Idris Elba has been allotted some land in Zanzibar to launch a movie studio.
The BBC reports that the UK actor and DJ has been given the green light to play his half in creating Africa’s increasing movie business within the Tanzanian archipelago in East Africa – with a studio that might be just like any in “Hollywood, Nollywood or Bollywood” and will turn into “Zollywood,” in accordance with Zanzibar’s funding minister Shariff Ali Shariff talking on the Zanzibar Worldwide Movie Competition this week.
Elba, who was raised in East London, has household roots in Sierra Leone and Ghana, and has beforehand expressed his need to play an element in constructing this sort of business in Africa.
The BBC quotes Zanzibar president’s spokesperson saying: “If profitable, the mission will assist not solely Tanzania but additionally japanese and central Africa.”
In February 2023, Elba spoke of plans to construct a movie studio in Ghana: “At present, we name it West African Studios, however that’s a working title. We’ve been engaged on this for 3 or 4 years to lift a plan that places a facility on the centre of African filmmaking.”
