Congrats to Blake and the whole “Totally Mind-blowing Show” for being selected to be shown in the Malabo International Music & Film Festival.
Good news for Sub-Saharan Africans who will soon get a chance to laugh their heads off watching Blake’s TV pilot.
Since I know little about the nation other than that it’s on the equator and south of the Sahara Desert, I decided to dive into Wikipedia and learned the following interesting facts:
On the map, the nation is on the Atlantic, west of the Congo, south of Cameroon, and north of Angola;
It’s the only African country where Spanish is the native language;
It’s home to gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants;
It’s a large oil-producing nation, but those in charge don’t believe in sharing the wealth;
It has only 1.4 million residents.
Malabo is its capital;
The nation only draws 6,000 tourists a year. So I doubt too many tourists will get to see TTMBS.
But here’s what Malabo Film Fest says about their music and film festival. “The Equatorial Guinea festival is the prime art and cultural festival in sub-Saharan Africa dedicated to music and films, attracting exhibitors and visitors from within and outside the central African region, the Rest of Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the USA, and Asia. The theme for the 50th anniversary of independence festival is “Securing a better future for a new independent Africa, role of music and film festivals.” Malabo International Music and Film Festival officially welcomes you and promises riveting, award-winning cinema from around the world. Africa has risen to the occasion this year, with a significant upsurge of quality music and films. It is evident that most tourists in this era now approach tourism with different expectations. Rather than just going on a sightseeing tour and sitting on the beach all day, they often search for intense and energetic experiences like parties or concerts.”
Thanks, Malabo, for selecting TTMBS and giving sub-Saharan Africans an opportunity to see Blake’s TV pilot.
