My favorite television series, The Wire, is back on HBO and I had to find an African connection of course apart from the largely African-American cast: at least two of the actors — Gbenga Akinnagbe and Idris Elba – are the children of African immigrants to the West (Akinnagbe’s parents from Nigeria, and Elba’s from [...]
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Nigerian Wire
Posted in HBO, Idris Elba, Nigeria, oil, oil corruption, television on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Wire’ will be back
Posted in HBO, Homicide: Life on the Streets, Marlo Stanfield, politics, television on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite TV series, The Wire on HBO, is back in January 2008. I am not usually enamored by US television, but felt moved to praise the series two years ago in the South African magazine, The Media. I copied the text below and I left the South African spelling intact. (The original article can [...]
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