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-Pioneer Stand-up comedian returns to the international stage with big-budget concerts in three cities and two continents.

- Sean Tizzle, Omotola, Ramsey Nouah, Funke Akindele, others star in new season

Tyme Out with Tee A, the internationally acclaimed variety and comedy TV show with a reach of over 50 countries, is heading out to London, Johannesburg and Accra this summer.

After series of sold-out live edition concerts in Lagos and Abuja, the pioneer stand up act is warming up to go global, with the announcement of the first three cities in what promises to be a non-stop world tour

Along with show superstars MC Abbey and Madam Princess, and yet-to-be-announced headline acts and show guests, Tee A is taking the virally popular TV show to fans, ‘due to popular demand’.

‘We’re going round to deliver the live edition concerts to our fans in Africa, Europe and elsewhere. The demand has been crazy and I’m glad we can now take the show to the passionate fans who have been asking’, he said in Lagos today

“The success of past editions makes this even more exciting as the concert tour for the first time is moving to London, Johannesburg and Accra. Guests should expect a unique tour comprising of live personality interviews, rib-cracking comedy sketches, musical performances and special guest appearances.” Says Tee A

The scheduled tour will take place in the last quarter of the year with more details on the dates and venue in each city to be revealed soon. Several A-list celebrities and artistes are expected in attendance this year.

Past Live Edition guests include D’Banj, Tiwa Savage, Shina Peters, Daddy Showkey and many more big names.

Meanwhile, Tyme Out with Tee A variety and comedy TV show is back with a banging new 4th season to feature an All-Star guest list of Nigeria and Africa’s top celebrities in the entertainment industry such as legendary Afro-Juju artiste King Sunny Ade, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Ramsey Nouah, Funke Akindele, Yvonne Okoro, Juilet Ibrahim, Sean Tizzle, Toke Makinwa and many others.

Previous segments such as Rave of the Moment featuring comedian MC Abbey and Celebrity Close Up with the hilarious Madam Princess return to the all new season 4 of Tyme Out with Tee A at the exclusive KOGA Studios in Oregun, Lagos.

The show will air on Africa Magic, Channels, GHONE, Ghana, LTV, MITV, CRTV Calabar, ITV Benin, NTA Ibadan, STV, AIT Network, Vox Africa and HITV UK.

Tyme Out with Tee-A is a two-time award winning family variety show with a span of over 10 years of celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, fun-based vox pop questions and personality mimicry has become a must watch in many homes

26 year-old Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue, who dropped out from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has been appointed a Visiting Lecturer of African Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong.

On welcoming him, the Head of Department, Dr. Marketa Moore said: "Mr. Nwelue, it would be a great honour to have you as a guest lecturer in our Africa foundation course at the Hong Kong University. In this course we have over 40 students (mainly from Hong Kong but also a number of international students). They are very enthusiastic in learning more about Africa and African literature. It would be an excellent opportunity for them to have a chance to meet you and learn about your work."

Born in 1988, Onyeka Nwelue has managed to rack up an enviable directory of achievements in a very short while. He wrote his first book, Abyssinian Boy, at the age of 18 when most of his age-mates were too busy waddling through the labyrinthine walls of puberty to sit down and pen critically-acclaimed literature, which won the T.M Aluko Prize for First Book of Fiction and came second at the Ibrahim Tahir Prize for Fiction at the 2009 Abuja Writers Forum Literary Contest. He went on to be nominated for the Future Awards thrice. To prove he was not a one-hit wonder, as most prodigies are, he followed Abyssinian Boy up with Burnt, a narrative in verse, which was published in 2014 to worldwide critical acclaim and described by British-Hungarian poet, George Szirtes as 'breathless'. Channel O has described him as 'an unalloyed genius.'

As if the above are not enough to characterize him as a truly exceptional individual, he is also the founder and CEO of Blues and Hills Consultancy, which organised the first and second editions of the Bayelsa Book and Craft Fair and was featured on MTV Meets MTN with Ben Murray-Bruce. Partly as a result of his involvement with Blues and Hills and largely because he is a terrifically interesting individual, he has been invited to several conferences, some of which are SWITCH Conference, Portugal and Creative Industries Session, Serbia. He became the first African to join Sandbox, a global community of young innovators under 30.

Furthermore, he is a 2013 recipient of the 2013 Prince Claus Fund Ticket Grant, which he won to travel to Uganda for Writivism Festival and meet the Idi Amin family.

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The Atlanta Underground Music Awards (A.U.M.A) is back at it again for a fourth year. This event is scheduled for Sunday, July 13, 2014 at the Enigma Hall in Marietta, GA. The Atlanta Underground Music Awards are like a magnet for some of the best talent around. This year, we’re excited to announce that Kaine from the Ying Yang and Big Sam. YoungThug and NFL player Edawn Coughman are on top to present awards. As we’ve mentioned before, our own local celebrity crushes, Citty and TBaby and his surprise quest all cohosting, but with these new additions adding to the roster, we’re even more excited for this year ceremony.

The 2014 Atlanta Underground Music Awards will air on AUMA website on Sunday, July 14 at 7:15 p.m. ET/PT, and it’s not too late to vote for your favorite nominee.

The A.U.M.A was created to acknowledge and honor the achievements of unsigned indie artists, producers, promoters and other vital persons who have made outstanding contributions to the Georgia music scene. Specializing in all genres of music, we focus strongly on those individuals who have made a significant impact within the underground circuit. Because there are so many talented men and women who are consistently unrecognized for their achievements, this awards show is designed to reveal these special people to the public in an intimate formal environment that is comparable to events that are held nationally and globally.

This year local rapper Dell Cashtro who’s dying of Hodgkins lymphoma 4B is to be honored at the 2014 Atlanta Underground Music Katrina Moore states, “We’re transforming the way we operate to continuously improve our ability to help the underground community and people in the industry, some categories has change for the better. Our staff and partners have continued to meet the challenges of our field and to excel.

Last year we received a letter from Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed;We are very proud of where we are today and excited about where we are headed. The AUMA’s will combine the elements of an awards show and an entertainment concert into one lively show.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Atlanta Underground Music Academy a nonprofit organizations that providing quality music education for anyone who wishes to learn about the entertainment business. We ask you to stay engaged, keep us proactive and help us shape the future of Atlanta Underground Music Awards;

To find out who’s nominated and what else to expect at the show, check out the our website www.AUMAONLINE.com

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