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Backhome Productions & Partners bring you the 4th Annual Nigeria Independence Celebration in Los Angeles, California.

Thursday October 1st - A Social mixer to celebrate Naija's 49th birthday

The Bungalow Club
7174 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
9pm-2am
Free entry

Friday October 2nd - Cultural Night: Traditional Attire Fashion Show/Talent Showcase, Special quests, giveaways & more

HOST: Comedian Seyi Brown & Model Celestina
Venue: CSUN (Cal State Northridge) Campus
University Student Union
Plaza Del Sol
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
Time: 6:00pm-9:30pm
Price: FREE to attend!

PARKING Street Parking or Lot G4 (on Plummer and Zelzah) - $6.00

CULTURAL NIGHT AFTER PARTY Venue: Marco Polo Lounge 346 La Brea Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90036 10:00pm-2:00am Price: $10.00 entry

Saturday October 3rd - The Official Nigerian Independence Party

The Hollywood Loft
1110 Beach wood dr
Hollywood Ca 90038
9pm -3am
$15 before midnight
Drink specials all night
Special guest DJ spinning the best

Sunday October 4th Family Picnic

Ladera park
6027 Ladera Park Ave
Los Angeles, CA 9005
11am-5pm
Enjoy Free Food, drinks, games, music with friends & family

Amaete Umanah and Chimde Azubike will be providing free professional head-shots and portraits without sacrificing quality. How can we do that? Well, we know what we’re doing and would like to give back to the Nigerian community. We will be providing 2 to 4 head-shots per person free of charge during the Sunday October 4th 2009 picnic.

For more info contact (310) 256-7541, (818) 679-1702, (323) 377-7072, (213) 327-7149

We would like to take this opportunity to apologize for the silence and lack of updates. We've been real busy sorting out copyright and technical issues. Shakara TV is now up to full speed and we will be updating weekly. Thanks for your patience.

The wait is over, the long awaited African Hidden Camera Reality TV show is finally available online today SUNDAY August 30th 2009 on SHAKARATV.COM. Subsequent webisodes will be uploaded for view every THURSDAY & SUNDAY 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST. This new Nigerian/African hidden camera practical joke television series still under production in Hollywood, California is hosted by OSAS LUCKY IZOGIE (aka "CROS").

This prank show is the long craved connection and the bridge to the gap that has long existed between Africans living back home in Africa and their relatives and friends visiting or residing here in the United States and other parts of the world.

Shakara is a Nigerian pidgin/broken English word for “flaunt” or “Show off” which means to display or behave in an ostentatious or conspicuous way in order to attract attention or impress people. It also stands for the English word “deceive” meaning to cause one to believe what is not true. It is on this later meaning that the show’s name is founded upon. To be on Shakara refers to having someone staged and caused to believe an untrue situation.

The series bears a strong likeness to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and Punk’d but will not feature most of its pranks on celebrities. Instead, this new face of Nigerian/African comedy/reality television series showing on SHAKARATV.COM and set to hit the Nigerian/African airwaves later this year will feature ordinary Nigerians/Africans visiting and living in the United States.

The 2009 Miss Nigeria in America Beauty Pageant holds at Marsee Auditorium in El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90506 on September 5, 2009.

MNIA, Inc. is a non-profit organization that was founded as a result of the need to promote education and to seek global advancement for the Nigerian Woman. Formed in March 2004, the initiative for the organization grew out of a team of Nigerian professionals concerned about the deteriorating state of education in Nigeria among women. It was also started as an initiative to develop programs for a better quality of life in Nigeria. It was an idea to celebrate Nigerian women and the opportunity to impact the lives of many. It is a thought process to teach and instill among all Nigerians, the value of unity among Nigerians.

Miss Nigeria in America Organization identifies Nigerian women in the US who exemplify beauty, talent, supremacy and intelligence. It aims to create new role models who through the beauty pageant will serve as ambassadors that will define a new Nigeria, enrich the beauty of the Nigerian Woman and enhance a new strength, energy and spirit for the advancement of women.

He seems to have arrived and what better way is there to stamp a decade of musicianship. 2Face may have had droves of scandal characterise his successful music career but all those tales may soon be forgotten in the wake of his new accolades- if he pulls this through too.

Only last month at the Soundcity Music Video Awards, 2Face Idibia shone, picking up two awards for his NBC banned video, Enter the place. Now he has four nominations at the October holding MAMA event in Nairobi, Kenya.
This year’s MAMA has classified acts into 10 categories, comprising five nominees in each.

Nigeria records highest entries with 15 slots and nominations in all but one of the categories. 2Face leads the pack of six Nigerian nominees with four (4) nominations in categories including ‘Best Male’, ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘Video of the year’ for ‘Enter the Place’. Next on the list is D’banj who shares three nominations with HHP (SA) and Nameless (Kenya). Darey Art Alade might definitely have to fast and pray if he’s to win any trophy at the awards since his only nomination is in the same category with Single ladies rocker, Beyonce or Sasha Fierce- whichever you prefer, and Akon in the ‘Best R N B’.

Kel gives solace to other Nigerian female acts as the only Nigerian female act who makes the list, lending voice in the ‘Best Female Act’ while Nigeria’s latest rap sensation, MI gives Nigeria Hip Hop some recognition in the ‘Best Hip Hop’ category even as he battles Bigiano and three others in the ‘Best New act’ category. Mo Hit All Stars is up against P-Square in the ‘Best Group’ category while the pop twins battle D’banj, Nameless (Kenya), Blu3 (Uganda) and Samini (Ghana) in the ‘Best Performer’ category.