EVALUATION: Brief look, huge effect: RMD takes program in Netflix’s ‘A Different World’

Veteran Nigerian star Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) has actually made an unique look in Netflix’s recently launched follow up series, A Different World, extending his screen profession into another significant global production.

RMD plays Mr Chukwu in the 2026 Netflix series, making a visitor look in Episode 7 of Netflix‘s brand-new follow up to the timeless American comedy, A Different World.

The series premiered on Netflix on 24 September 2026, 39 years after the initial A Different World debuted on NBC in 1987. The brand-new production returns audiences to the imaginary Hillman College, a traditionally Black college in the United States, however follows a brand-new generation of trainees.

RMD’s look comes along with a cast led by Maleah Joi Moon, Alijah Kai, Cornell Young IV, Jordan Aaron Hall, Kennedi Reece and Chibuikem Uche, with initial cast members consisting of Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell and Cree Summer going back to repeat their functions.

RMD’s function in the brand-new series

While RMD is not part of the primary ensemble, his look as Mr Chukwu marks a noteworthy Nigerian existence in the brand-new A Different World.

The primary Nigerian star in the series is Chibuikem Uche, who plays Kojo Achebe, a Ghanaian-Nigerian style business owner and trainee at Hillman College.

In Episode 7, Chukwu Achebe and his Ghanaian spouse paid their boy, Kojo Achebe, a surprise go to at Hillman College; there they satisfied a few of his coworkers. Kojo, who was a style business owner, had actually informed his moms and dads that he was studying engineering.

His moms and dads are stressed over his distancing himself from his household and have actually not connected to them in a very long time.

Kojo is referred to as a Ghanaian-Nigerian style retailing trainee and business owner from a UK/London background. He’s just at Hillman mostly to please his more conventional moms and dads while pursuing his genuine enthusiasm for haute couture and company.

He enters into the core first-year group along with Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), Rashida Duvall(Alijah Kai), Shaquille Johnson(Cornell Young IV), Amir Rodale(Jordan Aaron Hall), and Hazel Henry (Kennedi Reece ).

This is not the very first time the Nollywood veteran would include in a global motion picture job; he had actually included in other global programs such as ‘Namaste Wahala’ (2020),’Revelations’ (2025)and the upcoming Children of Blood and Bone

Another Nigerian cast

RMD was not the only Nigerian cast in the series; Chibuikem Uche, who played Kofo, is a London-born Nigerian who relocated to Connecticut around age 8.

He is often determined as British-Nigerian. Before acting, he studied mathematics/actuarial science and worked as an actuary. He has actually included in other Hollywood motion pictures such as ‘One of United States Is Lying’, ‘The Tomorrow War’, and looks in ‘American Housewife’ and ‘All American’.

Evaluation

Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ is a 10-episode single-camera comedy-drama follow up series that premiered on September 24, 2026, precisely 39 years after the initial NBC comedy debuted. Developed by Felicia Pride, it goes back to the imaginary HBCU Hillman College. The program follows a brand-new generation of trainees while reviving precious alums, effectively upgrading the traditional for Gen Z without losing its heart, humour, or cultural uniqueness.

The series centres on Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), the free-spirited, kindhearted, and defiant youngest child of Whitley Gilbert-Wayne (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison).

Required to attend her moms and dads’ university after an obstacle at NYU, Deborah reaches Hillman identified to leave their long shadow and create her own course. She rapidly forms bonds with a varied freshman class that shows the breadth of modern Black experiences: first-generation criminal justice significant Rashida Duvall (Alijah Kai); star professional athlete and tradition trainee Shaquille Johnson (Cornell Young IV, child of initial character Ron Johnson); sharp however distressed psychology significant Amir Rodale (Jordan Aaron Hall); church-raised small-town trainee Hazel Henry (Kennedi Reece); and Ghanaian-Nigerian style business owner Kojo Achebe (Chibuikem Uche).

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Over one scholastic year, the group browses timeless college area, roomies, love, low GPAs, celebrations, sports, and identity, while challenging contemporary pressures: HBCU financing hazards, political and social problems on school, psychological health, sexual health, adult expectations, and the look for belonging.

The brief 10-episode season is both a strength (tight, bingeable) and a constraint. Some stories feel hurried as soon as the program discovers its rhythm, and a couple of supporting arcs might have utilized more breathing space.

Early episodes lean more greatly on developing the brand-new class and reconnecting with alums, so the series takes a couple of instalments to strike its stride completely. Particular contemporary Gen Z discussion and social-media recommendations sometimes run the risk of feeling somewhat required, though the cast offers them well. Audiences looking for pure multi-camera laugh-track funny might require change; this is a modern dramedy.

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