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Kwame or Kwamé is a Twi and Akan day name given to a boy born on a Saturday, originating in Ghana. People with this name include:
Kwamé (born 1973) is an American rapper who enjoyed brief popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently a music producer, sometimes credited as K-1 Million or K1 Mil.
In 1989, aged 16, Kwamé released his debut album, Kwamé the Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning, which he also produced with the aid of Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor. The 'A New Beginning' of the title refers to his backing band, which was unusual amongst emcees of the time. The album spawned the singles "The Man We All Know and Love" and "The Rhythm." The accompanying music videos featured a polka-dot motif in the costumes and production design. This was to become Kwamé's trademark and a hip hop fashion trend, as fans of his began wearing polka-dotted clothing. In 1990, Kwamé released his second album A Day in the Life: a Pokadelick Adventure, a concept album about a day in the life of a high school student. The album spawned the hit singles "Oneovdabigboiz" and "Ownlee Eue."
In 1992, aged 18, he released his third album, Nastee. This album marked a departure for him, discarding the polka-dots and writing more sexually charged lyrics, in contrast to his previously playful, intellectual persona. The title track was a minor hit but the album quickly fell from the charts. His fourth album, 1994's Incognito failed to chart.
Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist television program created by Ted Turner, Robert Larkin III, and Barbara Pyle, produced by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Andy Heyward and Robby London, and developed by Pyle, Boxer, Heyward, London, Thom Beers, Bob Forward, Phil Harnage and Cassandra Schafhausen. The series was produced by Turner Program Services and DIC Entertainment and it was broadcast on TBS from September 15, 1990 to December 5, 1992. A sequel series, The New Adventures of Captain Planet, was produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services, and was broadcast from September 11, 1993 to May 11, 1996. Both series continue today in syndication. The program is a form of edutainment and advocates environmentalism. In 1997, the series reran on Kids' WB! during weekday mornings right after Tiny Toon Adventures.
In February 2009, Mother Nature Network began airing episodes and unreleased footage of Captain Planet and the Planeteers on its website.
Wendy Parman of Chicago Film News sits down with Director of Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku and talks about the future of the Chicago's film community at the Chicago Cultural Center. Camera/Sound: Dru Montague Producer: Rujanee Mahakanjana Executive Producer: Julio A. Noboa Music by: Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/piano-sax Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wtnLH5HzGdQ
We are visited by one of the core members of the Chicago film industry, and the current Director of the Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku. Here we discuss the filmmaking landscape in Chicago and how that relates to the indie filmmaker. Join the Chicago Film Scene to be notified about our next podcast here: https://chicagofilmscene.com/join/
Written by Anne Maclver & Colin Costello Finalist for Project Rising Stars: The Lincoln Music Video Challenge Y&R; Team Detroit asked our Filmakas to send in their pitches for music videos featuring the 2009 Lincoln MKS set to one of eight songs & up & coming artists. After receiving 300 pitches from around the world, Y&R; Team Detroit selected the clips below to greenlight. Finalists were given $7,500 and two weeks to turn their ideas into completed videos. Five of those produced pitches were then selected as winners and aired as part of the CBS broadcast of the Grammy© Awards. Song: GoGoGo by PPP
Sponsored by the Department of Communications, Media Arts & Theatre at Chicago State University. Find the program and speaker bios at https://www.csu.edu/CMAT/events.htm DAY 4, 6 PM, Closing Event: Sheila R. Brown, Executive Director for the Cinecares Foundation at Cinespace Studios Kwame Amoaku, Director of the Chicago Film Office Host: Derek Dow, Lecturer in Media Arts at CSU
#KwameAmoaku, #Director of the #ChicagoFilmOffice, and #LouisFerrara Deputy Director of the #IllinoisFilmOffice discuss the state of the film industry and the developments here in Chicago. #FreeSpiritMedia #ChicagoMusicCommission #CenterForCreativeEntrepreneurship
In episode four of “We Real Chicago,” Rome J. interviews Ashley Ray, a stand-up comedian and TV critic. Ray took Rome J. down memory lane, discussing the legacy and impact of classic Black sitcoms. She also put Rome J. on to some new Chicago-based shows. Robert Daniels, a Chicago-based freelance film critic, also joins the show to discuss HBO’s new show, “Lovecraft Country,” a supernatural horror series following a Black family in 1950s Chicago. We Real Chicago’s panel discussion featured guests that are building up the city’s TV/Film ecosystem: Kwame Amoaku, director of the Chicago Film Office; Jenna Anast, co-producer, creator, director; and Jerod Haynes, an award-winning actor-writer and producer. During the panel, Amoaku dropped some major news from the Chicago Film Office: Chri...
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Wendy Parman of Chicago Film News sits down with Director of Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku and talks about his journey in the film industry in Chicago. Camera/Sound: Dru Montague Producer: Rujanee Mahakanjana Executive Producer: Julio A. Noboa Music by: Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/piano-sax Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wtnLH5HzGdQ
Dan Waymack, director/dp, vents his frustration with a little help from Kwame Amoaku
Directed by: The Jukebox Romeos (Jonathan Becker & Cory B. Clay) Director of Photography: Cory B. Clay Producer: Kwame Amoaku Editor: Paul Forte Associate Producers: Bill Reishtein & Tony Troppe
Kwame or Kwamé is a Twi and Akan day name given to a boy born on a Saturday, originating in Ghana. People with this name include:
i spend my nights alone
wishing you would come back home (yeah)
i apologize cos i know that i have done you wrong (yeah)
and i don't wanna spend another day
thinking bout the games i played
girl i'm bout to go insane
did you get my message shorty
just called to say i'm sorry
and i just can't believe
that you just up and leave me
and girl these words are true
i wrote this song for you
so baby tell me what i'm suppose to do (yeah)
i'm sitting by this phone
waiting for your call back
cos i know the way i did you was all back
ain't heard from you lately
it's driving me crazy
missing my baby
baby it's hard for me to let you go
it's so hard for me to let you go (go) (oh)
i can't let you go
just can't let you go
you're making it hard for me to let you go
i remember when you said you'll be there
always there for me
even when the times got bad
you'd never leave me (alone)
on the day you left me
it ripped me apart (for sure)
it's the part being without you girl
it tears up my heart
did you get my message shorty
just called to say i'm sorry
and i just can't believe
that you just up and leave me
and girl these words are true
i wrote this song for you
so baby tell me what i'm suppose to do (oh)
i'm sitting by this phone
waiting for your call back
cos i know the way i did you was all back
ain't heard from you lately (lately)
it's driving me crazy
missing my baby (baby)
baby it's hard for me to let you go
it's so hard for me to let you go (go) (oh)
i can't let you go
just can't let you go
you're making it hard for me to let you go
i know i did you wrong
don't give up girl i can change
just listen up before you walk away (let me explain)
these girls are like a drug and i'm addicted
back then i needed time and space
to find what i was missing (oh no)
but you're the one i want (ah ha)
the only one i love (oh yeah)
you're the only one i'm thinking of
baby please don't go
you're making it hard for me to let you go
i'm sitting by this phone
waiting for your call back
cos i know the way i did you was all back
ain't heard from you lately (lately)
it's driving me crazy (crazy)
missing my baby
baby it's hard for me to let you go
it's so hard for me to let you go (go) (oh)
i can't let you go
just can't let you go
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