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UK based Ghanaian actress, Michaela Coel will play a lead role in ‘ Black Earth Rising’  – a new war crimes drama by Netflix and BBC Two. Coel will play ‘Kate Ashby,’ who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby, a world-class British prosecutor in international criminal law. She was raised in Britain and, now in her late 20s, she works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis. When Eve takes on a case at the International Criminal Court, prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever. “Kate Ashby’s story is inspirational, it was an honour to play a character in possession of so much strength and integrity. ” says Coel of her role. The story is set across Africa, U.S., UK and Europe.  It has been described as  “a labyrinthine thriller about the prosecution of international war crimes and the personal, legal and politic...

Ghanaian-Libyan actress and model, Briggitte Appiah exuded calm confidence and self-belief talking about her craft on a hot Thursday afternoon in the month of March in her Spintex Road apartment. It was the kind that would even make the biggest cynic a believer. “I believe in myself. I find insecurity and not believing in yourself unattractive. It’s an energy that puts people off,” explained Appiah to  livefmghana.com  during the interview. “It didn’t happen overnight; I had to work on it.” The interview was about Appiah’s nearly 15-year work in the entertainment industry in Ghana, and around the world. In 2018, Appiah nabbed the biggest gig as yet of her career – the role of a Rwandan Journalist in Netflix and BBC 2’s war crimes drama,  Black Earth Rising . The eight-part series shot partly in Ghana examines the prosecution of war criminals after the 1994 Rwanda genocide. It follows Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel) rescued as a young child during the genocide and ...