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Donna Summer Biography

Horoscope: Capricorn Donna Summer Early Life Donna Summer was born Donna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Andrew Gaines, was a butcher and her mother, Mary Gaines, was a schoolteacher. From nearly the moment she learned how to talk, Donna sang ceaselessly. “From the time she was little, that’s all she really did,” her mother recalled. “She literally lived to sing … She used to go through the house singing, singing. She sang for breakfast and for lunch and for supper.” Summer married German singer Helmuth Sommer. She adopted an anglicized version of his last Read more

Alan Dershowitz Biography

Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and frequent cable news commentator, was born on 1 September 1938. Alan Dershowitz autobiography, Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law, was published in October 2013 by Crown, a division of Random House. Who’s Alan Morton Dershowitz? Here’s Alan Dershowitz Biography and Profile. Read more

Warwick Davis Biography

Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey on February 3, 1970, with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare genetic form of dwarfism. Standing at just three feet six inches tall, Warwick Davis is the world’s leading short actor. More about Warwick Davis Biography and Profile. Read more

Drake Biography

Aubrey “Drake” Graham (born October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario), he was raised by biracial parents. Drake grew up with music in his blood. His father, Dennis Graham, was a drummer for the legendary rock ‘n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis. Who is Drake? Read more

Qasem Soleimani Biography

Qasem Soleimani, born 11 March 1957. He bears resemblance to Sean Connery. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once called him a “living martyr of the revolution.” Who is Qasem Soleimani? Here’s Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani Biography and Profile. Read more

Banky W Biography

Banky W Solo Music Catalogue consists of an impressive discography spanning over a decade as one of Africa’s most relevant, successful and in-demand musicians. His debut disc ‘Undeniable: The EP’ was released in 2003, and saw him garner an impressive buzz as an independent musician, while winning various local talent competitions. Read more

Stormzy Biography

Stormzy, born July 26, 1993 to Abigail Owuo, a single mother who emigrated to London from Ghana. Stormzy is known to not settle for less. Who is Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr.? In 2014, it was the hilarity of freestyles like “Shut Up” and his “WickedSkengman” series — and his 2015 video “Know Me From,” which starred his mum — that helped to propel Stormzy to a national audience. More about Stormzy Biography and Profile. Read more

Burna Boy Biography

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, better known by his stage name Burna Boy, born July 2, 1991, an ward-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has topped off a stellar music year with a Grammy nomination and cemented his place as this year’s breakaway music star. Who is Burna Boy? Read more

Wole Soyinka Biography

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, author, teacher and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka Biography and Profile. Read more

Adesua Etomi Biography

Adesua Etomi, Nigerian actress, born 22 February 1988, trained in the theater, performing classics like The Crucible, before making the jump to the big screen with her breakthrough role in 2014. She won the Best Actress in a Drama award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the 2015 romantic drama film Falling. Adesua Etomi Biography and Profile. Read more