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Ghana: Idris Elba Nearly Died in Ghana
Accra Report, 27 November 2015
Popular Hollywood star and famed British actor, Idris Elba almost died on set while filming scenes for his latest movie Beasts Of No Nation. Read more »
The British actor has revealed how he almost died while shooting Beasts Of No Nation.
Beasts of No Nation, A Netflix Original Film. When civil war tears his family apart, a young West African boy is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters and transform into a child soldier. Available in select theaters and on Netflix October 16.
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Young Ghanaian movie star Abraham Attah is refusing to let fame get into his head. He says he is planning on living the life he lived before fame found him. Read more »
Kenya: Idris Elba Says his Superdry Fashion Line is for the '24-Hour' Man
Capital FM, 30 November 2015
Idris Elba says his Superdry fashion line is for the “24-hour” man. Read more »
Africa: Beasts of No Nation - an Unflinching Take On African Conflict
The Daily Vox, 24 November 2015
Idris Elba shines in Beasts of No Nation, a flawed but deeply moving film about the coming of age of a child soldier in a conflict-ridden West African country, writes PHILIP OWIRA. Read more »
Nigeria: Elba Stars in Beast of No Nation's Screen Adaptation
This Day, 25 August 2013
Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation is being developed for the big screen. The novel, which the Telegraph (of London) described as a "horrifying exposé of what life is… Read more »
Nigeria: Beasts of No Nation
Daily Trust, 22 July 2012
The people of Calabar are complaining of oppression from Ibibios. In fact, the Anangs seem to be the worst behaved. There is a reversal of fortune for the Efiks of Calabar, because… Read more »
Hollywood actor Idris Elba will play a military commander in Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of Nigerian writer Uzodinma Iweala's best-selling novel, Beasts of No Nation.
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