Africa’s Action Man
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There is a great deal of respect attached to being a successful African actor in the bigger leagues of filmmaking across the world, be it in Hollywood, Bollywood or any other established territory or market.
Down here in the African continent, most people feel at ease when they see their fellow African play a lead or supporting role in a major movie produced in say, Hollywood.
It is a good feeling for most people across the continent not because they are not used to seeing their stars get to the top in that field but because, it usually takes a lot of man hours, image-massaging, skill and diligence to achieve platinum filmmaking status in the West especially in a jurisdiction like Hollywood, where a lot of factors including race sometimes determine whether you would even get a cameo role or not.
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