Africa Entertainment People

Omar Sharif (born Michel Demitri Shalhoub; Arabic: عمر الشريف; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif...

Larry Shreve (born Lawrence Robert Shreve on January 16, 1941) best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from The Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore"...

Layla Lucas (born 25 June 1978), better known by her ring name Layla El, is a British dancer, model and professional wrestler of Moroccan descent, currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as a...

Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (born on August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian professional wrestler, better known under his ring name, Kofi Kingston, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the Raw brand. Since competing for WWE, he has won the Intercontinental...

FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 53 national African FIBA federations, it was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.

||Khauxa!nas was a wall construct in southeastern Namibia built by Oorlam(Khoi). Its perimeter was 700 meters and 2 meters in height. It was built with stone slabs and displays features of both the Zimbabwean and Transvaal Free State style of...

Tongai Moyo is a contemporary Zimbabwean musician, often referred to as Dewa. Born and raised in Kwekwe, Dewa rose to fame in the late 1990s as a solo-artist with the Utakataka express..

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism of the government of President...

System Tazvida was a Zimbabwean musician very popular in his home country mainly in the 1990s, though not as well known internationally. Tazvida wrote and performed songs mainly in his native Shona tongue.

Solomon Skuza (born 1956), also known as Jah Solo was a Zimbabwean musician, one of the most popular to come out of Plumtree. In addition to his native Kalanga, he wrote lyrics in Ndebele, Shona and English as well. Other...