Africa. What we watched today

Today was catching up on Africa, less about info and more watching what they captured on camera

First up is an Egypt show. Albernameg - Bassem Youssef S03E01

Within this show, Bassem Youssef mentioned the politics, riots, war and many important events within Egypt. He is best known for laughing and picking on the president and politics. He started out in 2011 after the Tahrir Square riot on his YouTube

Speaking up about it within his show did have consequences. He relocated to the US after being accused of distributing the peace. "The major difference is the margin of freedom with your work and the media" - Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef could have been killed or imprisoned for his work if he had not left the country when he did

Ramy Essam

An Egyptian Rockstar. He sang his song 'Irhal' in 2011 during the Tahrir Square riot

He got exiled and went to Sweden. His music video has animation within it 'El Gahsh Wel Homar'. It's interesting

He still creates political music 'Balaha'

Shady Habash

An Egpytian film-maker who died recently from drinking hand sanitiser inside his prison cell a month ago

He was imprisoned for being in the making of a political film, about the real thing within the country

He was only 24 years old

Queen Sono

This is Netflix's first fully produced series from Africa

The show's creator is Kagiso Lediga

It was a very cool show based around a female spy Queen Sono. Queen Sono's mother was shot dead in front of her when she was a child. She doesn't always follow the rules but will do her best in whatever she does and protects everything she is passionate about

We just watched the first the first episode. It looks really cool. There is fighting, spy, love, drama and mystery. A great series