Netflix's first African original series, Queen Sono - about a spy from South Africa - has been released.
The streaming site's six-episode TV thriller stars South African Pearl Thusi as the eponymous secret agent.
Written and directed by Kagiso Lediga, an award-wining stand-up comedian in South Africa, it is filmed in several locations across the continent.
Thusi is quoted as saying that it is empowering for Africans to tell their own stories.