{"id":40642,"date":"2020-01-03T16:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/international-celebrities-to-grace-creative\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:12:27","slug":"international-celebrities-to-grace-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/international-celebrities-to-grace-creative\/","title":{"rendered":"International celebrities to grace Creative Africa Exchange  in Kigali this Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAX is a pan-African summit for the creative ecosystem devoted to creativity in the fields of music, art, design, fashion, literature, culture, publishing, film and television.<br \/>\nPresent will be different public figures from around Africa and the whole world.<\/p>\n<p>Idris Elba, one of the most famous actors all over the world, will give a talk. He is best known for such films as \u201cAmerican Gangster\u201d, \u201cDaddy\u2019s Little Girls\u201d, and \u201cPacific Rim\u201d. In Rwanda, he is specifically known for the film \u201cSome time in April\u201d which is based on the Rwandan 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Among other celebrities expected at the summit is the Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor Akon who also co-founded the Akon Lighting Africa project which aims to provide solar electricity in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer Clarence Peters (family name: Clarence Abiodun Peters) too will give a talk in the summit. Aged 36, he is the founder and CEO of Capital Dream Pictures some of whose most popular songs include such songs as Burna Boy\u2019s \u201cGbona\u201d, Wizkid\u2019s \u201cSoco\u201d, Runtown\u2019s \u201cMad Over You\u201d, Simi and Falz\u2019s \u201cSoldier\u201d, Simi\u2019s \u201cLove Don\u2019t Care\u201d, Patoranking\u2019s \u201cAvailable\u201d, Tiwa Savage\u2019s \u201cEminado\u201d, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Among other speakers of the summit is Djimon Hounsou, a Beninese-American actor, and model who rose to prominence with his roles in films such as \u201cWithout You I\u2019m Nothing\u201d, \u201cAmistad\u201d, \u201cGladiator\u201d, \u201cBlood Diamond\u201d, and others.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian musician, entrepreneur, and television personality D\u2019banj (born Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo) too will give a talk at the summit. Aged 39, D\u2019banj became popular in Rwanda in 2008 for his song \u201cFall in Love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The French musical duo Les Nubians, composed of sisters H\u00e9l\u00e8ne and C\u00e9lia Faussart, will perform at the summit. They are best known for their Billboard R&#038;B Single &#8220;Makeda\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34320 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/idris_elba_logo-f8483.jpg\" alt=\"Idris Elba, one of the most famous actors all over the world, will give a talk.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34321 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2020-01-02_at_18.05.07-e8d4a.jpg\" alt=\"Among other celebrities expected at the summit is the Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor Akon\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34322 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/clarence_peters_azaba_ari_muri_iyi_nama_nawe_nk_umwe_mu_bazatanga_ikiganiro-c3842.jpg\" alt=\"The Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer Clarence Peters too will give a talk in the summit.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34323 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d_banj_ari_mu_bazatanga_ikiganiro_muri_iyi_nama-0e7e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34324 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/djimon_hounsou_uri_mu_bakinnyi_bakomeye_muri_amerika_nawe_azatanga_ikiganiro_muri_iyi_nama-ff831.jpg\" alt=\"Among other speakers of the summit is Djimon Hounsou\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34325 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/idris_nawe_ari_mu_bazatanga_ikiganiro_muri_iyi_nama-c7487.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34326 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/les_nubians_nibo_bazasusurutsa_abazitabira_iyi_nama-90634.jpg\" alt=\"The French musical duo Les Nubians, composed of sisters H\u00e9l\u00e8ne and C\u00e9lia Faussart, will perform at the summit.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different international celebrities are expected to grace the Creative Africa Exchange (CAX) that will take place in Intare Conference Arena, from the 16th to 18th January 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[236],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-alain-jules-hirwa"],"bylines":[{"id":236,"name":"Alain Jules Hirwa","slug":"alain-jules-hirwa","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":81}],"contributors":[{"id":236,"name":"Alain Jules Hirwa","slug":"alain-jules-hirwa","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":81}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40642"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40642"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}