THE AFRO-BRAZILIAN AFFAIR

SBT, Brazil's second-largest television station known notably for success with kids' telenovelas, some which have aired here in Kenya such as Carousel and Friends to the Rescue on Citizen TV, have decided to postpone any filming of telenovelas.Their last telenovela, The Adventures of Poliana (As Aventuras de Poliana) whose filming was over in December 2019, was to return...

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Now Generation (Geração Brasil) is a 2014 Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo. It stars  Murilo Benício, Cláudia Abreu, Isabelle Drummond, Luís Carlos Miele, Luís Miranda, Lázaro Ramos, Renata Sorrah, Taís Araújo, Humberto Carrão and Chandelly Braz. It is written by Filipe Miguez and Isabel de Oliveira, responsible for the Sparkling Girls fame.The telenovela revolves around Jonas Marra, who is married to the great American star Pamela Parker. Together, they spoil young Megan,...

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Actor Igor Cosso (Bezalel from "Moses and the Ten Commandments") finally came out as gay yesterday night and social media blew up because he lost 4k followers on Instagram... ❤️🤩🌈🌈 Fast forward to some hours later, he has gone from 384k followers to 380k followers, and now, as we speak, his followers have spiked to 438k... This outrage came from people...

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Tangled Hearts (Sangue Bom) is a 2013 telenovela produced by Globo in 2013 under direction by Denis Carvalho. The telenovela was created by Maria Adelaide Amaral and Vicente Villari. It aired on Citizen TV Kenya and was covered by Nina Novelas as well for Sub-Saharan countries via Pay TV. Isabelle Drummond (right) and Marco Pigossi (left) The telenovela...

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Igor Cosso, who graced our screens as Bezalel in Moses and the Ten Commandments has produced a short film titled The Article which is available on IGTV via his Instagram profile.  The Article Poster (Mallory Snow and Igor Cosso) In view of the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilian broadcasters that had telenovelas and series in productions (Globo/Record/SBT) have...

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The Promised Land (A Terra Prometida) is a 2016 Brazilian telenovela by Record TV, starring Sidney Sampaio reprising his role as Joshua from Moses and the Ten Commandments, Thais Melchior, Paloma Bernardi, and a stellar cast. Thais Melchior (left) and Sidney Sampaio (right) The Promised Land takes place in approximately 1200 B.C in a Hebrew camp in Shittim,...

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Guilherme Winter, known for his role as Moses in Moses and the Ten Commandments (RecordTV) which aired on KTN Home, has not seen his son, the result of his relationship to Gisele Itié (Zipporah), since the beginning of the quarantine. The actor lives in Rio de Janeiro, while his ex-partner lives in São Paulo, where he has been since...

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Empire (Império) is a 2015 telenovela written by Aguinaldo Silva (Two Faces/Looks and Essence) and produced by Globo. The telenovela won the 2015 International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela. Empire tells the story of a powerful business mogul with a seemingly idyllic life, but drama couldn't be further from his life. Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young...

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Actor Felipe Simas, 27, who played Jonatas in Globo's Total Dreamer has tested positive for the Coronavirus yesterday.  From right: Felipe Simas and his wife Mariana Uhlmann His wife, Mariana Uhlmann was the one who confirmed it. The actor was playing the role of Téo Santamarina in Globo's current telenovela Salve-se Quem Puder, whose shooting was halted due to...

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On Tuesday, 25/02/2020, The Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi in conjunction with The Alchemist Bar treated us to a documentary, Cartola: The Samba Legend, chronicling the life and times of one of Brazil’s most popular samba composers of all time. Cartola: The Samba Legend On Tuesday, 25/02/2020, The Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi in conjunction with The Alchemist...

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