Directed by Indian film maker Mira Nair  and produced by American based Walt Disney Pictures, this epitome of African art features Kenya’s affluent actress and hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o, known for her central character in the famous 12 Years As A Slave.

The movie also stars David Oyelowo an accomplished British actor known for his role in ‘The Rise Of the Planet of The Apes‘.

Shot in Katwe, one of Kampala’s popular slums, the motion picture production highlights  struggles of growing up in the densely populated and space-less urban units of Africa and deeply illustrates the challenges of urbanization currently facing Africa’s emerging economies.

A scene in the movie of Phiona Muteesi playing chess

Queen of Katwe is set for release on 23rd September 2016 and has already sent anxious fans into a frenzy as they can’t wait to view this much anticipated picture.

Actress Lupita Nyong’o couldn’t hide her excitement. Lupita took to her official twitter account to build anxiety among her fans igniting anticipation and expectation.

The new @QueenOfKatwe trailer gives me chills!! A thrill that the movie is finally real! 9.23.16 @DisneyStudioshttps://t.co/trCPunBsTp

— Lupita Nyong’o (@Lupita_Nyongo) May 10, 2016

The movie spells hope and perseverance for children growing up in slum areas and offers hope for those that have given up on life to never give up on their dreams.

It also brings into focus the area of Katwe where scenes were shot helps propel the area on a world scale and is good for publicity and tourism on a large spectrum.

The Queen of Katwe is said by Vanity Fair to be one of the top 30 movies of 2016 and is surely set to be nominated for the 2017 Oscars. The cast of the movie is laid out as

• David Oyelowo as Norman Katende
• Lupita Nyong’o as harriet Mutesi
• Madina Nalwanga as Phiona Muteesi
• Ntare Mwine as Tendo
• Maurice Kirya
• Charity Rose Pimer
• Esther Tebandeke as Sarah Katende
• Taryn “Kay” Kyazze

The Official Trailer of The Queen Of Katwe

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Maurice Kirya

Maurice Kirya is set to hold in first ever grand concert in September 2010 in Uganda, Ultimate Media can reveal

This comes after Maurice Kirya suspended his monthly shows at Club Rouge dubbed the “Maurice Kirya Experience” for about three months on May 25th 2010 when he had his last show ahead of the grand concert.

Maurice Kirya reveals on his website www.mauricekiryaexperience.com that this did not go down well with the ardent fans of the monthly event but he thinks the grand concert will be a good consolation for those that miss the concert.

He says the reason why he is going to do this production is to show the world that Uganda is capable of making musical productions that befit the best standards of musical productions on the world stage.

He is yet to confirm where he will have the event taking place and he has not yet resolved how much revelers will have to pay to attend the concert.

Maurice Kirya is musician who though may be greatly talented has not enjoy the popularity that a musician of his caliber deserves to enjoy partly because he has stuck to the classical style of music and even developed brand of his own music which he calls “mwoyo”. His best ever album “Misubawa” is a carefully crafted collection of songs with sounds like “Boda Boda” and a host of others.

Only a few Ugandans have managed to appreciate the 25 year old musician’s music but the few that appreciate it are almost spell bound to the music.

By Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media

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