FEVA TV Wants, Satellite Expansion Of Coverage

Oct 15, 2013 | Jazz, Latin Music Generes, Music News

 FEVA TV Wants, Satellite Expansion Of Coverage

African and Caribbean entertainment platform FEVA TV have plane to extend its webTV offering to a 24-hour television channel available on major Canadian cable and satellite TV networks.FEVA

First Entertainment Voice of Africa Television, launched its Internet-based content platform in September 2013, and hopes to start discussions with television distributors to increase its mainstream coverage across Canada.

The channel provides music, movies, news, sports, TV series and drama, and documentaries targeting the African and Caribbean communities in Canada. Nollywood and other African movies, reggae, Afrobeat and Soca videos, Caribbean films, hip-hop and R&B videos, and African and Caribbean TV series are all included, with programming originating from Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Trinidad, Barbados, USA, Brazil, and Haiti among other countries.

FEVA’s mission is to build a television network in Canada that will showcase the global black community from an accurate perspective that is not always seen in most major media outlets, a statement said.

According to Lonzo Nzekwe, CEO and co-founder of FEVA TV, the channel aims to provide a clear picture of the social, economic and the political situations that black people around the world are faced with on a regular basis.

Former South African Presiden, Nelson Mandela Hospitalized

Former South African Presiden, Nelson Mandela Hospitalized

Mar 29, 2013 | World News

The second time in recent months, 94-year-old Nelson Mandela was rushed to a South African hospital for a lung infection.

Mr. Mandela was admitted just after midnight and is said to be receiving the “best possible.” The public has been asked to pray for the former president.  Check back for  more information as it becomes available.

 

Poet Develops Exchange Programme For Hip-Hop Artists

Sep 23, 2012 | Hip Hop, World News

Poet Biko Mutsaurwa in partnership with the Chitungwiza Community Development Network have embarked in an initiative regarded as the African Hip-Hop Caravan.

The caravan is a networking pool of artists from Africa interchanging ideas and sharing the stage with American stars. There will be workshops available as well as discussion on how to develop the industry.

Concerts will be held in countries like Tunisia, Senegal, South Africa, Nairobi and Zimbabwe as part of networking and exposure. Proceeds generated from the concerts will benefit selected communities. The tour is scheduled to begin in February next year.

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