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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Idris Elba to move to Africa ‘to bolster the film industry’

Idris Elba.
Idris Elba. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Idris Elba has said he is planning to move to Africa as part of his plans to bolster the sub-Saharan film industry, saying “it’s going to happen”.

Elba, star of hit TV shows Luther and The Wire as well as films including Beasts of No Nation and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, spoke to the BBC while attending the Africa Cinema Summit in Accra, Ghana.

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