Video for Proverb’s Writers’ Club

Jul 9, 2012 |

He may have started in the entertainment industry as a rapper but, over the years, he has built on each of his accomplishments and reached for new spaces. Once simply an emcee, now Proverb flits effortlessly between platforms – including television, radio and live events – whether it is hosting Idols, All Access and Channel O or presenting on radio and performing on stages. He is simply one of the hardest working individuals in the entertainment industry and a humble, warm and good person to boot. Which is why, when I got a call from his team to do a cameo in the video for his song Writers’...

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The Media Decides? (CP)

Mar 12, 2011 |

The influence of the media and entertainment on society is unquantifiable even as those sectors endeavour to reflect society. They guide the discussions through what they put out. In Africa, we have often talked of how it is the West that determines the perception of us. This is not totally the case. The power bases on the continent – like South Africa and Nigeria – do so as well through the programming created on and for channels like MTV Base and Channel O. Because these spaces, based in SA, determine what is put out as being representative of Africa, can we comfortably say, this is the full picture?

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