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BY Elizabeth Ofosuah Johnson, 2:00pm March 29, 2019,

Meet the African women taking over the global entertainment industry in 2019

by Elizabeth Ofosuah Johnson, 2:00pm March 29, 2019,
Meet the African women taking over the global entertainment industry in 2019

Wanuri Kahiu

Despite her movie being banned in her home country, Kenyan filmmaker and director Wanuri Kahiu knows no bounds as she takes her career a notch higher landing several Hollywood movie deals. The beautiful movie maker has so far secured not one but three huge directing roles and is set to have her controversial LGBT movie premiere in Holywood soon. From landing a huge Universal Studios deal, directing the bestselling novel
The Thing About Jellyfish set to hit the big screens, Los Angeles-based love story Covers also with Universal Studios to directing the upcoming drama series Wild Seeds based on the book by Octavia E Butler.

Last Edited by:Victor Ativie Updated: March 31, 2020

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