Bold, Creative and carefree are some of the words we can use to describe Maria Thundu. Born in Malawi and raised in Ethiopia, the famous photographer, who has lived on three continents, has also gained recognition for her design of beautiful leather and chitenje (African print) accessories through her line, SweetLife Accessories. After being featured on CNN’s African Start up and in South Africa’s Destiny Magazine, Maria is a creative entrepreneur who chooses to fight limitations set by society of what women can do by achieving great things. In this interview she talks about her passion, her dreams and what she thinks young African creative can…
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How will African countries react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and what diplomatic fissures are likely to be opened by the conflict as it drags on? Early indications are that African countries will line up behind the United States and its Western allies in stout defense of Ukraine and Ukrainian independence, issues of territorial integrity and political sovereignty being understandably high on their list of concerns. More on: Sub-Saharan Africa Wars and Conflict Diplomacy and International Institutions Future of Democracy The tone for this appears to have been set by the rousing speech in defense of national sovereignty by…
KWESI BOTCHWAY: I WANT TO CELEBRATE BLACK BEAUTY Soul Contact, 2021 About: There are artists and then there are artists-with-a-mission. The second category belongs to Kwesi Botchway from Accra, Ghana. Not only with his paintings but also with his entire art practice, he wants to raise the state of being of his people to a higher level. A few years ago, Kwesi Botchway founded the WorldFaze Art Studio in Ogbodjo. Botchway was born anr raised in Nima, one of the largest Zongo communities in greater Accra (1). It is an old, diverse place…
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 4, 2022/APO Group/ — The following is a statement by AIPS Africa President and AIPS Vice President, Mitchell Obi: “I believe the decision made by the president of Rugby Africa to host the African qualifiers for the Rugby World Cup in provincial France, rather than keeping it on the African continent is completely wrong, and sends a highly disturbing message to all Africans, especially the young populace and the continent’s rising rugby community. People will rightly be asking themselves why the most prestigious rugby tournament on the continent is being moved away…
Ahead of our forthcoming review of Anxious Joburg: The Inner Lives of a Global South City (Wits UP, 2020), we are publishing here an accompanying Q&A. Answering the questions is Nicky Falkof, co-editor (with Cobus van Staden) of the book. Asking the questions – 3 each – alongside our AiW reviewer, Kagiso Nko, are three other scholars, thinkers and editors – each invested in the book’s project in different ways: Joanna Woods, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, and Katie Reid. Anxious Joburg emerged from an in-person workshop and was published in October 2020. Now, as the fallout of November’s 2021 municipal elections in South…
Afroculture.net takes you on a trip to South Africa. Today we will share about the sensational marriage of South African model and fashion icon Sarah and her entrepreneurial fiancé Jehan.Traditional weddingFirstly, the traditional wedding of Sarah and Jehan took place in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2016. It was a colourful, elegant, modern traditional wedding with an Afro-chic touch with over 200 guests.This wedding was organised by Wedding Concepts. With its well-chosen traditional decorations, it is a fusion of the two African cultures, Swazi and Zulu.The chosen décor highlighted the beauty of Swazi and Zulu culture. There were glass beads, bright…
Every so often, you visit a place that absolutely captures your heart. Lamu Island in Kenya is one such place. I’d been wanting to visit for a very long time and was worried it wouldn’t quite live up to the hype, but Lamu was the lovely little place that I was hoping it would be. It’s known as ‘Lamu Tamu’, meaning ‘Sweet Lamu’ and now that I’ve been, I can totally understand why. Dating back to the 14th Century, Lamu Town is one of the oldest and best preserved Swahili settlements in Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has…
The most recent GDP figures from the statistics office cover October to December 2021. They show that the ICT sector’s contribution to real GDP was 15.21%. It seems Abdullahi had referred to the sector’s contribution in the second quarter, April to June 2021, which was 17.92%. The increase in ICT’s contribution to Nigeria’s economy is due to the global rise in digital technology, Sheriffdeen Tella, a professor of economics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, south-west Nigeria told Africa Check. “Nigeria’s ICT sector has been growing significantly in the past two decades. The use of mobile phones to access the…
About Benin Benin is a West African country officially known as the Republic of Benin. Benin borders Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, and Togo to the west. The country has a small coastal area on the Bight of Benin, where most of the population resides. Its capital is Porto-Novo, but Cotonou, the largest city, is the government seat. Benin’s population is 8.8 million and it has a surface area of 11,000 sq km (42,000 sq mi). Benin’s tropical climate leads it to highly depend on agriculture. Substantial income and employment arise from subsistence farming.…
Gbemi is a multi-disciplinary creative entrepreneur. She is the founder of DreamHome (www.dreamhome.ng), a full-service interior design and styling company, as well as HUMANx—a fashion brand that is committed to tackling period poverty. From early childhood, Gbemi had a strong fascination for colours and a deep love for design of all forms. “I started out creating greeting cards when—on birthdays and special occasions—our nanny would give us coloured pencils and ask us to make something for the celebrant. Then I progressed to painting with markers, and I would frame my works using broken louvres. I also made pillows,” she recalls. …