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Samuel Bazawule (b, 19 April 1982), known professionally as Blitz Bazawule and Blitz the Ambassador, is a Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Blitz made his directorial debut with The Burial of Kojo (2018), which won Best First Feature Film by a director at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards and the Grand Nile Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival. He directed the musical film adaptation The Color Purple in 2023 and is currently developing a six-episode miniseries based on his novel The Scent of Burnt Flowers about an African American fugitive couple seeking refuge in Ghana. He is also developing another film based on the historic figure of Yasuke, Japan’s first Black samurai who lived in 16th century Japan.