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Pearl Thusi took to social media to announce that she will be starring in Africa’s very first Netflix original series. It is titled,\u00a0Queen Sono.<\/em><\/p>\n

She is emotional in the video where she thanks Netflix and the team that she has worked with.<\/p>\n

“I cannot wait for every young woman,\u00a0 every woman on this continent, actually on this planet to meet\u00a0Queen Sono<\/i>, we’ve worked so hard on this.”<\/p>\n

In the series, Pearl will be playing a spy at a South African Agency.<\/p>\n

The show sees comedian and filmmaker Kagiso Lediga as the director, and executive producer Tasmin Andersson.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Netflix had announced that it was looking for African content.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to come a time when half of the top 10 of most-watched shows in a given year are going to come from outside of the US,\u201d Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice-president of international originals,\u00a0Variety reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s very actually far away. I think that\u2019s going to come in years, not decades,\u201d Barmack added.<\/p>\n

Queen Sono<\/i>\u00a0is expected to air in 2019.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/PearlThusi\/status\/1072031139198582784<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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