Blitz the Ambassador

**Samuel Bazawule** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali1982), o tuma shee shɛba mi o la **Blitz Bazawule** mini **Blitz the Ambassador**, nyɛla Ghana nima sinii yaara, sabira, yɛliparimlana, yili yiinda-yili sabira n-ti pahi binkumda ŋmɛra.

O daa piligi la o tuma yuuni 2000s naabu ni, din daa niŋ ka o bahi studio albums dibaa anahi ka daa deei pini din nyɛ Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Contemporary Music. Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa piligi sinii daratibu ni *[[The Burial of Kojo]]* (2018) ka daa sɔŋ darati musical film *[[Black Is King]]* (2020) ni Beyoncé ka daa nya o tuuli Grammy Award piibu. O nyɛla ŋun daa darati yila sinii yuli booni  *[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|The Color Purple]]* (2023). Yuuni 2024 ''Variety'' nyɛla ŋun daa piigi o sɔŋ kalinli yim "10 Directors to Watch for 2024".

## Piligu biɛhigu
Samuel Bazawule nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Accra, Ghana, silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1982. Ŋun nyɛ ŋun pahiri bihi ata o lammba bihi anahi puuni ka nyɛ ŋun chaŋ Achimota School. Din daa niŋ ka o be shikuru o daa deei pini pam zaŋ n-ti o ninkpali tuma nima amaa di nyaaŋa ka daa ti zaŋ o zaɣa labisi yila polo din daa niŋ ka o wum ni o tizo ŋun nyɛ doo daa ŋmɛ Public Enemy album *[[It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back]]*. Pirinla o daa mali la yurilim pam zaŋ n-ti taarihi yɛltɔɣa, Bazawule daa piligi taarihi yila nima sabbu ka o daa leei yulilana shikuru maa ni.

## Tuma

Din daa niŋ ka o naai Achimota School yuuni 2000, Bazawule nyɛla ŋun daa chaŋ n-ti pahi Ghanaian Ace producer Hammer of The Last Two. Blitz nyɛla bɛ ni daa yɛlli so ni o piligimi tuma dabisili shɛli din daa paya maa. O daa ŋmɛ binkumda niŋ yili yuli booni "Deeba" ni ka daa deei pini zaŋ n-ti Best New Artist yuuni 2000 Ghana Music Awards. Yuuni 2001, Blitz daa chaŋ United States ni o ti bɔhim shikuru yuli booni Kent State University din be Ohio, ni ka o daa naai ni bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Lala yuma maa ni o daa niŋ "live shows" pam ka daa yoogi zaŋ n-ti yɛliparim nima kamani Rakim. Yuuni 2004 o daa bahi album *Soul Rebel*, ka o ni daa niŋ li shɛli nyɛ moniker Blitz.

O ni daa naai shikueu, Blitz daa yi chaŋ New York City. Ni ka o daa ŋmɛ album shɛli yaha, *Double Consciousness* (2005), ka daa lahi bahi *Stereotype*.  Embassy Ensemble nyɛla ŋun daa di fiila pam zaŋ jandi o yila ŋmɛbu baŋsim ŋɔ. O nyɛla ŋun daa piligi shɛli, Embassy MVMT ka di pa laɣim ni The Roots community initiative Okayplayer.

Yuuni 2009 naabu, Blitz the Ambassador nyɛla ninvuɣ so *[[Beyond Race]]* magazine's "50 Emerging Artists" ni daa piigi so sɔŋ kalinli yim.  Yuuni 2015, Blitz daa deei Vilcek Prize zaŋ n-ti Creative Promise in Contemporary Music. Yuuni 2011, o daa bahi "Feelin' High" ni French yili yinda Ben Mazue, Yuuni 2012, o nyɛla ŋun daa pahi album *Tetra shɛli* French electronic crew C2C ni daa bahi. Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa yili yila ni Professor A.L.I. din daa niŋ ka bɛ daa laɣim yili "Things Fall Apart" ni Raekwon yuuni 2011, Lala  remix "Things Still Fall Apart" yuuni 2012 ŋɔ mini o yili "The Mic Shall Inherit The Earth" off of the "XFactor" album yuuni 2015. Yuuni 2016 o daa zaŋ o studio album din pahiri anahi *Diasporadical* wuhi salo mini di ŋmali sinii ŋmaa *Diasporadical Trilogia*, ka daa niŋ li  Accra, New York City n-ti pahi Salvador, Bahia.

Yuuni 2018, Blitz daa darati ka sabi o tuuli sinii *[[The Burial of Kojo]] ka di daa mali kpɛrikpɛritiba kamani* Ama K. Abebrese, Joseph Otsiman, Joyce Anima Misa Amoah n-ti pahi Cynthia Dankwa. Ban daa yaai sinii ŋɔ nyɛ Ava DuVernay’s independent film studio Array zaŋ n-ti "theatrical" mini Netflix ka bɛ daa bahi li ka daa niŋ li yuuni 2018 Urban World film festival in New York. Di daa nya piibu dibaa awɔi 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards, ka daa di Best First Feature Film zaŋ n-ti darata ŋun kpaŋ o maŋ ka daa lahi di Grand Nile Prize n-ti Luxor African Film Festival.

Yuuni 2019, Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa pahi darata nima ban daa be Beyoncé's visual album *[[The Lion King: The Gift]]* mini Walt Disney Pictures's musical film *[[Black Is King]]*, din daa niŋ ka bɛ daa piigi o zaŋ n-ti Best Music Film n-ti 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Blitz nyɛla ŋun daa yina yuuni 2019 Whitney Biennial ni  Rujeko Hockley mini Jane Panetta.  Blitz gba lahi nyɛla 2019 Senior TED (conference) Fellow, ka daa piligi Africa Film Society, laɣingu shɛli din lihiri sinii tooni tibu. O nyɛla ŋun daa be Guggenheim Fellowships zaŋ n-ti o kpaŋmaŋ n-ti Ghana.

Yuuni 2020, lahabali daa yina wuhiri ni Bazawule nyɛ ŋun yɛn darati ''The Color Purple'', sinii din jandi Alice Walker's book of the same name ka ban daa yaai li nyɛ Broadway musical mini  Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey maŋmaŋ daa yaagi sinii ni Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders n-ti pahi Steven Spielberg. Ninvuɣ shɛba ban be lala sinii ŋɔ ni nyɛ Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo n-ti pahi Danielle Brooks. Bɛ daa bahi sinii ŋɔ United States silimiin goli December biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali yuuni 2023 ka ŋun daa bahi li nyɛ Warner Bros. Pictures. Sinii ŋɔ daa nya piibu zaŋ n-ti Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture mini  Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director.

Bazawule's tuuli buku, *The Scent of Burnt Flowers nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo silimiin goli* June biɛɣ'pihita ayi ka dali yuuni 2022. Silimiin goli March biɛɣ'pinaayopɔin dali yuuni 2022, bɛ daa yɛliya ni FX nyɛla ŋun yɛn yaai six-episode miniseries zaŋ jandi buku ŋɔ, Bazawule nyɛ ŋun daa darati ka yaai li ka Yahya Abdul-Mateen II nyɛ ŋun daa be di ni. n-ti pahi *Black Samruai* 

## Discography

### Studio albums
*2009: *Stereotype*
*2011: *Native Sun*
*2014: *Afropolitan Dreams*
*2016: *Diasporadical*

### Soundtrack albums
*2019: *The Burial of Kojo*

### EPs
*2004: *Soul Rebel*
*2005: *Double Consciousness*
*2009: *StereoLive*
*2013: *The Warm Up*

## Filmography

### Feature films
*2018: *[[The Burial of Kojo]]*
*2020: *[[Black Is King]]*
*2023: *[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|The Color Purple]]*

### Short films
*2011: *Native Sun*
*2016: *Diasporadical Trilogia*

### Television

* TBA: *The Scent of Burnt Flowers*
* Blitz Bazawule nyɛla ŋun daa yoli niŋ o TV darata "show" ka daa boli li *Cherish the Day.*

## Pina mini piibu

## Kundivihira

## External links
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* Sam Blitz Bazawule - IMDb
* Ghanaian rapper Blitz the Ambassador - PRI