The new viral Netflix original
Young, Famous & African uncovers the dreams and nightmares that come with being part of modern high society in Johannesburg, South Africa. From Tanzania to Uganda to Nigeria, the wealthy crowd that we get to know throughout the course of the 7-episode reality series hails from over the continent, and though their heritages vary from one another, they all have something in common: their money. These new faces are mind-bogglingly rich, and flaunting that wealth is basically a second job — even for those who may have acquired it through
sketchier circumstances. A similar thread runs in
London Lit, the Discovery+ series that focuses on a group of millennial British West Africans on the up-and-up in the United Kingdom. Though this crowd is, ironically, a bit younger than the cast of the Netflix series, they’re just as rich, and the money in their families runs very, very long; the cast includes famous
DJ Cuppy (the daughter of petroleum billionaire Femi Otedola) and
Kiddwaya (the son of billionaire investor Terry Waya).
London Lit follows the young people as they try to make their own mark on the world.