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Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Nadia Nakai and Khanyi Mbau joins search for Africa’s next trender

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

MPHO RANTAO SOUTH African rapper Nadia Nakai and media personality Khanyi Mbau have been named as two-thirds of a judging panel for a new African show that’s looking for the continent’s next Online sensation. Called ‘The Next Big Trender’, the show will consist of five up and coming African stars completing a set of tasks that will be by a panel that consists of Nakai, Mbau and Nigerian comedian Olalekan “Lekan” Olaleye. The show will be aired on new channel Honey, on Dstv channel 173. Khanyi Mbau and Lekan Olaleye join the judging panel. Picture: Instagram The five contestants are…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

‘Big Brother Naija’: Nigeria’s unlikely public relations campaign?

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

OLUSOLA OGUNNUBI, Research Fellow,University of Free State, University of the Free State AKINLOLU AKINOLA, Invited User EVERY new season of Nigeria’s reality TV show, ‘Big Brother Naija’ (BB Naija), comes loaded with controversy. Despite holding five editions since 2006, the show continues to polarise opinion within the continent. Conservatives oppose it as ‘immoral’ and showcasing values that are ‘un-African’. Protagonists celebrate it as good TV material, possessing immense entertainment value. Big Brother Naija is a popular reality show in which contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize worth over $180,000. The winner gets all…