Aug 10, 20111 min read
Summertime with Kirrily Johnston
Australian designer Kirrily Johnston has taken a bold step in Australian fashion. For her SS 11/12 kj by Kirrily Johnston collection, she...
Aug 8, 20112 min read
Afro-Creative: Yagazie Emezi
Check out these amazing photos of Afro-Creative Yagazie Emezi Photographed by Cameron Davis for Vogue Italia. Yagazie Ledi Francisca...
Aug 7, 20111 min read
Afro-creative: Andy Okoroafor
ANDY OKOROAFOR / NIGERIAN BORN / BASED IN FRANCE / MULTI-TALENTED / FOUNDER OF CLAM MAGAZINE/ FILMMAKER / ART DIRECTOR / VISIONARY.
Aug 5, 20111 min read
Mark it on the Wall prt. 2
I posted about a typographic concept map of Africa for the wall (Mark it on the wall – June 24, 2011) sometime ago. I was quite surprised...
Aug 3, 20112 min read
Acknowledge the Source
I have mentioned a few times that I am obsessed with The Fader. It is my daily fix. I get excited when I find a fresh new post about...
Aug 3, 20111 min read
Touching Base
I read about this new short doco series called Touching Base by MTV Base (Africa) over a month ago on Nollywood Uncut and I was so...
Aug 1, 20111 min read
Madagascar
British Print Designer and Fashion writer Charlotte Linton opens us to colonial exploration, antique imagery of naturalists, archive...
Jul 31, 20111 min read
The Future of Africa
‘The Future of Africa’ is a short documentary by ONE‘s Profiles and Perspectives Project. The film features inspiring students from the...
Jul 30, 20111 min read
Embracing Otherness, Embracing Myself
Actress Thandie Newton gives an interesting and insightful talk about ‘Embracing otherness’ for the TEDGlobal 2011. She tells the story...
Jul 30, 20111 min read
Afia Tween
I posted about the Afia label a few days ago. Here is a sneak peak at their new tween collection. It carries the same soft, chilled,...
Jul 28, 20112 min read
Dream Enablers
Yesterday I posted about Afro-Australian singing and dancing sensation Timomatic who is now in the grand final for Australia’s Got Talent...
Jul 27, 20112 min read
Afro-Creative: Timomatic
I don’t know why I have written about the uber-talented Timomatic. I have been seeing him on Australia’s Got Talent 2011 for the past two...
Jul 25, 20111 min read
Loud
LOUD stands for ‘LIVE OUT UR DREAM’. Abi Fashesin, a fashion and textile student and part time stylist teamed up with Ashley- Rae...
Jul 25, 20111 min read
Sweet Salone
What comes to mind when you think of Sierra Leone? Most people will immediately think of the country’s civil war that raged throughout...
Jul 24, 20116 min read
Identity Battle
Africa 2 Australia: Do I really belong here? is an online documentary about the experiences of Africans who have now settled in...
Jul 22, 20111 min read
Afia
Afia is a sustainable women’s fashion line of style and purpose, valuing the art in every step of the production process. Afia was...
Jul 21, 20111 min read
Mama Africa on The Cosby Show
I have been watching re-runs of The Cosby Show on YouTube for the past two weeks or so and I happened to watch episode 10 of season 8...
Jul 20, 20111 min read
Nairobi – face to face
Italian photographer Ambra Vernuccio has created an amazing photographic body of work called Nairobi – Face to Face. The photographs were...
Jul 18, 20111 min read
Fab Africa
These bags by Fab Africa live up to the name of being fab and African! I am especially loving the hessian sack bags with the Ankara...
Jul 17, 20112 min read
Wide Open Walls in The Gambia
The Wide Open Walls project was founded by Lawrence Williams, a keen artist who had been working with local artists on a project called...