JAZZ MAESTRO FOR KIBERA CHARITY

International jazz musician and composer Nils Landgren, together with his band, “The Nils Landgren Funk Unit”, performed live in Nairobi for a charity concert in the newly refurbished Louis Leakey Auditorium at the National Museum of Kenya, on September 22.
Nils has produced over 20 albums and has participated in over 500 recordings. Since 1992, he has been playing with his band, The Nils Landgren Funk Unit. He has worked musical legends such as ABBA, Wyclef Jean, and several others.
Tickets for the show are on sale for Sh700 advance and Sh1000 at the gate. Proceeds from the concert will go to the medical work of aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kibera.
In addition to this charity concert in Nairobi, The Nils Landgren Funk Unit Band pledged a portion of their upcoming album sales and revenue from their worldwide tour to MSF projects in Kibera.

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HACKERS HARASS BOXING BOSS

Early this month hackers accessed the yahoo account of the Kenya Boxing secretary general Shabaan Ogolla and deleted all his business and personal contacts after sending an SOS mail to everyone.
The mail asked for assistance claiming Shabaan was in dire financial constraints in the Philippines. It read: “I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. Presently my passport and things are been held by the hotel management pending my payments. I will like you to assist me with a loan of $1550 to sort-out my hotel bills and to get myself back home. I'm presently in Malolos, Philippines.”
Shabban got a call from a worried Kenyan boxer based in Denmark, Ashira Oure, asking if he indeed needed help. “This is a real setback for me as I have lost all my business contacts besides being made to look like a con artist. I’ve had to call the secretary general of Africa Boxing Union in Uganda, C.D Mindra, who in turn informed the World Boxing Council to ignore the email, and any other suspicious emails from my yahoo inbox.”
Shabban also hinted that the email hacking could be ‘his enemies who are out to get him.’

KENYAN APPRENTICES MOVE TO UGANDA

Anthony Migui
Eddie Mbugua

Former reality show contestants for Apprentice Africa Eddie Mbugua Njeri and Anthony Migui will be relocating to Uganda from Nigeria where they both worked as Investment Analyst manager in the East and Central Africa expansion department of Bank PHB.
The move will be made at the end of this month.
Confirming the move Eddie said, “Anthony and I are being posted to Bank PHB Uganda next month. This is a strategic move to facilitate the growth of Bank PHB into East Africa and to get us closer to our wives and family.”
The two recently wed their long time girlfriends June Chebet and Loise Allela.

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ZUENA TO RECONCILE OFFICIALLY WITH BEBE NEXT MONTH

After a turbulent year, Bebe Cool and Zuena Karema will be uniting their marriage. The Ugandan celebrity couple will publicly reconcile at Bebe's album launch in October.
Bebe recently revealed that ‘Queen’ Zuena has agreed to return to him on October 2.
This will be the day Bebe will be performing at a music gala due to take place at Kyadondo, Kampala.

AFRO FUSION ACT ABBI TO FIGHT AIDS STIGMA

Kenyan Afro fusion act Abbi Nyinza is part of an anti-Aids stigma album that was launched at the French Cultural Centre on Tuesday night.
Titled Songs of Hope, the CD is a global effort by Family Health International (FHI) in partnership with people living with HIV/Aids and the musical community in seven countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Abbi’s track, The Little Tree is the second in the album. It’s a composition inspired by Sonia, a teenager at the Thika School of the Blind, who is living with HIV and is visually impaired. Her touching story inspired Abbi to write a song about a resilient life spirit that refuses to surrender to HIV.
“Sonia was born with the virus and her dream is that one day there will be a cure for HIV. By singing the song, the idea is to reach out to people living positively and not to stigmatise them,” Abbi said.
John McWilliam, Senior Director, FHI Africa Regional Office, said: “Songs are used in all cultures to express the deepest feelings of individuals. Through this project Family Health International wanted to capture the feelings and values of people dealing every day with HIV. By doing so and making these songs available to the public, others may gain the courage to sing their own songs of hope and the barriers of stigma and discrimination will be finally broken.”
The Songs of Hope music CD also features artistes from Senegal, Mozambique, Guyana, Haiti, Nepal, and China - and people living with HIV on the project.

IAN MBUGUA: IT’S GETTING TOUGHER!

After Kenyan contestant Debarl Inea mercilessly butchered Nameless’ hit song ‘Deadly’, on Sunday’s nomination show, the Tusker Project Fame judge Ian Mbugua admitted that the competition is getting to its most challenging stage.
For once, Ian politely noted a few things need to be fixed to enable the contestants to do their best, like letting them choose the songs they would like to perform. “It does not make much sense to give them a song that they do not feel.”
That is perhaps what earned Rwanda’s Christian an eviction from the house. He’s on record, saying that he was familiar with about five English songs - given his upbringing in the then French-speaking country.
The candid Ian was surprised that the contestants were made to sing from playback, as opposed to the band. “With only three weeks to go, you’d expect them to be using the band,” Ian remarked, in an interview after the live recording of Sunday’s show.
With the elimination of the weakest performers over the past week, the seven remaining contestants can now ill afford to perform badly.
Indeed all but Kenya’s Patricia Kihoro and Uganda’s Leah Atute have been on probation. And for Debarl it is the first time. Uganda’s Caroline Nabulime, Rwanda’s Alpha Rwirangira and Kenya’s Bernard Ng’ang’a a.k.a Ng’ang’alito, are also on probation.

TEDDY: I HAD TO PACK LAST MINUTE

Teddy Muthusi the evicted Kenyan contestant was the first to leave the Big Brother house after only five days. In a telephone interview Teddy said, “I thought I would last longer, I did not even cross my mind. I did not pack my bags till the very last minute,” he said.
The now jobless advertising genius said even as the ladies were being ushered to the house, “I was numb, I was still asking myself ‘what do you mean I’m out?’,” adding, “here goes an edge I would have used to my advantage.”
Teddy reckons that he became an eviction candidate because of his long diary session.
“Now that you ask that, it might have been the things I said. Done differently I would have told Big Brother the things that made me laugh and not about the housemates. I forgot I was also talking to their countries.”

KENYAN RAPPERS CAMEO ON MTV SERIES

Ten Kenyan rappers will be part of the MTV Staying Alive Ignite TV series dubbed Shuga. The three from P Unit, Nonini, Nameless, Juliani, Jimmy Gait, Madtraxx and DJ Adrian have all made cameo appearances in the drama series.
P Unit and Nonini play friends of lead character Skola (played by David Omwange), appearing in scenes where they hang out in a parking lot with Skola, his buddy Kennedy (Antony Mwangi) and Sindi (Valerie Kimani) and indulge in a little freestyling.
Triple-MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain nominee Nameless features in a nightclub scene shot while radio and club favourite DJ Adrian puts in some hot deck action during the same scene. Both Nameless and DJ Adrian agreed to do the shoot because of their personal commitment to promoting safe sex.
Gospel singer Jimmy Gait appears as himself in a gospel choir scene in which he freestyles a song that he wrote on set – a moving track entitled “Just Let Him Know” - which ultimately encourages Eva Kanyang’onda’s character, Virginia to reveal her most intimate secret.
Madtraxx features in a powerful scene where he appears as a guest (playing himself) on Skola’s radio show, Campus Radio, discussing condoms and safe sex.
Juliani appears in a cameo role as a student pitching for a job, rapping a verse from his hit song Biceps during his pitch.
Funded by MTV Staying Alive, PEPFAR, HIV-Free Generation and UNICEF, the series is to motivate sexually active youth and young adults under 25 to modify their sexual behaviour. It will premiere on MTV base (DStv Channel 322) and on terrestrial TV stations Citizen TV and Nation TV in November 2009.

ERIC WAINAINA TO STAGE PLAY IN NEW YORK

Singer Eric Wainaina is set to stage a play he wrote at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 29. The play produced by his wife, Sheba Hirst who is seven months pregnant is titled Mo Faya The Musical.
It is about DJ Lwanda a respected personality in Nairobi community of a slum called Kwa Maji. But Anna Mali, a greedy real estate diva, craves the land beneath their slum. She seduces the fiery young DJ away with a job at a top nationwide station, and organizes a violent campaign to terrorize the people of Kwa Maji. When the government and media turn a blind eye to the decapitated bodies in the streets, DJ Lwanda must return home to expose the truth.
The play will be staged seven times and runs until October 11. Former TPF teacher Helen Akoth Mtawali will also be providing additional music together with Joshua Mwai and Morris Otis Omollo.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival supports and promotes new musical theatre artists, producers, and projects. Since its inception in 2004, the NYMTheatre Festival has proven a remarkably effective launching pad, with over 40 shows transferring to successful productions on Broadway, off-Broadway, regionally, on tour, and around the world.
The production is sponsored by Safaricom to the tune of Ksh12 million.

EVE D’SOUZA CAMPAIGNS FOR CLEAN BEACHES

Radio personality Eve D Souza is the ambassador for a campaign aimed at our cleaning up of the beaches along the Kenyan coastline. The campaign dubbed Green Generation pledges to plant 10 million trees by 2010 in a bid to conserve the environment for future generations.
Eve, the brains behind the campaign, explained how the idea came to fruition, “I was sitting at lunch feeling really frustrated about the situation in Kenya, the loss of Mau Forest, the power and water rationing and really felt the urge to do something. Anything. Being in the media, we all have so much influence and a lot of resources at hand, but I just felt very Superficial, like we really weren’t doing anything apart from talking about the problem...over and over and over again,” the Capital Radio presenter said.
She joined up with fellow radio presenter Chao Tolle who runs the Capital Kids Club which also has a tree planting programme.
“Kenya has the second most polluted waters in Africa so if we could all do our bit by taking part of the clean up it’s a big first step towards saving our shores,” Eve advised.
The areas targeted for cleaning are Jomo Kenyatta Beach in North Coast, Tiwi at Diani, Marine Park and Silversand in Malindi as well as Kikambala, Kilifi, Shimoni and Watamu where clean up stations will be set up.
Kenya Forest Service and the Ministry of Environment are in support of the campaign.

LYDIA TALKS OF NEO-RACISM IN KENYAN FILM INDUSTRY

Lydia with Alex Konstantaras of Jitu Films and Lupita Nyongo

Veteran actress Lydia Nyambura who is now a film producer and director in the local film industry talked about her own frustrations.
The popular face in local productions said, “The problem with the local film industry is with the producers. Unfortunately, it’s never about your acting skills but rather, whether you are brown or yellow and skinny. The rest just doesn’t matter, not even how lousy your acting is. It’s about time local producers gave good actors credit, regardless of how dark skinned they may be.
“Why is it always about skin colour? I thought we were civilized people and way beyond that. I’d call that neo-racism where blacks discriminate against fellow blacks based on the tone of their skin. It's pathetic. I’ve had my fair share of discrimination owing to my dark complexion.”
Lydia refers to herself as an actor not as an actress because ‘why don’t they call female doctors doctresses, what’s with all this sexism?’

JUACALI'S NEW JOINT: NI IMBIE FEATURING ENIKA

This joint is Produced by Ambrose of Mandugu Digital, Co-Produced by Clemo Directed by Charles Luche it will be in the Ngeli ya Genge album.

GORY PICS OF CHAMELEONE'S LEGS AFTER SURGERY

Ugandan singer Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone had an operation last year October after he fell down three floors at a hotel in Arusha.
When asked what happened Chameleone could not explain how the accident occurred. The singer recalled that he had entered his hotel room after his music show, changed clothes and slept. But he was shocked to find himself on the first floor of the hotel an hour later surrounded by people who were screaming ‘thief’.
“When I tried to move, I could not get up,” Chameleone told The New Vision. “I was in great pain. I think both of my legs were broken. I identified myself as Jose Chameleone. That is when some onlookers rushed to call my tour promoters.” His promoters took him to Arusha Hospital, where he contacted his wife to charter an Eagle Air plane at $9,000 (about Sh 639,000) to evacuate him. He was airlifted from Kilimanjaro Airport to Entebbe Airport.
A Dr. Kenneth Obwot, who was on the team that evacuated the singer, attributed Chameleone’s accident to sleepwalking. He said Chameleone could have gotten up in his dreams and walked through the glass windows. The singer was alone in the room and the door was locked. Obwot noted that the accident could have been fatal. The fact that the singer does a lot of exercise could have saved his life, he added.
Look see two of his post op photos of his legs, or you can click here and here



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IDOL ADIONA DATING BIG BROTHER’S MUNYA

Zimbabwe’s Idol contestant Adiona Maboreke says she is dating Big Brother Africa 3 Zimbabwe housemate Munya.
Commenting on the tryst Munya had a tryst in the BBA house with Tawana from Botswana, she says, “It gets weird sometimes though when the media talks about Tawana and ask me how I feel about that. I never answer. The media does not affect our relationship because we are two of the most open-minded people you could ever meet. I think.”
However, she has recorded some songs with Munya and Zambia’s BBA contestant Takondwa titled Even If.
“Munya also raps on the track, in fact he came up with the idea of the song,” Adiona said.

LUPITA STARTS CLASSES AT YALE

Filmmaker and model Lupita Nyongo’s has started her degree classes in Theatre Art at the prestigious American university Yale.
The MTV actress and filmmaker has begun classes Writing from campus, Lupita, the daughter of medical service minister Prof Peter Anyang Nyongo, wrote in an email that she was “settling into school.
“My schedule is already very hectic. They have us working hard from the very start. But I expected it - this is Yale after all and they strive for nothing but the best in everything, and I am up for that challenge. This is teaching me what they mean when they say acting is serious play.
“I know I am blessed and very privileged to be in this position where I get to focus and hone my craft for three years.”
Lupita’s greatest filmic achievement so far has been the making of a film about the suffering of albinos in society, In My Genes. The film was screened from September 12 to September 23 in Netherlands at the Africa In The Picture Film Festival (AITP).

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NIGERIANS ANGRY AT POTRAYAL ON DISTRICT 9

District 9 a South African movie production has angered Nigerians for it’s portrayal of them. In retaliation they have started a Facebook group, District 9 Hates Nigerians. Some have even come up with a petition to have it banned. Tola Onanuga’s statement in the UK Guardian contradicts his angry countrymen. He said: “If District 9 really does hate Nigerians, it clearly hates its powerful, white characters even more. Objecting to Nigerians being portrayed as morally bankrupt criminals seems pointless when almost every group of characters in the film have little or no regard for the law.”
East Africans should be offended as the film’s Nigerians speak in Kiswahili and not Hausa or Yoruba.



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NO BUSTA RHYMES FOR DAR CONCERT

With the growing buzz that American rapper Busta Rhymes will be in Tanzania for the Fiesta 2009 “One Love” concert, word has it that nothing has been confirmed. The event been organized by Tanzanian radio station Clouds FM and will be held on September 26 in Dar es Salaam.

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ABBAS: I DON’T WANNA MOVE TO DENMARK

There is a new juicy morsel on the celeb-split between rap couple Abbas Kubaff and Baby Gangsta.
Abbas revealed that the separation might take longer to resolve now that Baby Gangsta – real name Natasha Ilum - has relocated to Denmark, her place of birth and where her parents live.
The Mo Fire rapper said, “She wants me to move to Denmark but I want to stay here.”
The musical couple said ‘I do’, twice last year; the first time was at a conventional garden wedding in Karen and a week later for their fans at KICC. They have separated less than 10 months after their November 14 vows.


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MTV SERIES ACTRESS IS EU AFRICAN SCHOLAR

Sharon Olago plays a reckless party girl, Violet in the forth-coming MTV series Shuga which has just finished filming. Sharon is one of the 120 young upcoming African scholars chosen to be part of the European Union mentorship and leadership-training project.
“I did not apply,” said the excited actress, “It is actually meant for junior lecturers, I’m not yet through with my Masters in Entrepreneurship Development in Nairobi University yet.”
The programme offers opportunities to young Africans upcoming scholars to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge to become leading analysts and policymakers on peace, security and development in Africa. “The programme will educate us on finding solutions to the problems that ail the country. We will be able to speak to various people and come up with policies that will can be used to aid the development in society.”
Sharon plans to undertake research that will help the youth in entrepreneurship and income generation in the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh.
The MTV Staying Alive Ignite TV series will premiere on MTVbase, NTV and Citizen in November.

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GERMAN PROMOTER: JIMWATT WAS HOSPITALISED FOR A WEEK

The promoters who organised Jimwatt’s trip to Germany have broken the silence and addressed the rumours about the baby-faced rapper’s admission to a hospital in the European country.
After Calif Record Camp stuck to a ‘No comment’ on the issue, the Kenya Development Associates (KDA) – Germany and Jiikaze NGO led by Phillis Gruesges gave an explanation on what ailed the Under 18 rapper.
An email sent by Mickie Ojijo, the KDA Secretary, states: “Jimwatt suffered a severe bout of headache due to environmental change, common not only to artistes making their first trip to Europe but to most people in general. As a result he was forced to cut short his German tour and Stella Mwangi a.k.a STL who was on her way from Kenya to Oslo stepped in to continue with the promoter’s programme.”
Addressing the hospitalisation rumours, Mickie added: “Rumours being circulated by charlatans masquerading as stars in Germany that the singer is insane in a rehabilitation centre are unfounded. James is relaxing and rehearsing for his new songs to be launched later this year. He will be in Nairobi soon to enlighten you further on his programme.”
KDA is an association for Kenyan professionals, students and businessmen and their German counter parts to discuss issues pertaining to education, development, trade, culture as well as political reforms process in Kenya.

JOLIE AND PITT HIRED WHOLE CAMP AT THE MARA

A-list hollywood celeb couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were at the Mara from September 10. The couple who are always hounded by paparazzi, quietly entered Kenya with their entourage, and spent a few days at a camp in the Mara.
A source says, “Angelina and Brad hired the whole camp to ensure they had privacy.” The Mr and Mrs Smith stars checked into the Cottars 1920s Safari Camp, which is situated in the Maasai Mara, bordering the Serengeti and Loliondo ecosystem.
They were there to “relax and shop for charity projects in the area,” the source said.
Angelina who is the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador spent their Saturday (September 12) with refugees at the Dadaab refugee camp on the Kenya-Somali border.
Apparently her visit was so hush hush even some of the UNHCR officials did not know that the actress was going to visit Daadab, another source intimated.

That aside. Y’all need to know that the Cottars 1920s Safari Camp has also played host to big American stars like Keira Knightley, covered by Vogue and reviewed by the Conde Nast Traveler.
Here is the Vogue article



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IDOL’S REUNION FAILS TO IMPRESS

Ammara

Samantha

Adiona

Mkuhuli

Christine

Cynthia

Eric

The 2008 Idols had a reunion in Kenya Well, the Idol’s reunion concert dubbed Ziki Idol’s Blast attracted a handful of people on September 18.
The Idols Samantha Rufaro, Adiona Maboreke, Ammara Brown, Faycal Ngeruka and Trinah Chisanga, Mkuhuli Bhebe, Christine Apondi and Cynthia Kuto were joined by the first Idols East and Central Africa winner Eric Moyo.
However the first runners up, Nicollete Kiige was missing in action due to her ‘school schedule’.

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Photos/ Chrispinus Wekesa

BIG PIN FOR DALLAS

Kora Award winning rapper Big Pin will be jetting out of the country for an American tour starting October 2.
Big Pin will be touring with Tanzanian rapper Mwana FA and Ugandan dancehall sensation Vamposs. The show dubbed The Grown and Sexy East African Experience will be in Dallas and will double up as a platform for American-based Kenyan design house Uhuru Clothing launch their fall collection. You probably know Big Pin as the dude who collaboed with the Kiss 100’s presenter Sanaipei Thande in the smash hit song You
if you still don't remember him i have put in a photo for your reference .

TYRA’S SHOW IS A FAKE

My sister is a intense fan of the Tyra Banks Show. I usually don’t get what the pizazz about the show is all about, till now. According to MediaTakeOut.com Tyra Banks has been hiring actors to pretend to be various characters on her TV show, according to a confession from one of her recent guests.
In one of her show the gloriously hairheaded blonde Tyra had a guest named Vincente who went on the air saying he didn’t like dark-skinned black people. When contacted after the show, Vincente said, “I know I am hated all over right now. I hope you understand that this was for television purposes only. We were told how to act and what characters to portray. I am not done with the Tyra show yet, I will be going back. I have been in contact with other members who were on the show and we constantly talk about how the producers never warned us about the outcome, but we knew already but still it would have been cool if they warned us.”

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LEBRON JAMES TAKES UP ACTING

Another NBA star LeBron James will be making a crossover into acting. LeBron will take up a role as himself in the movie Fantasy Basketball Camp, an upcoming comedy for Universal Pictures. The story follows five guys from different backgrounds who come to Vegas to live out their fantasy by attending the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp. While it should be enough that these dreamers get to interact with their hero, the campers drag LeBron into their various life issues, ranging from serious to idiotic. Lebron will serve as executive producer along with Carter and Imagine's Michael Rosenberg and Kim Roth. Production is scheduled to begin in December.

ERIC WAINAINA: NO LOVE AND PROTEST

Fans will all have to wait forever till Eric et al get their game right a little bit longer before they can get their hands on Eric Wainaina’s latest album Love and Protest. The launch of the album that was scheduled to take place last weekend (September 12) has been cancelled. According to Eric’s Facebook status update late on Tuesday 8: “It’s with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the Love and Protest launch that was scheduled for this month. This is due to circumstances that were beyond our control. We deeply regret any and all inconveniences caused.”


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KIRK FRANKLIN SKIPPED CHARITY WORK WHILE IN NAIROBI

American gospel singer Kirk Franklin who is scheduled to perform a one off show at last Saturday’s Spread The Love Festival at the Carnivore.
The September singer would skip the charity work because he was in the country because part of the festival. “He arrived from Uganda - after a concert at the Nakivubo Stadium - on Saturday morning enroute to Japan where he will headline a Billboard Live concert in Osaka on September 15,” Michelle Kwambo the PR rep of the festival said.
The festival aims to raise money to buy prison beds to the industrial area prison, which has a capacity of 3,000 male prisoners.

SAFARI CATS TO GRACE CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE

The Safari Cats will make a comeback at the grand finale of the AccessKenya Africa Concours d’Elegance after a six-year break from the motor show.
This year’s Concours will be held by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club on September 27 at the Nairobi Racecourse with the gates opening at 9.00 a.m.
Bill Parkinson, the Chief Judge at the Concours, said the Cats would be the ‘highlight’ of the day. “Even the most dedicated motoring fans will be happy to take a break from admiring the superbly prepared Concours cars and motorcycles and switch their attention to the latest dance offerings of the Safari Cats.”

SIT BACK AND REMINISE

Do you remember the time, when Drum was the only trendy magazine in East Africa?

Do you remember the classy Embassy cigarette ADS?

What about Tree Top and Cowboy in a mkebe?


(Loud sigh!) My heart skips a bit when I remember the good old days.

If you want to reminisce some more click here

WYRE’S WEDDING PHOTOS DOING ONLINE ROUNDS

Several Tanzanian blogs have posted singer Wyre’s private wedding photos of his 2008 wedding.

For those who don’t know, Wyre kicked out journalists from his wedding The Make a choice star, had an invites-only-no-camera wedding. Now, after his very-very-very- private wedding, photos of him and his wifey have leaked onto the net. Here is presenting his wedding photo, a few months later.
Cheers.



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BIG BROTHER AFRICA BABES AND THIER JOBS...

KRISTAL - ZIMBABWE
She is an Ambulance Technician and hates liars and backstabbers and lists her clothing style as “fabulosity”.

EDNA – ANGOLA
Edna studied International Relations at university and her role model is Angelina Jolie because of her strong personality, character and not because she is shacking up with Brad Pitt.
She entered BIG BROTHER REVOLUTION for the challenge and feels that being
selected to participate has changed the direction of her life.

EMMA – ANGOLA
First year Marketing and Management student Emma is a huge basketball fan and is proud of her national team because they have won the African Championships 9 times in 9 years. She says that viewers should watch her because she will give them what they want to see seeing as there is no shower hour – “fun, drama, entertainment – while I am in the house there will be no boredom and no reason for viewers to change the channel!”

MZAMO - MALAWI
Mzamo is a student who has lived in Malawi, England, France, Mozambique and South Africa. She hates stereotypes and would love to visit the Greek islands.

JENNIFER - MOZAMBIQUE
Jennifer has a BA in International Politics and her worst habit is sticking her used chewing gum under her bed and is irritated by ignorance, prejudice, jealousy and laziness.

RENE - NAMIBIA
Single Hairstylist Rene is a self-confessed party girl whose worst habits are smoking, being too loud and sometimes drinking a little too much.
She hates laziness and dishonesty and likes to relax by sleeping.

GERALDINE - NIGERIA
Law student Geraldine says the best advice she ever received was from her mom – “Don’t be bitter or the world will spit you out, don’t be too sweet or the world will suck you up”. She reads, plays her guitar or swims to relax and her worst habit is sipping tea with her teaspoon.

NKENNA – NIGERIA
Nkenna has a BSc in Food Science and Technology and hails from Owerri in Imo State. She would love to visit Jerusalem because “I would love to see the reality of the things I read from the Bible”.She’ll be taking her Bible into the house.

LIZ – SOUTH AFRICA
Single Business Co-ordinator Liz is currently studying towards her BCom degree in Johannesburg. She says viewers should watch her on the show because her middle name is ‘entertainment’ and hopes one of her reward challenge prizes will be a phone call to her sister or a close friend.

ELIZABETH - TANZANIA
TV Presenter / Actress Elizabeth is a big Manchester United and Chicago Bulls fan and rates sleeping late and waking up too early as her bad habits.

MAGGIE - ZAMBIA
Margaret is a student and model who loves the music of Lionel Ritchie, UB40 and Akon. She looks up to her mom because of her strength and hates people who nag.

PALOMA - ZAMBIA
Paloma is a Sales Assistant and she’d love to visit Las Vegas because “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”. She describes her clothing style as ‘sophisticated, elegant but simple.’