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Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu (o tshotswe ka kgwedi ya Lwetse ele lesome le bongwe (11) ka ngwaga wa 1964) ke mogol wa media wa kwa Nigeria, motshwaramatlotlo, le mogakolodi wa pele wa tsamaiso ya badiri. [1][2][3]

Botshelo jwa gagwe jwa pele

Mo Abudu o belegetswe kwa Hammersmith, West London. Rraagwe e ne e le moenjenere mme mmaagwe e ne e le motlamedi wa dijo. Ke wa morafe wa Ba-Yoruba. Ba lelapa la gagwe ba tswa kwa Ondo Town, kwa borwabophirima jwa Nigeria. Ke ene yo mogolo mo basading ba le bararo mo lelapeng. Mosunmola Abudu o ne a fudugela kwa Nigeria fa a ne a le dingwaga di le supa (7) go ya go nna le rremogoloagwe le mmèmogoloagwe, mme a boela kwa Engelane fa a le dingwaga di le lesome le bongwe (11).

O ne a tsena sekolo sa Ridgeway, MidKent College, le West Kent College. O na le dikirii ya Master's in Human Resource Management go tswa kwa University of Westminster kwa London.[4] Abudu ga jaana ke leloko la British Psychological Society ka dithutego tsa go dira diteko tsa tiro le tsa botho. Ka ngwaga wa 2014, o ne a amogela Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) go tswa kwa Babcock University. Abudu o ne a abelwa ke Yunibesiti ya Westminster ka maemo a tlotlo a bongaka a Doctor of Arts ka ngwaga wa2018 ka go lemoga seabe sa gagwe mo intasetering ya kgaso kwa Nigeria. [5][6] [7]

Fa a le dingwaga di le lesome le boferabongwe (19), Mo Abudu o ne a tlhophiwa go nna moemedi wa AVON Cosmetics mo mmarakeng wa Aforika.[4]

Abudu o simolotse tiro ya gagwe ya seporofešenale jaaka mogakolodi wa go thapa ka 1987 kwa Atlas Recruitment Consultancy kwa UK, kwa a neng a fudugela kwa Starform Group ka ngwaga wa 1990. O ne a boela kwa Nigeria ka 1993 mme Arthur Andersen o ne a mmatla go nna tlhogo ya Human Resources and Training ya khampani ya oli, ExxonMobil. Ke mothei wa Vic Lawrence & Associates Limited.[8] O ne gape a dira Protea Hotel, Oakwood Park.[9][10] O ne a tswelela go tlhama, go tlhagisa le go tlhagisa Moments with Mo, mme moragonyana a tlhoma EbonyLife Television, e leng kgaso ya mokgwa wa botshelo. [11]

EbonyLife

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Abudu o simolotse Ebonylife TV (ELTV) ka ngwaga wa 2013,[12]e leng kgaso e e tlhagelelang mo dinageng di le dintsi tsa Afrika, UK le Caribbean.[13] Ebonylife TV e ne ya gasa kgaso ya yone ya ntlha ka kgwedi ya Phukwi e thola bongwe (1) ka ngwaga wa 2013 mo Multichoice's DSTV Channel 165. Ebonylife TV e ne ya simolola sethala sa video-on-demand (VOD) se se nang le ditsha tse dintsi.[14] E ne e na le tumelano ya go tsamaisa le motsamaisi yo mongwe wa thelebišene e e duelang, StarTimes.[15]Abudu gape o na le maikarabelo a EbonyLife Media,[16] [17]e e akaretsang EbonyLife Films le EbonyLife Studios. O okamela gape le EbonyLife Creative Academy, sekolo se se tsepamisitseng mogopolo mo go ruteng bokgoni jwa go dira difilimi, [18]le EbonyLife Place, lefelo la boitapoloso la manobonobo kwa Nigeria.[19]

Abudu o tlhomile EbonyLife Films ka ngwaga wa 2014. [20]Filimi ya gagwe ya ntlha e le motlhami-mogolo e ne e le Fifty. E ne e le motlhami wa The Wedding Party (2016). Difilimi tse dingwe tse a di tlhagisitseng ke: The Wedding Party 2, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel, Chief Daddy, Your Excellency le Òlòtūré. O ne gape a tlhagisa Blood Sisters; e ne ya nna mo lenaaneng la ba ba lesome ba ba kwa godimo lefatshe ka bophara mo go Netflix,[21]ya kgobokanya diura tse di fetang dimilione di le 11 tsa go bogelwa. Porojeke ya bofelo ya ga Mo Abudu, Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman, e ne ya bontshiwa la ntlha kwa kgaolong ya Special Presentations kwa ngwaga wa 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[22]Ka kgwedi ya Mopitlwe ka ngwaga wa 2018, EbonyLife Media le Sony Pictures Television ba ne ba tlhagisa The Dahomey Warriors. [23] Ka kgwedi ya Ferekgong ka ngwaga wa 2020, AMC Networks e ne ya itsise tirisanommogo ya yona le EbonyLife go tlhagisa Nigeria 2099, terama ya bokebekwa ya afrofuturistic e e tlhamilweng ke EbonyLife. [24]Ditirisanommogo tse dingwe le di studio tsa boditšhabatšhaba di akaretsa Sony, Netflix, Starz le Lionsgate, BBC, Will le Jada Smith's Westbrook Studios le Will Packer Productions.[25][26][27]

Ditirisano mmogo

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Ka kgwedi ya Tlhakole ka ngwaga wa 2020, go ne ga itsisiwe ka tirisanommogo e ntšhwa magareng ga EbonyLife Media le Netflix. Netflix e rekile motseletsele wa diterama tsa EbonyLife: Castle & Castle, Fifty, Sons of the Caliphate, On the Real le The Governor, mmogo le lenaneo la thelebishene, The Dating Game, le filimi ya The Royal Hibiscus Hotel.[28]Netflix e saenetse tumelano e ntšhwa le EbonyLife ka kgwedi ya Seetebosigo ale lesome le bobedi (12) ka ngwaga wa 2020. Go ya ka tumalano, o tshwanetse go dira le ditlhopha tsa Netflix go dira metseletsele e mebedi ya metshameko le difilimi di le mmalwa tsa letshwao la Netflix. Go ne ga itsisiwe gore go tlile go dirwa filimi ya Death and the King's Horseman le motseletsele o o theilweng mo bukeng ya ntlha ya ga Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives.[29] Ka Lwetse 2020, Netflix e ne ya golola filimi e e bidiwang Òlòtūré.

Ka kgwedi ya Tlhakole a thola bonne (4) ka ngwaga wa 2021, o ne a saena tumalano le Sony ka ngwaga wa 2018.[30] Ka kgwedi ya Tlhakole ale lesome le bosupa (17) ka ngwaga wa 2021, go ne ga itsisiwe gore EbonyLife e ne ya dira mmogo le Will Smith le Jada Pinkett Smith's Westbrook Studios go tlhagisa diporojeke tsa difilimi le tsa thelebišene.

EbonyLife Place, ke lefelo la boitapoloso le boitapoloso, le simolotswe ke Mo Abudu ka kgwedi ya Sedimonthole ka ngwaga wa 2019.[31]

Ka ngwaga wa 2021, Lefapha la Bojanala, Botsweretshi le Setso la Naga ya Lagos le ne la tshwara EkoDesign, e leng pontsho ya go tlhama fanitšhara le dipone. EbonyLife Media ya ga Mo Abudu e ne ya dira tirisanommogo le Sony go tlhama "Alo" e e ranotsweng go nna "Once Upon A Time". [32] Ka kgwedi ya Ngwanatsele ale boferabongwe (9) ka ngwaga wa 2021, go ne ga itsisiwe gore BBC Studios e saenetse tumalano le EbonyLife Media ya tumalano ya tlhabololo. [33]O ne a dira mmogo le Idris Elba's Green Door Pictures go tlhabolola diporojeke tsa difilimi. [34]

Ka ngwaga wa 2021, Sekolo sa Kgwebo sa Harvard (HBS) se ne sa tlhagisa patlisiso e e malebana le mokgatlho ono. Mo Abudu o ne a neela dipuo kwa Wharton School of Business, Cambridge University Judge School of Business, Oxford University le Harvard University. [35]

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