The Bootstrap Project’s mission is to create a sustainable platform to promote and retain centuries-old crafts and customs. They create...

BOLD, VIBRANT, EXUBERANT & AFRICAN. What more could you want to give your home a little more AFRO-OOMPH!!! SISTERBATIK is available on...

CLIENT: ELLE MAGAZINE ISSUE: NOVEMBER 1997 EDITORIAL: STRONG CURRENTS MODEL: ALEK WEK STYLIST: JON MOORE PHOTOGRAPHER: GILLES BENSIMON...

Last night, I went to the opening night of Ama & Chan featuring Effie Nkrumah as the an eccentric Ghanaian woman married to Chinese born...

These are posts from the new tumblr ‘Eh! Ah Ah… *Kiss Teeth’. I found out about this tumblr on This is Africa. Every coloured square was...

MICHAEL KIWANUKA / SINGER-SONGWRITER / UGANDAN / LONDONER / MICHAEL HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF BILL WITHERS AND OTIS REDDING /...

DAVID NIANZI / BORN AND RAISED IN UGANDA / RESIDES IN LONDON / WORKS FOR A SMALL MENSWEAR PRODUCTION COMPANY / STARTED THE NYANZI REPORT...

I got home to find my dear friend Effie Nkrumah on the front cover of my local paper discussing her new role and production ‘Ama & Chan‘....

It was the night before Good Friday, I was on the phone with my friend and I was just browsing on the AFRICA IS THE FUTURE website when...

Kitchens of Africa was created with one simple mission – to introduce the diverse and exotic cuisine of Africa to the rest of the world....

POODLE PUSHER / WARDROBE & FASHION STYLIST COMPANY / FOUNDED BY AMERICAN-NIGERIAN SISTERS CHI CHI & OGO OFFODILE / BOTH MANAGEMENT AND...

Earlier this year, I was at one of the last of many security points before boarding on a plane for Dubai from Kotoka Aiport (Accra,...

This collection was inspired by my trip to Africa in October, as you can see from the tribal prints and vibrant colors! I think this may...

In Blacktown, a small but steadily growing African community faces its greatest challenge – gossip. Gossip that destroys friendships,...

Oroma Elewa, founder of POP’AFRICANA,was featured in the US Vogue, March 2011, Power Issue. Oroma is a Nigerian born, New York City based...

Years ago, probably in 2001 or 2003, I went with my Mum to see the Soweto Gospel Choir. Before they were Grammy winners and before they...

ANDREW DOSUNMU / RAISED AND EDUCATED IN NIGERIA / BASED IN NEW YORK & LAGOS / STARTED HIS CAREER AS A DESIGN ASSISTANT FOR YSL / WORKED...

1444 – We were traded from the gold coast by Europeans x our own African brothers. This trade has changed our world and reshaped our...

ASHLEY MADEKWE / BRITISH-NIGERIAN ACTRESS / STARRED IN SECRET LIFE OF A CALL GIRL & THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE / FASHIONISTA / BLOGGER – RING MY...

CLIENT: FASHIZBLACK MAGAZINE ISSUE: MAR-APR 2011 PHOTOGRAPHER: MG OANIA STYLIST: JOY ADAEZE HAIR: MYKI MAKE-UP: GAYLE CARBAJAL