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born 1982 Ghana
Samuel Bazawule (born 19 April 1982), known professionally as Blitz Bazawule and Blitz the Ambassador, is a Ghanaian filmmaker, author and a visual artist.
Ghana Artists Authors Film directors Also known as: Blitz Bazawule
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This story really tells that transition from moving somewhere as an immigrant, kind of, not really knowing who you are, and finding yourself in that process. And then going from there to the world.
Music was everywhere, big speakers blaring in the open field or live bands playing highlife and Afrobeat covers.
In Ghana, no one just tells a story; like, ‘I got up and I went to work and I came back home.
Before I ever knew of any mediums, of any art forms, I drew and painted as a kid.
I thought it was initially just a way for me to take elements from all over the African diaspora and make it into hip-hop.
I want to make positive change happen.
Danielle Brooks, who had played it on Broadway as well, came with such incredible vigor. Taraji, who was doubtful that she could sing, embraced the challenge and, to me, gives some of the biggest and most show-stopping performances in this movie.
That's why I went with the Ambassador.
A lot of it was termed Africa Writes Back, like, we'd been absorbing Western literature forever, and it was the first time that, at least as a clique and a crew, there was a real identity.
I’m from Bed-Stuy, and I’m from LA. I’m not territorial.
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