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Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix has a new glossy docuseries full of sex, gore, and Game of Thrones-esque political drama. African Queens: Njinga brings one of the most fascinating warrior queens ...

Yetide Badaki will star in 'Queen Nzinga' and executive produce with Mo Abudu and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Starz and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson are continuing ...

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Starz is developing a drama series centered on the life of African Warrior Queen Nzinga with American Gods’ Yetide Badaki set to star in the main role. Badaki will exec produce Queen Nzinga alongside ...

The 2018 news that “The Woman King” had been greenlit stirred in me a mixture of joy and something between curiosity and confusion. The joy should be obvious. No major studio had ever adapted an ...

As we speak with Professor Kellie Carter Jackson, who teaches Africana studies at Wellesley College and joined a teach-in in Florida over the weekend, we ask about the new Netflix documentary series ...

Despite beefing with the network now and then, 50 Cent and Starz will team up to bring us another original series. Deadline reports that Starz is developing a series based on the life of African ...

Netflix has dropped a first look at new docu-drama African Queens. The new series, which is narrated and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith, focuses on prominent African female rulers, with the ...

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