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Accra, Ghana
Blitz Bazawule is a filmmaker and musician born in Accra, Ghana and based in Brooklyn, New York. Blitz's short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) have premiered at BAM New Voices in Black Cinema. His debut feature film The Burial of Kojo was released in 2018, later released on Netflix via Ava DuVernay's ARRAY distribution company. Bazawule wrote, directed, co-edited and…
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- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey — Self2023
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2023
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Native Sun — The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador)2011
- The Daily Show — Self1996
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Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blitz the Ambassador grew up to the sounds of Afro-Beat, Highlife, Jazz, and Motown. But when his older brother introduced him to Public Enemy’s classic album, It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, as a young boy, he was changed forever. “I had never heard young Black people express themselves in that way before,” recalls Blitz. After moving to the U.S. to attend college, Blitz continued to hone his musical skills, releasing several mixtapes as an under
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ghana
- Place of birth
- Accra
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Kent State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Official website
- www.blitzbazawule.com
- Image
- Blitz the Ambassador in Paris 2014 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1982-04-19
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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- Black Lunch Table
- social media followers
- 29820
- Commons category
- Blitz the Ambassador
- birth name
- Samuel Bazawule
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