt

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2 days ago

June 2, 2023

Akanimoh Etim

Egyptian Coptic Christians on Monday, June 1, celebrated the historic entry of the “Holy Family” after travelling from Palestine through Sinai and into the Delta, before moving far south to Assuit, where they spent almost four years before leaving.

The Egyptian government which announced and promoted the celebration, said the project would restore and renovate 25 holy sites that were stopping points for the Holy Family during their stay in Egypt.

The Egyptian government said in the statement that stops had been fully restored and openned for visitation in various governorates such as Cairo, Kafr al-Sheikh, Al-Gharbeyyah, Al-Sharqiyyah, Al-Beheirah, and Al-Minya, while other important stops would be renovated for the celebration next year.

“This national project is part of the government’s efforts to preserve such historic sites, benefit local communities, and promote religious tourism,” the statement said, noting that the festivals related to the “Journey of the Holy Family were added to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List in 2022.”

The entry of the Holy Family to Egypt has become a national celebration of the Coptic Orthodox Church with the Fraihi rite on the 24th of the month of Bashans of the Egyptian calendar, which is the first of June of each year, as celebrated in the first centuries AD.

The journey of the Holy Family which had Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus, according to the Coptic Christians, took them three and a half years where they had to make several stops.

“All three of them, Jesus who was two years old at the time, his mother, the Virgin Mary and his father, Joseph the carpenter,” the church history said.