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Blitz the Ambassador
Dɔɣim yuliSamuel Bazawule
Ankara, Silimin gɔli April 19, 1982 (run 42)
O ya TiŋgbaŋGhana
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Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋAchimota School
Kent State University (en) Translate
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Samuel Bazawule (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali1982), o tuma shee shɛba mi o la Blitz Bazawule mini Blitz the Ambassador, nyɛla Ghana nima sinii yaara, sabira, yɛliparimlana, yili yiinda-yili sabira n-ti pahi binkumda ŋmɛra.[1][2]

O daa piligi la o tuma yuuni 2000s naabu ni, din daa niŋ ka o bahi studio albums dibaa anahi ka daa deei pini din nyɛ Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Contemporary Music. Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa piligi sinii daratibu ni The Burial of Kojo (2018) ka daa sɔŋ darati musical film Black Is King (2020) ni Beyoncé ka daa nya o tuuli Grammy Award piibu. O nyɛla ŋun daa darati yila sinii yuli booni The Color Purple (2023).[3][4] Yuuni 2024 Variety nyɛla ŋun daa piigi o sɔŋ kalinli yim "10 Directors to Watch for 2024".[5]

Samuel Bazawule nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Accra, Ghana, silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1982. Ŋun nyɛ ŋun pahiri bihi ata o lammba bihi anahi puuni ka nyɛ ŋun chaŋ Achimota School. Din daa niŋ ka o be shikuru o daa deei pini pam zaŋ n-ti o ninkpali tuma nima amaa di nyaaŋa ka daa ti zaŋ o zaɣa labisi yila polo din daa niŋ ka o wum ni o tizo ŋun nyɛ doo daa ŋmɛ Public Enemy album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Pirinla o daa mali la yurilim pam zaŋ n-ti taarihi yɛltɔɣa, Bazawule daa piligi taarihi yila nima sabbu ka o daa leei yulilana shikuru maa ni.[6]

Blitz the Ambadassor in 2014

Din daa niŋ ka o naai Achimota School yuuni 2000, Bazawule nyɛla ŋun daa chaŋ n-ti pahi Ghanaian Ace producer Hammer of The Last Two. Blitz nyɛla bɛ ni daa yɛlli so ni o piligimi tuma dabisili shɛli din daa paya maa. O daa ŋmɛ binkumda niŋ yili yuli booni "Deeba" ni ka daa deei pini zaŋ n-ti Best New Artist yuuni 2000 Ghana Music Awards.[7] Yuuni 2001, Blitz daa chaŋ United States ni o ti bɔhim shikuru yuli booni Kent State University din be Ohio, ni ka o daa naai ni bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[8] Lala yuma maa ni o daa niŋ "live shows" pam ka daa yoogi zaŋ n-ti yɛliparim nima kamani Rakim.[9] Yuuni 2004 o daa bahi album Soul Rebel, ka o ni daa niŋ li shɛli nyɛ moniker Blitz.[10]

O ni daa naai shikueu, Blitz daa yi chaŋ New York City. Ni ka o daa ŋmɛ album shɛli yaha, Double Consciousness (2005),[10] ka daa lahi bahi Stereotype. Embassy Ensemble nyɛla ŋun daa di fiila pam zaŋ jandi o yila ŋmɛbu baŋsim ŋɔ.[11] O nyɛla ŋun daa piligi shɛli, Embassy MVMT ka di pa laɣim ni The Roots community initiative Okayplayer.

Yuuni 2009 naabu, Blitz the Ambassador nyɛla ninvuɣ so Beyond Race magazine's "50 Emerging Artists" ni daa piigi so sɔŋ kalinli yim.[12] Yuuni 2015, Blitz daa deei Vilcek Prize zaŋ n-ti Creative Promise in Contemporary Music.[13][14] Yuuni 2011, o daa bahi "Feelin' High" ni French yili yinda Ben Mazue, Yuuni 2012, o nyɛla ŋun daa pahi album Tetra shɛli French electronic crew C2C ni daa bahi. Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa yili yila ni Professor A.L.I. din daa niŋ ka bɛ daa laɣim yili "Things Fall Apart" ni Raekwon yuuni 2011,[15] Lala remix "Things Still Fall Apart" yuuni 2012 ŋɔ mini o yili "The Mic Shall Inherit The Earth" off of the "XFactor" album yuuni 2015.[16][17] Yuuni 2016 o daa zaŋ o studio album din pahiri anahi Diasporadical wuhi salo mini di ŋmali sinii ŋmaa Diasporadical Trilogia, ka daa niŋ li Accra, New York City n-ti pahi Salvador, Bahia.[18]

Blitz The Ambassador in 2019

Yuuni 2018, Blitz daa darati ka sabi o tuuli sinii The Burial of Kojo ka di daa mali kpɛrikpɛritiba kamani Ama K. Abebrese, Joseph Otsiman, Joyce Anima Misa Amoah n-ti pahi Cynthia Dankwa.[19][20] Ban daa yaai sinii ŋɔ nyɛ Ava DuVernay’s independent film studio Array zaŋ n-ti "theatrical" mini Netflix ka bɛ daa bahi li ka daa niŋ li yuuni 2018 Urban World film festival in New York.[21] Di daa nya piibu dibaa awɔi 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards, ka daa di Best First Feature Film zaŋ n-ti darata ŋun kpaŋ o maŋ ka daa lahi di Grand Nile Prize n-ti Luxor African Film Festival.

Yuuni 2019, Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa pahi darata nima ban daa be Beyoncé's visual album The Lion King: The Gift mini Walt Disney Pictures's musical film Black Is King,[22][23] din daa niŋ ka bɛ daa piigi o zaŋ n-ti Best Music Film n-ti 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[24] Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa yina yuuni 2019 Whitney Biennial ni Rujeko Hockley mini Jane Panetta.[25] Blitz gba lahi nyɛla 2019 Senior TED (conference) Fellow,[26] ka daa piligi Africa Film Society, laɣingu shɛli din lihiri sinii tooni tibu. O nyɛla ŋun daa be Guggenheim Fellowships zaŋ n-ti o kpaŋmaŋ n-ti Ghana.[27][28][29][30]

Yuuni 2020, lahabali daa yina wuhiri ni Bazawule nyɛ ŋun yɛn darati The Color Purple, sinii din jandi Alice Walker's book of the same name ka ban daa yaai li nyɛ Broadway musical mini Oprah Winfrey.[31] Winfrey maŋmaŋ daa yaagi sinii ni Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders n-ti pahi Steven Spielberg.[32] Ninvuɣ shɛba ban be lala sinii ŋɔ ni nyɛ Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo n-ti pahi Danielle Brooks. Bɛ daa bahi sinii ŋɔ United States silimiin goli December biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali yuuni 2023 ka ŋun daa bahi li nyɛ Warner Bros. Pictures.[33][31][34] Sinii ŋɔ daa nya piibu zaŋ n-ti Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture mini Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director.

Bazawule's tuuli buku, The Scent of Burnt Flowers nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo silimiin goli June biɛɣ'pihita ayi ka dali yuuni 2022.[35] Silimiin goli March biɛɣ'pinaayopɔin dali yuuni 2022, bɛ daa yɛliya ni FX nyɛla ŋun yɛn yaai six-episode miniseries zaŋ jandi buku ŋɔ, Bazawule nyɛ ŋun daa darati ka yaai li ka Yahya Abdul-Mateen II nyɛ ŋun daa be di ni.[36] n-ti pahi Black Samruai [37]

  • 2009: Stereotype
  • 2011: Native Sun
  • 2014: Afropolitan Dreams
  • 2016: Diasporadical
  • 2019: The Burial of Kojo
  • 2004: Soul Rebel
  • 2005: Double Consciousness
  • 2009: StereoLive
  • 2013: The Warm Up
  • 2011: Native Sun
  • 2016: Diasporadical Trilogia
  • TBA: The Scent of Burnt Flowers[36]
  • Blitz Bazawule nyɛla ŋun daa yoli niŋ o TV darata "show" ka daa boli li Cherish the Day.
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards Best First Feature Film by a Director The Burial of Kojo Won [40]
Luxor African Film Festival Grand Nile Prize (Long Narrative) Won [41]
2021 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Black is King Nominated [42]
Grammy Awards Best Music Film Nominated [43]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Nominated [44]
2024 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Picture The Color Purple Nominated [45]
Astra Film Awards Best Picture Nominated .[46]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Director Nominated [45]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Picture Nominated [47]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) Won [48]
  1. ↑ Sam Blitz Bazawule.
  2. ↑ Editorial (4 March 2019). Whitney Biennial.
  3. ↑ Chibelushi, Wedaeli (December 24, 2023). "Blitz Bazawule - the Ghanaian who dazzled Beyoncé takes on The Color Purple" (en-GB). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67747661.
  4. ↑ Jurgensen, John (December 27, 2023). The Beyoncé Veteran Remaking ‘The Color Purple’ for a New Generation.
  5. ↑ Vary, Peter (January 4, 2024). Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2024: Blitz Bazawule, Cord Jefferson and Anna Kendrick Among Noteworthy Helmers (en).
  6. ↑ About Blitz The Ambassador.
  7. ↑ Blitz The Ambassador.
  8. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Rob (May 19, 2011). "First sight: Blitz the Ambassador" (en). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/may/19/first-sight-blitz-ambassador.
  9. ↑ Blitz the Ambassador: A New Face for Hip-Hop's Foreign Policy. Brooklyn Bodega (24 July 2009).
  10. 1 2 Interview: Blitz the Ambassador, 2008.
  11. ↑ First sight: Blitz the Ambassador. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  12. ↑ Blitz the Ambassador.
  13. ↑ Ghanaian born Blitz the Ambassador wins $35,000 at the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise. (6 February 2013).
  14. ↑ Wakin, Daniel J. (4 February 2013). A $100,000 Prize for Yo-Yo Ma (en-US).
  15. ↑ SFBayview.com "Professor A.L.I. 20 May 2011 (accessed 21 November 2014)
  16. ↑ ProfessorALI.com 23 December 2014 (accessed 23 December 2014)
  17. ↑ Blitz The Ambassador: Fighting Against Invisibility (September 9, 2013).
  18. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (June 26, 2022). "Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/books/blitz-bazawule-book.html.
  19. ↑ Brody, Richard (March 28, 2019). ""The Burial of Kojo," Reviewed: A Boldly Lyrical Portrait of a Young Ghanaian Girl" (en-US). The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-burial-of-kojo-reviewed-a-boldly-lyrical-portrait-of-a-young-ghanaian-girl.
  20. ↑ Kiang, Jessica (May 30, 2019). Film Review: ‘The Burial of Kojo’ (en).
  21. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (February 15, 2019). Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Acquires Surreal Drama ‘The Burial Of Kojo’, Sets Netflix Premiere Date.
  22. ↑ Elder, Sajae (August 14, 2020). How the directors of Beyoncé’s Black Is King created an exercise in modern mythmaking (en).
  23. ↑ Adams, Sam (July 30, 2023). "A Guide to the Directors of Beyoncé’s Black Is King". Slate Magazine. ISSN 1091-2339. https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/black-is-king-directors-beyonce-movie-disney-collaborators.html.
  24. 1 2 Desta, Yohana (29 June 2020). Beyoncé "Felt Overwhelmed" Making New Visual Album, Black Is King. Vanity Fair.
  25. ↑ Whitney Biennial 2019 (en).
  26. ↑ 'Meet the 2019 TED Fellows and Senior Fellows' (en-US).
  27. ↑ 'The Burial Of Kojo' Makes History As Ghana's First Golden Globes Entry (en-US).
  28. ↑ The Burial Of Kojo: Here is what you need to know about Netflix's next original African movie (en-US) (19 February 2019).
  29. ↑ Blitz the Ambassador Named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow (en) (9 April 2020).
  30. ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Blitz Bazawule (en-US).
  31. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 24, 2020). The Color Purple Feature Musical: 'Black Is King's Blitz Bazawule Set To Direct. Deadline Hollywood.
  32. ↑ Kit, Borys (November 2, 2018). Spielberg, Oprah Bringing Color Purple to Big Screen (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter.
  33. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (December 23, 2020). Warner Bros. to Release Mad Max: Fury Road Prequel and The Color Purple Musical in Theaters in 2023. Variety.
  34. ↑ Kit, Borys (November 2, 2018). Spielberg, Oprah Bringing Color Purple to Big Screen (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter.
  35. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2021-02-01). 'Black Is King' Filmmaker Blitz Bazawule Sells Debut Novel 'The Scent Of Burnt Flowers' To Ballantine Books (en-US).
  36. 1 2 Kroll, Justin (2022-03-17). FX Lands Rights To Blitz Bazawule's 'Scent Of Burnt Flowers' To Develop As Limited Series With Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Attached To Star (en-US).
  37. ↑ Warner Bros. Lands ‘Black Samurai’ Movie From ‘The Color Purple’ Director Blitz Bazawule (EXCLUSIVE). Variety.
  38. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (15 February 2019). Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Acquires Surreal Drama 'The Burial Of Kojo'. Deadline Hollywood.
  39. ↑ Business - NYTimes.com.[permanent dead link]
  40. ↑ AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of award (27 October 2019). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  41. ↑ 2019 Edition: Awards.
  42. ↑ Davis, Clayton (2021-02-02). Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards (en-US).
  43. ↑ Blitz Bazawule: Awards and Nominations (en-US).
  44. ↑ Black Reel Awards for Television 2021: Plenty of “Love” in the Heart of the Country! (en-US) (2021-06-17).
  45. 1 2 Complex, Valerie (December 15, 2023). Black Reel Awards Nominations: ‘The Color Purple’ And ‘Rustin’ Dominate.
  46. ↑ ""Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" Lead 2024 Astra Award Film & Creative Arts Nominations" (Press release). Hollywood Creative Alliance. December 7, 2023. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  47. ↑ Neglia, Matt (2024-01-09). The 2023 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations (en-US).
  48. ↑ Jackson, Angelique (March 14, 2024). NAACP Image Awards: Kerry Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathé Set as Presenters, Andra Day to Perform.
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