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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [1]
During the 1970s there was a global call to action in various spheres of the lives of women with the evolution of universal women's rights movement, the development of second-wave feminism, the emergence of the Senegal-based bilingual feminist research group the Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD), and the ...
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. ... Women in Lesotho 1991; Libya. Year ... Africa portal; Film portal ...
The Igbo-language epic film received nine 2024 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominations. The 18th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) took place October 25th and 26th. Shaka iLembe, the 2023 TV series retelling of the Shaka, the iconic Zulu King, picked up 12 awards, including for Best TV drama, the most of any nominee.
Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1990: An Angel at My Table: Janet Frame: Karen Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh (adolescent) and Kerry Fox (adult) Awakenings: Oliver Sacks: Robin Williams: Bhim Garjana: B. R. Ambedkar: Krishnanand Call Me Anna: Anna Marie Duke: Patty Duke (older) Jenny Robertson (adult) Ari Meyers (youth) C.H. Spurgeon ...
Among his more prominent works, include Aramotu (2010), a film he both wrote and directed and winner of Best Nigerian Film at the 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards, and Heroes and Zeroes (2012) winner of Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Isaach de Bankolé (b. August 12, 1957) is an Ivorian ...
The International Day of the African Child, [1] also known as the Day of the African Child (DAC), [2] [3] has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. [1] It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day.
African-American child actresses (114 P) Pages in category "African-American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total.