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Why 2014 is a good year for Africa at the Oscars

Why 2014 is a good year for Africa at the Oscars
Kenya’s Edi Gathegi, who has been a Hollywood fixture for quite some time, displays a copy of the  film Twilight in which he played a role.  [Photo: File]

By Julie Masiga

Los Angeles, USA: When South African film Tsotsi won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006, it felt like the entire continent was up on that stage, crying and thanking the ancestors. It is not all the time that Africans take centre stage in the global entertainment industry.

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