MTV-backed serial has to skirt some issues such as homosexuality, but it’s having a strong impact on young Kenyans and Nigerians Emmanuel Ikubese knew the TV drama in which he starred was having an ...

Telling real and raw stories of young people in places like Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria, the MTV series sprung up from MTV’s Staying Alive brand. Originally set up to produce narratives that ...

The series, which has focused on issues of family planning, safe sex and HIV and which starred Lupita Nyong'o in its first two seasons, will also be localized for Egypt. By Georg Szalai Global ...

Forget dinner—we’re going straight to dessert, and Shuga Cain is about to take you to the candy shop. The RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 contestant was asked to sashay away on last week’s episode, but ...

This is the stuff that hit television shows are made of. Add stellar production, a good-looking cast, a strong plot and a setting in a cosmopolitan city — namely Nairobi — and you get “Shuga: Love, ...

Shuga Cain is competing on Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In her introduction to the show, Cain explained that she’s so sweet, given her name is Shuga, that she walks into the workroom in a glittery ...

Shuga Cain is a RuPaul’s Drag Race anomaly: at 40, she’s the oldest contestant on Season 11, but she’s only been doing drag for two years, having ditched her corporate job in a blaze of glory to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Living in uptown Manhattan is sweet for RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Shuga Cain. "It's a beautiful, vibrant community that's super diverse, " she says. "It feels like home, which is hard to find in ...

FLORIDA, United States — When Queen of Reggae, Marcia Griffiths graces the stage today for a special 60th anniversary show in Miramar, Florida, she will be joined by a number of homegrown talents ...