Desperate Housewives Africa
| Desperate Housewives Africa | |
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| File:Desperate Housewives Africa.png | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Marc Cherry |
| Screenplay by | Debo Oluwatunmi |
| Directed by | Quinty Pillay |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Mercy Dolapo Oni |
| Country of origin | Nigeria |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 19 (aired) |
| Production | |
| Production location | Lagos[1] |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Running time | 40-43 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Ebony Life TV[2] |
| Release | April 30, 2015 – present |
| Related | |
| Desperate Housewives | |
Desperate Housewives Africa is a mystery,comedy and Comedy TV series that premiered on Ebony Life TV in 2015 .It is an adaptation of American hit series,Desperate Housewives that aired from 2004-2012.The show featured an ensembled cast of headed by Omotu Bissong,Nini Wacera,Kehinde Bankole ,Michelle Dede,Marcy Dolapo Oni and Linda Osifo. The show was shot in Lagos City in Nigeria with the cast members being Africans.The show was also minimally adapted to African themes from cast members names to the main plot but the main characters had the same role as those in the original version.
Production
Directed by Quinty Pillay the cast was mainly Nigerians that had change of names compared to the original version that were adapted by African names.Michelle Dede plays Susan Mayer while Nini Wacera a Kenyan actress plays the adapted version of Bree Van de Kamp as Kehinde Bankole plays Gabrielle Solis.Omotu Bissong plays african version of Lynette Scavo,Mercy Dolapo Oni plays of Mary Alice Young and Linda Osifo plays african version of Edie Britt. The supposed 'husbands' that depicted the original version were,Joseph Benjamin plays african version of Carlos Solis,Larry Izama plays Mike Delphino,Femi Branch plays Paul Young,Ben Touitou plays african version John Rawland,Ozzy Agu plays Tom Scavo and Samuel Robinson plays Zach Young .[3]
Plot
Deals with the problems that a select group of housewives comes across ranging from marital issues, family matters, and adultery. All the while, they also try to figure out the mysterious death of one of their neighbors.
Cast
| Actor | Character | Season 1[4][5] |
|---|---|---|
| Nini Wacera | Ese De Souza | Main |
| Omotu Bissong | Funke Lawa | Main |
| Kehinde Bankole | Kiki Obi | Main |
| Joseph Benjamin | Chuka Obi | Main |
| Michelle Dede | Tari Gambadia | Main |
| Mercy Dolapo Oni | Rume Bello | Main |
| Linda Osifo | Rhetta Moore | Main |
| Jason Dwoga | Larry Izama | Main |
| Femi Branch | Deji Bello | Main |
| Ben Touitou | Tai Etim | Main |
| Ozzy Agu | Shina Lawal | Main |
| Samuel Robinson | Akin Bello | Main |
Reception
The show has seen much success since it was launched and is credited to be one of the leading African produced shows of the decade.
Desperate Housewives Africa premiered in Africa on Ebony Life Television that is available on Multichoice dish,DSTV Channel 165 on April 30, 2015 at 10PM/9 CAT.[6][7][8]
| Timeslot | # Ep. | Premiere | Finale | Rank | Season | Views average | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Premiere share |
Date | Finale share | |||||
10 PM/9 CAT |
2015 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Desperate housewives Africa set in Lagos". News Ghana.
- ^ "Desperate Housewives Africa coming to Ebony TV". Channel 24.
- ^ "Desperate housewives Africa adaptation cast". Ebony Life TV.
- ^ "Desperate Housewives Africa actors unraveled". Ebony life TV. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ "Desperate housewives male vast revealed". Soda sand popcorn. April 14, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "Desperate housewives premieres at Ebony at 10pm CAT".
- ^ "Desperate housewives Africa to debut in 44 countries".
- ^ "Desperate Housewives Africa to premiere this summer".