New Manga about Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule highlights his creative roots
An illustration of Blitz Bazawule from the manga by Hiroki Otsuka. Image courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation
filmmaker, and novelist, Bazawule received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Music in 2013.
tried his hand at filmmaking, with short films and his debut feature, The Burial of Kojo in 2018. In 2020, Bazawule was named a Guggenheim Fellow; later that year, millions would see his directorial work on Beyoncé’s Black Is King, for which he received a Grammy.
Zambia), and molecular biologist Mohamed Abou Donia (b. Egypt).
mission of the foundation was inspired by the couple’s respective careers in biomedical science and art history. Since 2000, the foundation has awarded over $6.6 million in prizes to foreign-born individuals and has supported organizations with over $5.8 million in grants.
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