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Lupita Nyong'o and Selema Masekela's Relationship Timeline
- The couple suddenly broke up amid Nyong'o posting about "love extinguished by deception."
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Who Is Lupita Nyong'o's Ex-Boyfriend? All About Selema Masekela
Lupita Nyong'o announced her split from Selema Masekela in October 2023
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Everything About Lupita Nyong'o's Boyfriend, Selema Masekela
Lupita Nyong'o and Selema Masekela went Instagram official with an adorable declaration of their love sharing a collection of clips in which their outfits change.
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Lupita Nyong’o’s Boyfriend Selema Masekela Is a TV Host! See His Net Worth, Their Romance, More
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and her boyfriend, Selema “Sal” Masekela, made their official Instagram debut as a couple in December 2022. And fans couldn’t help but gush over the couple’s sweet bond. However, Selema is also known for his successful television career. So, it’s no surprise that his net worth also stands tall thanks to his years...
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South African Surf Brand Mami Wata Pops Up in Venice
African surf brand Mami Wata has just a debuted 4-month-long pop-up shop in Venice. Co-founder Selema Masekela — a TV host (Vice World of Sports), sports commentator and producer — had long dreamed of creating a surf brand reflective of African people. Cut to 2017 when a friend connected him with guys doing just that […]
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South African Brand Mami Wata Brings a More Diverse Vision of Surf Culture to Abbot Kinney
"This pop-up represents a key marketing piece for us, and hopefully it will be shared virally. We are a small company with global goals," said cofounder Selema Masekela.
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TV Host and Producer Selema Masekela Launching Surf Lifestyle Brand Mami Wata in the U.S.
All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. A surf lifestyle brand with a narrative rooted somewhere other than Southern California or Australia was a longtime […]
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In 1969, Woodstock overshadowed a groundbreaking Harlem music festival. Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' rescues it from the forgotten pages of history.
Harlem Cultural Festival was unapologetically Black, from the fashion to the hairstyles to the activism - and even Questlove had no idea it existed.
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Jonas Gwangwa, South African Jazz Musician and Activist, Dead at 83
The Oscar-nominated trombonist used music as a rallying cry against apartheid and spent years in exile
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South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa
Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83. With driving music that fired up Black South Africans’ resistance to repressive white minority rule, Gwangwa left the country rather than submit to apartheid censorship. Other prominent exiled South African musicians included Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba.
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Review: Tony Allen, late Hugh Masekela team up for 'Rejoice'
“Rejoice,” a long-dormant collaboration between legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and the late South African horn player Hugh Masekela, is a swirling, restless album that wisely puts their instruments at the center of the action. Allen is a Paris-based Nigerian native whose reputation was cemented during his long association with the late Fela Kuti but whose long resume also includes supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong.
