Bantu Roots – COSEFFECT

Bantu Roots, Film/ TV

April 15, 2019

Cape Town to the world – Lesley-Ann Brandt

Lesley-Ann Brandt was born 2 December 1981 in Cape Town. She is coloured and has a mix of ancestry including East Indian, Dutch, German, And Spanish. As a youngster, Brandt was a very active, competitive and talented child who loved sports and does not hold back in playing.

Laurence Moorcroft

Bantu Roots, Fashion

April 12, 2019

King of Collabs

Virgil Abloh is an American designer, DJ and stylist who came to prominence as Kanye West’s creative director. He is the founder and designer for his label Pyrex Vision and OFF-WHITE.

Laurence Moorcroft

Bantu Roots, Film/ TV

July 20, 2018

Selema Mabena Masekela

Overview
Selema Mabena Masekela is the son of South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela, and a Haitian mother. Masekela is also the older half-brother of Survivor: Cook Islands contestant Nathan Gonzalez. He was raised in Staten Island, New York and Carlsbad, California.

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Bantu Roots, Music

July 18, 2018

Jean Grae

Overview
Jean Grae (born Tsidi Ibrahim, November 26, 1976) is a South African born American hip hop recording artist, actress, and comedian from Brooklyn, New York City. She rose to prominence in the underground hip hop scene in New York City and has since built an international fan base.

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Bantu Roots, Music, Uncategorized

April 17, 2018

Goapele Mohlabane

Overview

Goepele is an American born South African soul and R&B singer songwriter who rose to fame in the United States with the release of her first single titled Even Closer back in 2001.

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Bantu Roots

April 10, 2018

Thabo Sefolosha

Overview

Thabo Patrick Sefolosha is a professional Basketball player who plays for the Atlanta hawks. He has also played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder, in the Turkish Basketball League for the Fenerbahçe, in France for Élan Chalon, in Italy for Angelico Biella, and in Switzerland for Tege Riviera Basket.

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Bantu Roots

April 5, 2018

Gift Ngoepe

Overview

Mpho Gift Ngoepe is a professional baseball player whom since the 26th of April 2017 became the first black South African to play in the Baseball Major League with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was also the first black South African to sign a professional baseball contract back in 2008.

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