
Shwe Shwe
I love the quirkiness and brightness of this campaign by South African photographer Jono Wood. There is a great balance of contrast and...
Aug 31, 20121 min read


How many boyfriends can a Nigerian girl have?
Years ago when I went to Ghana, I remember one of my cousins telling me a story about her friend who had a boyfriend in America and a...
Aug 31, 20121 min read


Township Blues
EDITORIAL: TOWNSHIP CLIENT: MARIE CLAIRE SOUTH AFRICA MODEL: AYOR MAKUR CHUOT PHOTOGRAPHER: ALEXA SINGER SOURCE: CIAAFRIQUE & ALEXA SINGER
Aug 29, 20121 min read

Buy of the week: Kotur Morley African Fabric Minaudière
For $560 you can get one of these cute clutches from by Kotur from Moda Operandi. As much as I think they are cute, I wouldn’t purchase...
Aug 28, 20121 min read


With Love
SOUNDTRACK: ‘Senrenre‘ by Ajebutter22 & Studio Magic (ft. Taymi B) #Media
Aug 26, 20121 min read


Dipo & Efya
Nigerian singer Dipo and Ghanaian soul songstress Efya transform Dipo’s ‘Be Your Man‘ creating an amazing soul session. #MusicPerformance...
Aug 25, 20121 min read


Good Question
Way back in 2010, I told you about the multi-talented Afro-Aussie Kristina Adesuwa. Well earlier this year, Kristina and her friend...
Aug 25, 20121 min read


Garden Party
TITLE: GARDEN PARTY CLIENT: ARISE MAGAZINE ISSUE 16 PHOTOGRAPHER: MICAELA ROSSATO MODELS: KIM GORDON & TAMMI STYLIST: HELEN JENNINGS...
Aug 21, 20121 min read

Côte d’Ivoire is not next to Ghana (Apparently)
Some time ago, I think mid last year, I was working my previous job as a Customer Care Assistant at an Optometrist and a customer came...
Aug 20, 20122 min read


Africain
Africain by French based African hip-hop group Sexion D’Assaut. This song is from the group’s second album L’Apogée. #MusicPerformance...
Aug 18, 20121 min read


The Colour of Summer
Every season Australian fashion retailer MYER shoots lookbook campaigns in unique locations. Surprisingly they have never shot their...
Aug 16, 20121 min read


Ajanaku
A few days ago I started talking about my favourite male bloggers and I am continuing that line of post with Dutch-Nigerian Maurice...
Aug 13, 20121 min read


MADELEINE – Stella Jean s/s 2012
Madeleine is a dramatic short film featuring Stella Jean‘s Spring/Summer 2012 collection titled ‘The Wax and Stripes philosophy‘....
Aug 11, 20121 min read


Funky Grooves
Honestly, does Vlisco ever get it wrong these days. They just keep stepping the bar with their campaigns and collections. Their latest...
Aug 10, 20121 min read


Street Etiquette
I have written about African female bloggers time and time again, and never really jumped onto the male side for some reason. For today,...
Aug 9, 20122 min read


Liz Cambage: First woman to slam dunk at the Olympics
Last year, I told you about Liz Cambage − Australia’s rising star and if she helps get the Australian women’s basketball team on the...
Aug 7, 20121 min read


Afro-Creative: Samson Soboye
Samson Soboye. Stylist and Creative Director of Soboye. And a fine example of an Afro-creative! The British-Nigerian studied Fashion...
Aug 6, 20121 min read


Cold Specks live on Jools Holland
This is a beautiful performance by Somali-Canadian artist Cold Specks on the Later with Jools Holland performing Lay Me Down (November...
Aug 4, 20121 min read

Philomena Kwao
Philomena Kwao is a gorgeous a 22 year old economics graduate of Ghanaian heritage. She is currently doing an MSc in International Health...
Aug 3, 20122 min read


The Cr3w Teflon
This group made my head spin by walking around and around in circles on a Kenyan rooftop for 4 minutes sampling Common’s Blue Sky from...
Aug 2, 20121 min read