ROCKSTAR! BEZ MAKES PRESTIGIOUS APPLAUSE AFRICA’s 40 UNDER 40 LIST, SET TO PERFORM ALONGSIDE ANGELIQUE KIDJO IN NEW YORK, DECEMBER 8.

ROCKSTAR! BEZ MAKES PRESTIGIOUS APPLAUSE AFRICA’s 40 UNDER 40 LIST, SET TOPERFORM ALONGSIDE ANGELIQUE KIDJO IN NEW YORK, DECEMBER 8

After a year of stunning achievements, critically acclaimed Nigerian singer and songwriter, Bez rocks the cover of Applause Africa’s December issue, joining a host of other inspirational, game-changing Africans in the first annual Applause ‘40 Under 40’ list. 

 Honoring innovators in fields as varied as media, fashion, entrepreneurship, and advocacy, the magazine officially debuts at the African Diaspora Awards on December 8 in New York. Bez will also perform alongside fellow honoree and Icon Award recipient, recording artist Angelique Kidjo. The fashion-forward five-page editorial was shot by photographer Adetiba in New York.

The issue also honors 40 inspirational and accomplished Africans in industries ranging from entertainment Grammy-nominated duo Les Nubians, Gbenga Akinnagbe of The Wire and The Good Wife, media CNN and NY Times journalist Lola Ogunnaike, Tony Okungbowa of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, advocacy Saran Kaba Jones of FACEAfrica, SoleRebels founder Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, fashion model and former beauty queen Flaviana Matata, supermodels Liya Kebede and Oluchi Orlandi, and entrepreneurship Donald Osmund, CEO of Seedbearer Corp.