films & music

Movie Review Actor Profile:

Title: Kati Kati Genre: Drama Rate: 7/10 Initial release: 10 September 2016 Director: Mbithi Masya Producers: Ginger Wilson, Sarika Hemi Lakhani, Marie Steinmann

Preview A young woman (Nyokabi Gethaiga), with no memory of her life or death, is helped with assimilation to the afterlife by a ghost (Elsaphan Njora).

Name: Edi M e Gathegiū Born: March 10, 1979, Nairobi, Kenya TV show: The Blacklist: Redemption, Justified, ... Film: Crank, The Fifth Patient, Gone Baby Gone, ... Profession: Actor Awards: Obie Award for Performance, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance, Drama Desk Special Award

Edi Mūe Gathegi is a Kenyan American actor. He appeared as recurring character Dr. Jeffrey Cole in the television series House, as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, as Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as Darwin in X-Men: First Class, as Ronald Dacey in Startup, as Solomon in Blacklist Redemption and many other series and tv shows.

Series Review

Title: Lies That Bind First episode date: 24 November 2011 Number of episodes: 118 Genre: Soap opera Created by: Dorothy Ghettuba Language: Swahili, English

Preview Lies that Bind is a Kenyan television soap opera that premiered on November 2011 on the network KTN. It mainly features themes like polygamy, greed, lust, power and contemporary issues that affect families

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The Journal | July - August 2020

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In this months issue we feature the all new Sauti Sol’s music album “Midnight Train”

eing the 5 th studio album of the African Afro Pop band, Sauti Sol has received so many international nominations and accolades(among them being the only East African artists to get a BET Award nomination in 2015).

The award winning band released the fifth studio album under their first major label, Universal Music Africa. The group has already released four singles from the 13-track album.

The new album takes you through the journey of life, first to be released being Suzanna, then Brighter Days, Disco Matanga featuring Sho Madjozi and Black Motion. Starting with the all new rhythmic Midnight Train to Insecure,Feel My Love, Brighter Days(feat Soweto Gospel Choir), Nenda Lote, Suzanna, Set Me Free (Interlude), My Everything (feat India.Arie), Wake Up (feat. Mortimer), Sober, Rhumba Japani(feat. Bensoul, Xenia, Nviiri the Storyteller, Okello Max & nhp) and finally Disco Matanga (Yambakhana) [feat. Sho Madjozi & Black Motion). The title Midnight Train was produced by Andre Harris (producer of Justine Bieber, Kanye West, Jill Scott), and is a representation of their never say die attitude.

If you have’nt checked this album out yet, you surely are 7 missing out a lot.