- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
Moreblessing Maturure tells Fashion Journal how she is creating diversity in Australian media
"Growing up in Zimbabwe, I saw people that looked like me everywhere, that was my reality. Then I came here and I came up against the...
- Jul 4, 2016
- 3 min
Brittle Paper // God is not Deaf by Moshood Balogun
I read God is not Deaf by Moshood Balogun and had a bit of a laugh to myself because a similar thing happened to me a few years ago. My...
- Jul 3, 2016
- 2 min
Must see: Skinny Girl in Transit
We have watched An African City questioning whether the returnee life is as glamorous as it looks on screen, the issues of Ejiro over her...
- Jun 7, 2016
- 1 min
Digital Love Letters with Thando
Melbourne singer-songwriter Thando is bringing her electric live show to Sydney and Melbourne over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend to...
- Dec 3, 2015
- 2 min
Creating the culture with Sounds of Afrobeats 2015
I have been back home in Sydney for a few months now and in the lead up to leaving everyone was asking me questions about what I will...
- Oct 8, 2015
- 1 min
#Untitled
Somewhere in the middle of the Canberra in a space which I didn’t had that much character, my dear friend Leo along with his camera...
- Oct 7, 2015
- 1 min
Klectic Find: Ogomeh
Aren’t these baskets the cutest accessory? These are products of Ogomeh – an Australian bred brand cultivated in Africa. Ogomeh sources...
- May 31, 2015
- 5 min
On the continent
If you had been following us on instagram (and sometimes our tumblr) you would known that I had been ‘chilling small’ on the continent...
- May 28, 2015
- 3 min
Difference in treatment
I haven’t posted in ages, but this article has brought me out of the woodwork. I saw this posted by The Root via Okay Africa on Facebook....
- May 14, 2015
- 1 min
Mimco x Ajak Deng
SOURCE: MIMCO #Fashion #Photography
- Dec 1, 2014
- 1 min
DECEMBER 2014 Proverb
#MonthlyProverbs
- Nov 25, 2014
- 2 min
Africa is all the same (apparently)
A few days ago a colleague started a conversation with me which somehow led to the subject of Africa. Just to give you a bit of context,...
- Nov 17, 2014
- 2 min
No traditional wedding for me
A few months ago I was reading an interesting article about African traditional weddings and this particular line about Ghanaian weddings...
- Nov 2, 2014
- 1 min
NOVEMBER 2014 Proverb
#MonthlyProverbs
- Oct 26, 2014
- 1 min
Tkay Maidza x MIMCO x FRENDS
Melbourne-based accessories label MIMCO has teamed up with LA-based headphone brand Frends in an exciting cross-continent-creative-collab...
- Oct 21, 2014
- 1 min
My Africa Is: Edition Dakar – Malika Surf Camp
Here is the third and final installment of My Africa is: Edition Dakar. In this episode My Africa Is spends time with Malika Surf Camp...
- Oct 21, 2014
- 2 min
YEVU up close in London
Over the years I have read about and met non-Africans who started African labels or labels based elsewhere with production in Africa....
- Oct 14, 2014
- 2 min
BFI screening: Dear White People
On Friday night as part of the BFI London Film Festival, I had the pleasure of watching one of the three screenings of Dear White People...
- Oct 10, 2014
- 1 min
My Africa Is: Edition Dakar – Sunu Street Project
My Africa Is caught up with the Sunu Street Project, a dance company, that seeks to validate urban dance in Senegal, and empower young...
- Oct 5, 2014
- 1 min
My Africa Is: Edition Dakar – Le Journal Rappe
My Africa Is catches up with Keyti and Xuman of le Journal Rappe. A rapped news show that aims to engage Senegalese youth, in current...