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...
Aug 9, 20191 min read
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 4, 20163 min read
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...
Jul 3, 20162 min read
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...
Jun 7, 20161 min read
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...
Dec 3, 20152 min read
#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 8, 20151 min read
Klectic Find: Ogomeh
Aren’t these baskets the cutest accessory? These are products of Ogomeh – an Australian bred brand cultivated in Africa. Ogomeh sources...
Oct 7, 20151 min read
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 30, 20155 min read
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 28, 20153 min read
Mimco x Ajak Deng
SOURCE: MIMCO #Fashion #Photography
May 14, 20151 min read
DECEMBER 2014 Proverb
#MonthlyProverbs
Dec 1, 20141 min read
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 25, 20142 min read
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 17, 20142 min read
NOVEMBER 2014 Proverb
#MonthlyProverbs
Nov 2, 20141 min read
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 26, 20141 min read
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, 20141 min read
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 21, 20142 min read
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 14, 20142 min read
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 10, 20141 min read
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...
Oct 5, 20141 min read