On this week’s Red Carpet, VOA sits down Nicole Avant, the producer of Tyler Perry’s new movie titled “Six Tripple Eight.”

Plus, Taylor Swift wins 10 Billboard Music Awards.

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On this week’s Red Carpet, host Jackson Mvunganyi sits down with Alexander Smalls and Nina Oduro, the authors of a cookbook that educates readers on African food.

Plus, in France, the Notre Dame Cathedral — one of the most iconic landmarks in the world— reopened its doors last weekend during a ceremony that featured several performances by renowned musicians, including Angelique Kidjo, a 64-year-old multi-award-winning Beninese French singer.

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On this week’s Red Carpet, we profile Jimi Hendrix, an iconic American guitarist and songwriter whose work has shaped music across the world.

Plus, Kenyan street style snappers reclaim the heart of Nairobi.

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On this week’s Red Carpet, host Jackson Mvunganyi reports on Sho Madjozi, a multiple award South African musician, who said she will soon be retiring from music after the release of her “third and last album.”

Plus, we hear from the Ghanaian musical duo, Lali and Lola, who recently released their debut Extended Play, which is a fusion of traditional African sounds, contemporary Pop and R&B.

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On Red Carpet: Nigerian beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina is crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania 2024 and in an interview with BBC announced that she has retired from pageantry to focus on education.

Plus, thrift shopping also known in Nigeria as “okrika” booms in the West African nation.

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Seven Nigerian Afrobeats musicians, namely Asake, Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Rema, Wizkid and Yemi Alade are nominated for a Grammy award.

Plus, VOA’s Heather Maxwell sits down with Amadou and Mariam, a musical duo also known as the “Blind Couple from Mali”.

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This week’s Red Carpet is a re-broadcast of episode 272 where VOA visited the city of Chicago to attend the 36th annual Ghana Festival which brought together hundreds of Africans in the diaspora to celebrate culture from the West African nation.

Plus, South African BMX Freestyle champion Vincent Lygonie speaks with VOA about his experience at the Paris Olympics.

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On this week’s Red Carpet, host Jackson Mvunganyi sat down with Sierra Leonean rap artist Kao Denero who is promoting his new 15 song album that pays tribute to several pan African heroes.

Plus, South African social media influencers and artists use their platforms to change the narrative about Albinism.

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This week on the Red Carpet, Eritrea will make its debut in the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico. Ibgo-Ora is a town in Oyo State, Nigeria known for their twins festival. We visit NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History. And we chat with Thea LaFond who made history when she won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

This week on the Red Carpet, Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Manyenyeka talks about his journey and appearance on America's Got Talent. Uganda’s African Children’s Choir tours the U.S. And Hollywood actress Lupita Nyongo embraces her Kenyan accent. All this and more on Red Carpet.