Shades of Us
Movie, TV, music, album, and book reviews for Africa, Africans and people of African descent.
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Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017
22 min
Tyler Perry wrote, directed and produced an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf' and we are here for it! Listen to our review of For Colored Girls.
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Credit: For Colored Girls
Oct 10, 2017
Oct 10, 2017
9 min
Almost everyone is raving about Simi's 'Joromi, off her sophomore album, Simisola. Why is the song such a hit? We review in this episode of Shades of Us: The Review.
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Credit: Joromi by Simi
Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017
14 min
On The Review today is Nzinga Stewart's romantic comedy, With This Ring.
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Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017
11 min
Johnny Drille is a Nigerian singer whose sound is different from the regular Nigerian sound. We reviewed 'Wait for Me', his love song about keeping faith in a long distance relationship.
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Credit: Wait for Me by Johnny Drille
Sep 28, 2017
Sep 28, 2017
25 min
On the new episode of Shades of Us: The Review, we discuss Rick Famuyiwa's Dope.
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Credit: Rick Famuyiwa's Dope.
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
7 min
Where are the Ric Hassani fans? We discuss his song, 'Gentleman'.
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Credit: Gentleman by Ric Hassani
Sep 21, 2017
Sep 21, 2017
21 min
Seen 'Coming to America'? We reviewed the film in this episode.
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Credit: Coming to America
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 2017
12 min
We look at the why Bodak Yellow by Cardi B is such a hit.
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Credit: Bodak Yellow by Cardi B