Music channel MTV
Base (DStv Channel 322) is celebrating the
Oscar success of Kenyan actress Lupita
Nyong’o after she triumphed in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 86th annual
Academy Awards.
The talented Kenyan actress, who won her Oscar for her part of Patsey in the celebrated period
memoir and Best Picture winner
“12 Years a Slave”, had
her first professional acting role in a HIV and AIDS awareness drama, Shuga. Shot in Kenya by MTV Base and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Shuga starred Nyong’o in the role of Ayira, a confident and
vivacious Nairobi college student who is forced to come to terms with the consequences
of her reckless lifestyle.
To mark Nyong’o’s achievement
as the first ever black African woman to win an Oscar, MTV Base is running news
items across all its media platforms, while the Shuga TV series will be available to view on the MTV Base website.
Commented Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director,
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, “As a brand that has dedicated
itself to promoting and pushing African talent both in Africa and
internationally, MTV Base is
delighted that Lupita is enjoying such success and critical
acclaim. Her win provides young Africans with an inspiring role model who
shows them that anything and everything is possible.”
For
further information on Shuga or MTV Base, please go to www.mtvbase.com
or www.shuga.tv
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