{"id":6107,"date":"2018-01-11T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2018-01-16T03:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T10:03:44","slug":"funke-akindele-will-speak-hausa-american-hollywood-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/funke-akindele-will-speak-hausa-american-hollywood-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Funke Akindele will speak Hausa in American Hollywood movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Why Funke Akindele will speak Hausa in American Hollywood movie?<\/p>\n
Jan 11, 2018: Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, aka Jenifa, has been announced to star in Marvel\u2019s upcoming movie, Avengers: Infinity War.<\/p>\n
According to the character profile on Marvel\u2019s website, Funke Akindele will be playing a member of the Dora Milaje pronounced as \u201cdora-meh-LAH-shay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The role will see the Nigerian screen goddess join a female team of personal bodyguards for Black Panther, all recruited from Wakanda. Apart from their protective function, they are a group of powerful and superior Wakandans.<\/p>\n
The Dora Milaje were assembled as a group of potential suitors for the king. The Wakandans put forth a daughter from every tribe to maintain peace and ensure every tribe has a chance at the crown.<\/p>\n
The Wakandans traditionally speak in Hausa dialect, but only to the king and to each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why Funke Akindele will speak Hausa in American Hollywood movie? Jan 11, 2018: Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, aka Jenifa, has been announced to star in Marvel\u2019s upcoming movie, Avengers: Infinity War. According to the character profile on Marvel\u2019s website, Funke Akindele will be playing a member of the Dora Milaje pronounced as \u201cdora-meh-LAH-shay.\u201d The role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[296],"yoast_head":"\n