- published: 13 Feb 2014
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Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, OBE (/ˈɪdrəs ˈɛlbə/; born 6 September 1972) is a British actor, musician, and DJ. He is best known for his portrayal of drug lord and aspiring businessman Russell "Stringer" Bell in the HBO series The Wire, Detective John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the 2013 biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He has been nominated five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, as well being nominated four times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Elba has appeared in films such as American Gangster (2007), Takers (2010), Thor (2011), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Beasts of No Nation (2015). In addition to his acting work, he is a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis (or Big Driis the Londoner) and hip hop soul musician.
Elba was born in Newham, London. His father, Winston, was a Sierra Leonean who worked in a Dagenham Ford motor factory, and his mother, Eve, was a Ghanaian who had a clerical job. Elba's parents married in Sierra Leone and moved to London. Elba was raised in East Ham and shortened his first name from Idrissa to Idris at school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting. He credits The Stage with giving him his first big break; having seen an advertisement for a play in the newspaper, Elba auditioned and met his first agent while performing in the role. In 1986, he began helping an uncle with his wedding DJ business; within a year, he had started his own DJ company with some of his friends.
This is the first installment of a video language learning series for the Krio language of Sierra Leone. Krio is a creole language, and the de facto (vernacular) language of Sierra Leone. Although the language borrows heavily from English, it is also has also derived much of its vocabulary indigenous African languages such as Temne, Mende Yoruba and many other languages spoken by the nation's forefathers. It is an African Language that embodies one of the principal premises of panafricanism in facilitating communication, understanding and unity amongst African peoples with unique cultures, languages and histories.
http://preparetoserve.com/SIERRA-LEONE Learning to speak Krio in Sierra Leone.
WeOwnTV mentor, Michaella Sallu, delivers three krio proverbs with grace and style. Krio: "Keep tik behind your dor fo di dae when your neighbor go craze." English: "Keep a stick behind your door for the day that your neighbor goes crazy." Please leave comments -- proverbs are meant to be talked about. Do you have any Krio proverbs you want to share with us?
The Story of the Life and Times of Jesus Christ (Son of God). According to the Gospel of Luke. (Sierra Leone) Krio / Creole / Patois Language. God Bless You All.
This is no ordinary game. This is life or death. Idris Elba gives a team talk to West Africa. Help us beat Ebola: http://WeAreAfricaUnited.org Show your support: #WeveGotYourBack
This is the second installment of our language learning series, Krio 101. Krio is the vernacular language of Sierra Leone, spoken and understood by most of the country's population. It is closely related to many other creole languages such as Jamaican Patois (Patwa) as well as the Gullah language, spoken in and around the Gullah Islands. Additionally, it is largely intelligible with other Pidgin varieties of English spoken throughout West Africa, including the Nigerian and Cameroonian Pidgin as wel as Ghanian pidgin. If you would like more information on our language program, feel free to contact us via YouTube or Facebook, and be sure to subscribe.
Bite What you can Chew, Krio version. A short drama made by WAYout for Marie Stopes Sierra Leone to raise awareness on the issues surrounding family planning. Sia is still quite young but already has 5 children. She can barely feed them or buy school uniforms. Her neighbour and best friend, Bintu, has only 2 children so does much better even though their husbands do the same job. Sia wants to use family planning but has a hard time persuading her husband who thinks it will make her promiscuous and fat.
www.endebolanow.com Disclaimer: This video was released in August 2014, so some of its statistical numbers and data have changed. All of the treatment and prevention methods remain the same. As many of you know, the Ebola virus has plagued West Africa, and now the borders of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia have been shut down. Given the severity of the situation, as much information as possible should be disseminated in efforts to solve the crisis associated with this epidemic. A group of Sierra Leonean-Americans in the entertainment industry came together to shoot an informational PSA for Sierra Leone and the West African region. Conspiracy theories and rumors have run rampant, keeping people away from hospitals, afraid that the very doctors who are there to help them are the ones...
tonight I'll dream a girl called home
and wake up in tears
all on my own
with the sun coming up
and my head against stone
balcony dressed and drawn
tonight I'll Dream a room so far away
frost pale blue
the colour of a perfect day
and then screw up my face
in the mirror
as I wait for the others to call
but if I don't believe in magic
and I don't believe in blood
and I don't believe in miracles
and I don't believe in love
then how come I believe so soon
in a cherry tree girl
and a dust blue room?
tonight I'll dream an hour so long
shadow soft smiles
and everyone loves me
to open my eyes
in a drag myself face undone
hard back into the world
tonight I'll dream a dream I dream
without even trying I'm flying I scream
as I practice the move
I spit at my pillow stained face
and the others all come
but if I don't believe in magic
and I don't believe in blood
and I don't believe in miracles
and I don't believe in love
then how come I believe it seems
in a girl called home