Who is the American entertainer who shares her name with a West African Empire known for its symbol of Golden Stool?
"Flag of Ashanti The National Flag of Ashanti is the national flag of the Ashanti kingdom nation, adopted by Ashanti kingdom nation's Emperor Asantehene Prempeh II in 1935, and is based on the Ashanti absolute monarchy throne the Golden Stool, which has been the Ashanti people's symbol of unity and sunsum (soul) since 1701 the early-eighteenth century AD upon the foundation of the Ashanti Empire. The Golden Stool represents the Ashanti symbol of unity which is believed to possess the sunsum (soul) of the Ashanti people. In Ashanti legend, (the Golden Stool; Sika 'Dwa in the Ashanti language) of the"
"Stone, along with Nitin Sawhney, Jonathan Shorten, Jonathan Joseph and Cameroonian multi-instrumentalist Étienne M'Bappé released the ""Project Mama Earth"", an 11 track EP comprising full-length songs and interludes, inspired by Mother Nature concept and African rhythms. In the same month, she was co-headliner in Night of the Proms in Nederland and Belgium. In October 2018, Stone was cast as a guest-star in season 5 of musical drama television series ""Empire"". Stone possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano and contralto. She's famous for performing barefoot and has been described as ""the white Aretha Franklin"" since her debut in music industry."
"LoLa Monroe Fershgenet Melaku, better known as LoLa Monroe and previously known as Angel Melaku, is an Ethiopian-American rapper, model and actress. Melaku was born in Addis Ababa and raised in Washington D.C. She is of Ethiopian descent. She began writing poems and songs at the age of 12. Monroe made her acting debut in the Wendy Williams biopic ""Queen of Media"" and later acted in ""Crazy like a Fox"". She began modeling and appearing in music videos for various artists such as Kanye West and Trey Songz. She later became LoLa Monroe in 2007; ""Monroe"" is a reference to"
"Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She is the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg's breakthrough role was Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in the period drama film ""The Color Purple"" (1985), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best"
"A residential building at 267 Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem's Sugar Hill neighborhood is named after her. Mills was pictured on a postage stamp issued by the island of Grenada in honour of ""The Birth of the Silver Screen"". A biography by Bill Egan entitled ""Florence Mills: Harlem: Jazz Queen"" was published in 2006, and a children's book, ""Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage"", by Alan Schroeder, was published by Lee and Low in 2012. Florence Mills Florence Mills (born Florence Winfrey; January 25, 1896 – November 1, 1927), billed as the ""Queen of Happiness"", was an African-American cabaret"
"her contributions to the Walt Disney Company. Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She is the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg's breakthrough role was Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in the period drama film ""The Color Purple"" (1985), for which she was"
"Golden Dawn (film) Golden Dawn is a 1930 American pre-Code musical operetta film released by Warner Bros., photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. The story takes place in colonial Africa, where Dawn is a white girl, kidnapped in infancy and is being brought up by a black native, Mooda, who runs a canteen in the now German colonial settlement. Dawn falls in love with a British rubber planter, Tom Allen, who is"
"Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Honorary Golden Lion. Born to actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Ford Seymour, Fonda made her Broadway debut in the 1960 play ""There Was a Little Girl"", for which she received the first of two Tony Award nominations, and made her screen debut later the same year in ""Tall"
"tried marijuana-laced edibles to see if it would help. Newspaper headlines subsequently identified her mother as her ""weed supplier."" However, Theron has since stopped using marijuana. Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1997), ""Mighty Joe Young"" (1998), and ""The Cider House Rules"" (1999)."
"or Musical at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in ""La La Land"". Emma Stone Emily Jean ""Emma"" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2017. Stone has appeared in ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2017, and was featured by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born"
"Billie Allen Billie Allen (January 13, 1925 – December 29, 2015) was an American actress, theater director, dancer and entertainer. Allen was one of the first black actors and performers to appear on television and stage in the United States, at a time when those venues were largely closed to African Americans. During the 1950s, Allen became one of the first black entertainers to have a recurring role on network television when she was cast on CBS' ""The Phil Silvers Show"", beginning in 1955. She was one of the first African Americans to appear on television commercials in the U.S."
"Emma Stone Emily Jean ""Emma"" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2017. Stone has appeared in ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2017, and was featured by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Stone began acting as a child, in a theater production of ""The Wind in the Willows"" in 2000. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles"
"Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"", which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago. Dubbed the ""Queen of All Media"", she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. She has also been sometimes ranked as the most influential"
"include Jay-Z, MC Lyte, Trina, Salt-n-Pepa, Lauryn Hill and Tupac Shakur. On December 25, 2012, Monroe announced that she and rapper King Los were expecting their first child together. She gave birth to a boy named Brixton Royal Coleman on March 12, 2013. LoLa Monroe Fershgenet Melaku, better known as LoLa Monroe and previously known as Angel Melaku, is an Ethiopian-American rapper, model and actress. Melaku was born in Addis Ababa and raised in Washington D.C. She is of Ethiopian descent. She began writing poems and songs at the age of 12. Monroe made her acting debut in the Wendy"
"Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's comedy-drama ""Stardust Memories"" (1980). Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven's horror film ""Deadly Blessing"" (1981), and throughout the 1980s, Stone went on to appear in films such as ""Irreconcilable Differences"" (1984), ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1985), ""Cold Steel"" (1987), and ""Above the Law"" (1988). She found mainstream prominence with her part in Paul Verhoeven's action film ""Total Recall"" (1990). Stone became a"
"the World Economic Forum in 2012. Her family includes politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Yale professor Tavia Nyong'o and Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o. Isis Nyong'o Isis Nyong’o Madison is a Kenyan American media and technology entrepreneur. She is a principal at strategic advisory firm Asphalt & Ink was previously with InMobi, Google and MTV in Africa. She is a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Branded as one of ""Africa's Top 20 Youngest Power Women"" by Forbes, Isis has made her mark scaling media and digital businesses across the continent over the past decade. As MD of Africa for"
"of the All Africa Music Awards. In November 2014 Wiyaala released her ""official"" debut album, the eponymously titled ""Wiyaala"" which was nominated for album of the year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2015 and the All Africa Music Awards 2015. Wiyaala is a brand ambassador for PepsiCo in West Africa, alongside Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, promoting Pepsi throughout Ghana as the brand looks to grab a larger share of the soft drinks market. She is also the Converse All Stars ambassador for Ghana since 2014. Wiyaala is outspoken on the male-dominated culture and polygyny of some African countries and"
"Florence Mills Florence Mills (born Florence Winfrey; January 25, 1896 – November 1, 1927), billed as the ""Queen of Happiness"", was an African-American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian known for her effervescent stage presence, delicate voice, and winsome, wide-eyed beauty. A daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Nellie (Simon) and John Winfrey, she was born Florence Winfrey in 1896 in Washington, D.C. She began performing as a child. At the age of six she sang duets with her two older sisters, Olivia and Maude. They eventually formed a vaudeville act, calling themselves the Mills Sisters. The act did well, appearing in"
"of Sierra Leone and of Kru people of Liberia. Taylor is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Regina Taylor Regina Annette Taylor (born August 22, 1960) is an American actress and playwright. She has won several awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award. In July 2017, Taylor was announced as the new Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theatre at Fordham University's theatre program. Taylor was born in Dallas, Texas. Her mother, Nell Taylor, is a social worker and poet. At age twelve, she moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma. The family later returned to Dallas,"
"award. Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Honorary Golden Lion. Born to actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Ford Seymour, Fonda made her Broadway debut in the 1960 play ""There Was a Little Girl"", for which she received the first of two Tony Award nominations, and made her screen debut later the same year in"
"questions for ... Kay Starr. ""Goldmine"", 29, 26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499165 Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who"
"Moreover, she starred in Yvonne Nelson's ""House of Gold"" (2013) alongside Majid Michel and Ice Prince.<ref name=""Omawumi, Ice Prince debut in Yvonne Nelson's new movie - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/omawumi-ice-prince-debut-in-yvonne-nelsons-new-movie/#sthash.3XsMkB4C.dpuf""></ref> Omawumi Omawumi Megbele (born 13 April 1982), known by her stage name Omawumi, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and actress of Itsekiri ethnicity She is a brand ambassador for Globacom, Konga.com, and Malta Guinness. She's also part of the campaign called ""Rise with the Energy of Africa"". She gained attention as the 2007 runner-up on West African Idols, a reality TV show part of the Idols franchise. Her second album, ""The"
"and forums at colleges and universities across the country. Samputu has been honored with the opportunity to share his message and his music at The National Civil Rights Museum for the 2005 Freedom Awards, where he performed in front of honorees Oprah Winfrey, and Ruby Dee, as well as the ceremony's host, Golden Globe Award winner Angela Bassett. He is one of only two African artists to perform for the World Culture Open at the Lincoln Center in New York, and has also performed for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for World Refugees Day. Other performances include Duke University,"
"Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan ""Barbra"" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She is among a small group of entertainers who have been"
"performance in ""Walk the Line"" in 2005. In 2015, she received another nomination in the category for her performance in ""Wild"". Reese Witherspoon Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Critics' Choice Awards. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Tennessee, she began her career as a teenager, making her professional screen debut in ""The Man in the Moon"" (1991), for which"
"Reese Witherspoon Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Critics' Choice Awards. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Tennessee, she began her career as a teenager, making her professional screen debut in ""The Man in the Moon"" (1991), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Following roles in """" (1992), ""Jack the Bear"" (1993), ""Freeway"" (1996), and ""Pleasantville"""
"played in a 440-seat Spiegeltent on West 45th Street, New York City until September 2, 2012. It then commenced its 2013 Australian tour on January 4 at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney, in a 700-seat spiegeltent. Empire (show) Empire is a contemporary circus show that debuted in New York City on May 31, 2012, and was directed by Wayne Harrison, The show features a central character, the Impresario, who, following the Global Financial Crisis tried to rebuild his empire. Acts include Elena Lev, foot-juggling, roller-skaters, quick-change routine, shoulder ballet and German wheel. Following its premiere, The New York Times proclaimed"
"Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 56 of her singles making the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all ""Billboard"" charts combined. Marie"
"short films starring herself, such as ""A Girl and Her Banana"", are available. It also provides contemporary topless and nude photos and her outspoken political views. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7057 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2005, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. Mamie Van Doren Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who is known for being one of the first actresses to recreate the look of Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren is"
"Jayne Kennedy Jayne Kennedy Overton (née Harrison; October 27, 1951) is an American television personality, actress, model, corporate spokeswoman, producer, writer, public speaker, philanthropist, beauty pageant titleholder and sports broadcaster. Kennedy won a 1982 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award for her performance as Julie Winters in the 1981 film ""Body and Soul"" co-starring alongside her then–husband Leon Isaac Kennedy. Kennedy won the NAACP Theater Award for Best Producer along with her current husband Bill Overton for their production of the highly acclaimed staged musical, The Journey of the African American. Kennedy is also an"
"Joyce Bryant Joyce Bryant (born October 14, 1928) is an African-American singer and actress who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex symbol, garnering such nicknames as ""The Bronze Blond Bombshell"", ""the black Marilyn Monroe"", ""The Belter"", and ""The Voice You'll Always Remember"". Bryant left the industry in 1955 at the height of her popularity to devote herself to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A decade later, she returned to show business as a trained classical vocalist and"
"be the best course of action. Grammy Awards Grammy Hall of Fame American Music Awards Billboard Music Awards RIAA People's Choice Awards NAACP Image Awards ASCAP Awards Rhythm & Blues Foundation Women's World Awards Trumpet Awards Ride of Fame Cash Box Magazine Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"began listing Princess Keisha along with Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Princess Ariana Makonnen, Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini of Swaziland, and others as modern examples of black royal women. Princess Keisha Omilana Princess Keisha Omilana of Nigeria (born March 8, 1986) is an American fashion model and businesswoman. She is the first African-American woman to be featured in three consecutive commercials for Pantene. Through her marriage to Prince Adekunle Adebayo Omilana she is a Nigerian princess of the Yoruban House of Arigbabuowo. Princess Keisha was born on March 8, 1986 and raised in Inglewood, California. She moved to Chicago, Illinois to study"