Category Archives: About Africa

Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa

Nail grooming is a very important part of most women’s lives because women feel great when they have their nails filed and polished. It is also comes as no surprise that nail grooming is unisex as men have also started to take nail grooming seriously, salons and nails bars have had an influx of menContinue reading “Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa”

BLVCK ELEMENT Drops Blue Feel

Johannesburg based denim brand Blvck Element has released a dope Autumn/Winter collection titled “Blue Feel”. The collection explores the different emotions associated with colour; the colour blue in particular. The look book is shot in Johannesburg Central Business District and one of Jozi’s oldest buildings is used as a backdrop for the shot and IContinue reading “BLVCK ELEMENT Drops Blue Feel”

ULove Lingerie: A Black Owned Brand

As a black African woman, I am always delighted to find other black African women who are not only great creators but are also venturing into industries that have just a handful or no black people at all. Lebohang Tsimo is a young black South African woman who owns and runs a lingerie brand calledContinue reading “ULove Lingerie: A Black Owned Brand”

Best Looks From Accra Fashion Week

Accra Fashion Week presented it’s 3rd installment of an amazing fashion week featuring a number a great fashion designers from all over the world. Even though Accra Fashion Week has been operating for 3 seasons, they have managed to become one of the biggest fashion weeks in Ghana. Feast on some of my favourite looksContinue reading “Best Looks From Accra Fashion Week”

Batuk’s Move! Music Video Is All Sorts Of Visual Goals

  BATUK consists of two very talented individuals, songstress Manteiga and producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo and they have released Move!, their latest single which has a very dope music video. Batuk is Manteiga’s collaboration with established electronic music producer Spoek Mathambo. Move! is an ode to the township roots that shaped the members of Batuk.Continue reading “Batuk’s Move! Music Video Is All Sorts Of Visual Goals”

The Sophie A Kanza Foundation at the Forefront OF Charity Work And Critical Youth Conversations.

“Millennials don’t want to work”, they said; “Millennials are lazy”, they said; yet significant social and economic changes in Africa will be and are being effected by Africa’s youth who have seen the gaps and the inabilities of their governments to provide for the people’s basic needs. Congolese born and South African raised sisters SophieContinue reading “The Sophie A Kanza Foundation at the Forefront OF Charity Work And Critical Youth Conversations.”

The Art Of Black Hair And The Women Whose Hair Inspires Us

  In recent years, black women have been embracing and loving their natural hair, ditching chemicals and using protective hairstyles to diversify their hair. There was some kind of shift in the universe because black women started cutting short their relaxed her opting to start their natural hair journeys through locking their hair and lettingContinue reading “The Art Of Black Hair And The Women Whose Hair Inspires Us”

African Artists That You Should Know

Art heals. art saves and art teaches; at least that is what I believe. I have been following a few artists whose work takes me to different worlds that I have imagined and the few that I have seen. I love how relatable all the painting are to me. Michael Soi Michael W. Soi (1972)Continue reading “African Artists That You Should Know”

Black Magic At Abantu Book Festival

Black people seldom have spaces to be unapologetically black, but Abantu Book Festival is one of the few spaces that has allowed us to enjoy our blackness and indulge in black literature by black African authors without any interruptions. Do not be fooled into thinking that black people don’t read, because we do, we enjoyContinue reading “Black Magic At Abantu Book Festival”