Hamamat Montia By Winnie Gaturu Children are indeed a blessing. They have the ability to bring out a part of their parents that was previously hidden. They often challenge them to attain more than they already have. This was the case with Hamamat Montia. From Ghana, Hamamat is an entrepreneur, former model and beauty queen. …
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See Why the Streets of Senegal is the Perfect Backdrop for this Eye-Poppin’ Fashion Shoot!
EL HADJ AMADOU DIOP By Erickka Sy Savané If you’re not familiar with GQ Style fashion editor Mobolaji Dawodu, don’t worry, we’ll catch you up. Before his current gig, the Nigerian-American spent over a decade traveling the globe styling fashion shoots for Fader magazine. He’s worked with such stars as Brad Pitt, Jared Leto and …
Lusaka July, Zambia’s Version of the Met Gala, Is a Royalty Explosion!
Cleo Clementine & Natasha Van Der Moss By Mwabi Kaira Every socialite and fashionista looks forward to that one event each year where they can don their finest fashions and be seen. In America, fashion enthusiasts wait for the annual Met Gala, where the most famous faces from the realms of fashion, film, music and …
This Filmmaker Required NATURAL HAIR for Her Cast & There’s a Really Good Reason Why
Sens Dessus Dessous Cast By Ta-ning Connai Matamba Kombila is not your average filmmaker. While most directors have the primary focus of creating stories to engage their audience, she takes it a step further with goals to impact her cast through a hair challenge aimed to build true self-esteem. Who in the world does something …
A True No Man’s Land. These Women Founded a Women-Only Village in Kenya
Photos de femmes samburu By Erickka Sy Savané Many women dream of what it would be like to live in a society with no men, free of patriarchy and all that comes with it…these women actually did it. Umoja is an all-female village in Kenya, founded by a woman named Rebecca Lolosoli, some 25 years …
The Mbalantu Women of the Namibia Know the Secret to Growing Hair to Incredible Lengths
Eembuvi braids worn by women of the Mbalantu tribes from the Namibia By Mwabi Kaira The versatility of our hair and all of the hairstyles we can pull off is just one of the many reasons it’s great to be melanin. I recently wanted a cornrow style and searched images to show my stylist and …
Reclaiming Your Wakanda: 5 Ways to Move to an African Country!
By Kaylan Reid Shipanga Ready to make your Wakanda dreams come true? These days, it’s more doable than you think. I know expats who’ve successfully moved to Africa through the following routes… Continue
From the Boogie Down Bronx to Senegal: Expat Waameeka is Living Her Best Life!
Wameeka AheVonderae By Kaylan Reid Meet Waameeka AheVonderae, a New Yorker who moved to Dakar, Senegal. After realizing the Peace Corps application process wasn’t for her, Waameeka took her living abroad plans into her own hands, found a job online and moved to Senegal. She is a testament to the power of pursuing your African …
Top 10 African Tribes Taken in the Atlantic Slave Trade
By Erickka Sy Savané With Black Panther/Wakanda fever forever cementing a place in our hearts, and the rise of African Americans getting their DNA tested, especially from AfricanAncestry.com, where they can trace your ancestry back to your African ethnic group, we’re at a time when we want to know more about where we came from. …
Meet the Author Behind ‘Wakanda Forever,’ Marvel’s New Comic Featuring Spider Man and Wakanda’s Female Warriors
Nnedi Okarafor By Winnie Gaturu Black Panther just surpassed the Titanic to become the 3rd highest-earning movie of all time. This comes as it hits a revenue of $665.4 million. Following its tremendous success, Marvel has decided to create a 3-comic miniseries starring the Dora Milage and Spider Man. The miniseries is conveniently named Wakanda …