Queen Sono
This spy show is Netflix’s first fully scripted, casted, and produced African show. It follows Queen, a South African spy, part of a secret government intelligence agency. At work she is an unpredictable wild card who gets the job done. In her personal life, she is dysfunctional and plagued by trauma from who her mother was and what happened to her parents.
Queen Sono is only one season in, but I’m ready for all that comes next!
Skinny Girl in Transit
Tiwa is a young woman living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. The first born child and daughter, her mother is ready for her to get married. Totally invested in her quest for her suitor, Tiwa’s mom encourages the plus size radio host to get up, get out, work out, and date seriously. Produced by NdaniTV, you can watch all 6 seasons of this delightful show on Youtube.
To get you started, Here is the first episode:
The Mens Club
This Youtube show produced by RedTV takes place in Lagos, Nigeria. It follows the friendship and lives of 4 men who are at different points in their life. Single, dating, engaged, divorced, and married they navigating through the ups and downs of the dimensions of their individual experience is made a little easier by their collective.
Therapy
It’s been awhile since something made me laugh was much as this mini series. A couple in marriage counseling even though they seem to be in the newlywed stage, the honeymoon stage is over. Each episode covers a part of the marriage they are struggling with. The dramatic banter, unhelpful therapist, and comedic tone is just everything.
Castle & Castle
Castle & Castle is a husband and wife law office operating out of Lagos, Nigeria. Law, marriage, family, and the employees at their practice are a handful. The roller coaster of juggling it all is constantly challenged by what is best for the firm, the people and Mr. and Mrs. Castle. Drama, comedy, love, its all here.
The Governor
A female deputy governor struggles to be heard by the wall of men that stand in front of her making a difference. Navigating operating in her space successfully is shaken up when the governor dies. The men that were a wall to her progress all now answer to a female governor. In a state of cover ups, sexism, and power hungry party’s, making history, being effective, and maintaining a family weigh on the new governor.
Blood & Water
Khumalo’s whole life has been shadowed by the older sister she never met. Abducted before she was born, her parents never let go of their first daughter even though 17 years have passed by. Haunted by the room that still belongs to her older sister, decorated for a little girl with new paper clippings on the wall Khumalo is naturally overwhelmed. However, she takes on a case of her own when she comes across a wealthy girl who seems familiar, has her sister’s birthday and a mysterious past.
