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FROM MARIE CLAIRE: Not since Julie Taymor brought The Lion King to the stage over a decade ago has there been such a surge in Afrocentric exoticism.

The box office has Avatar and its Na’vi tribe; Broadway, Fela!, the musical celebrating Nigerian musician Fela Kuti; and fashion, a continent’s worth of colorful patterns, rafia weaves, and wooden beads.

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For 2024’s iteration of MadameNoire and HelloBeautiful’s annual series Women to Know, we knew we wanted to celebrate the people who help make the joys of film and television possible. To create art is to create magic. This year, we spotlight Hollywood Executive’s changing the face of cinema.