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Dave Chappelle

David Khari Webber Chappelle

Dave Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating, writing, producing, and starring in the sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show and for his subsequent stand-up specials.

Bolanle Austen-Peters

Bolanle Austen-Peters is a Nigerian lawyer, theatre and film director, producer, and cultural entrepreneur. She founded Terra Kulture and BAP Productions, institutions associated with Nigerian stage productions, film, cultural promotion, and creative-skills training.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American film actor and producer known for roles including Titanic and his Academy Award-winning performance in The Revenant. He founded Appian Way Productions and was designated a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.

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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is a Nigerian screen actor and filmmaker associated with Nollywood. Known for films including Mortal Inheritance, she was named to the 2013 TIME 100, invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018, and later directed Mother's Love.

Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for an interdisciplinary practice that uses Dutch wax textiles and historical references to examine colonialism, post-colonialism, race, class, cultural identity and globalization.

Thebe Magugu

Thebe Magugu is a Johannesburg-based South African fashion designer and creative director who founded the THEBE MAGUGU label in 2016. Known for work that draws on South African history, culture and personal narratives, he won the LVMH Prize in 2019 and has extended his practice…

Omar Sy

Omar Sy is a French actor and producer known for his César-winning performance in Intouchables, his comedy partnership with Fred Testot, and roles in French and international screen productions. He has Senegalese paternal and Mauritanian maternal heritage.

William Kentridge

William Kentridge is a South African visual artist and stage director known for work across drawing, printmaking, animated film, sculpture, performance, theatre, and opera. His public significance rests particularly on his charcoal-based animation method and his integration of…

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor and producer best known for portraying Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, in Marvel Studios films. His career also includes an Academy Award-winning supporting performance in Oppenheimer and his work with Susan Downey as co-founder of the…

Adesua Etomi-Wellington

Adesua Etomi-Wellington is a Nigerian screen and theatre actor whose work includes Nollywood films, television series and stage productions. She won the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama for Falling, while more recent reporting has associated…

Ben Okri

Ben Okri is a Nigerian-born poet and novelist best known for The Famished Road, which won the 1991 Booker Prize. His work also encompasses short fiction, essays, plays and film scripts.

IK Osakioduwa

Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa

Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa, professionally known as IK Osakioduwa, is a Nigerian television host, radio presenter and live-event compere best known for presenting Big Brother Africa, the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards and Nigerian Idol.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a video-game director and the Representative Director and President of FromSoftware. He is known for directing or guiding the development of action role-playing games including Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Elden Ring.

Mercy Johnson Okojie

Mercy Johnson-Okojie

Mercy Johnson-Okojie is a Nigerian screen actor and producer known for award-recognised performances, feature-film production and appointments to state-government advisory roles.

David Attenborough

David Frederick Attenborough

David Attenborough is a British broadcaster, natural historian and former BBC executive whose natural-history documentaries have brought scientific and environmental subjects to broad public audiences. His later public work has emphasized biodiversity loss, environmental…

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Mark Angel

Mark Angel is a Nigerian comedian, writer and producer who founded Mark Angel Comedy, a digital comedy-sketch brand that he says officially began operating in 2013.

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Kai Cenat

Kai Cenat is a U.S.-based livestreamer, YouTube creator, and digital entertainer known for long-form Twitch programming, comedy-oriented videos, and collaborations through the AMP creator collective. His public profile includes major livestreaming milestones, industry…

Lasisi Elenu

Nosa Afolabi

Nosa Afolabi, professionally known as Lasisi Elenu, is a Nigerian comedian, actor, compere and digital-content creator known for social-media comedy skits and screen work including The Razz Guy.

Law Roach

Law Roach is a Chicago-raised celebrity stylist and self-described image architect known for shaping the fashion presentation of prominent entertainment figures. His wider work includes publishing, fashion editorial leadership, and television roles as a judge and co-executive…

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Victoria Beckham

Victoria Caroline Beckham

Victoria Beckham is a British fashion designer and beauty entrepreneur who first became internationally known as a member of the Spice Girls. She founded the Victoria Beckham fashion label in 2008 and launched Victoria Beckham Beauty in 2019.

Kris Jenner

Kris Jenner is an American media personality, entertainment manager, television producer, and author best known for her role in the Kardashian-Jenner family's reality television and commercial ventures. She was a star and executive producer of Keeping Up with the Kardashians…

Cubana Chief Priest

Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu

Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, publicly known as Cubana Chief Priest, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, nightlife promoter and entertainment personality. He became prominent through the Cubana Group and later established Club Xhrine in Owerri.

Tara Fela-Durotoye

Tara Fela-Durotoye is a Nigerian beauty entrepreneur who founded House of Tara International in 1998 and developed initiatives including a bridal directory and makeup school. She remains identified as the company’s founder, although day-to-day operational leadership passed to…

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is an American film director and screenwriter known for films including Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. His work has received major recognition from the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards.