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BY Farida Dawkins, 9:44pm January 25, 2018,

#OscarsSoWhite: And the 11 black nominees out of 181 hopefuls are…

by Farida Dawkins, 9:44pm January 25, 2018,
Image of Oscar trophy against Oscar backdrop...photo credit: NPR

The 2018 Oscar nominations for the upcoming 90th annual awards ceremony was announced on January 23, 2018. Tiffany Haddish – the breakout comedian of 2017 was joined by Andy Serkis and Academy President John Bailey to disclose the nominees.

In true Face2Face Africa style, we’d like to highlight the Black artists who earned accolades. Not so surprising, we counted 11 black nominees out of the 181 people nominated for the prestigious awards. #OscarsSoWhite? We think so!

Here are the Oscar nominees of African descent:

Last Edited by:Farida Dawkins Updated: January 26, 2018

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