Sho Madjozi is the Of Africa icon we deserve
Sho Madjozi is a human exclamation mark. Every time she takes the stage she delivers a dizzyingly high energy performance and before she hits the stage she suits up in a colourful Tsonga …
Interviews
Interviews with the best and brightest women Of Africa.
Nigerian-German creative chameleon Nneka on artistic elevation and evolution
“I want to be able to elevate the world. I want to be able to elevate wherever I go. ” These are the powerful words that would encapsulate my conversation with singer-songwriter, creative …
Amsterdam Black Women are revolutionising in community
“I am quite dark. Growing up in Jamaica as a very dark girl was hard. I wasn’t bullied but grew up feeling not beautiful. That is something I struggle with for sure.” ― Tracian Meikle In …
Why you should listen to Gita
The first time singer/songwriter Gita Buhari visited Ghana she was two years old. When she was twenty-three she went for an extended period to conduct fieldwork for her bachelors. She …
ILAVA: How to succeed in ethical fashion
When LA Fashion Week came calling, the Tanzanian born Americans, Rahel and Mwasi Mwitula couldn’t believe their ears. “I kept asking them, ‘Are you sure you meant to call us? We’re a small …
Nigerian media personality Bolanle Olukanni on how to be an African renaissance woman
LIGHTS, CAMERA, CONTENT! What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word innovation? What about when you think of innovation in Africa? For Nigerian media personality …
Actress Maame Adjei introduces us to travel adventures in Ghana
The first season of Girl Going Places, a travel show by Maame Adjei, takes its audience on a journey across Ghana in a new and exciting context: the millennial narrative. This is just one of …
Meet Qahera: The outspoken Hijabi superhero that Egyptian women love
At a time when the majority seek to disassociate from reality as a form of refuge from the real world, we meet Deena Mohamed; a woman who cares about living in the now, while also capturing …
Eritrean Canadian Elsa Isaac broke out of the fashion industry to become her own boss
In a small, remote, mountainous village, when she was 4 months old, during the almost 30-year Eritrean war for independence, fashion stylist Elsa Isaac had a near-death experience. Her …
Feminism, Gender Sensitivity and Storytelling all Intertwine in this Egyptian Play
Tackling gender sensitive insights on the lives of Egyptian youth with a zesty twist of comic relief, Untangled is nothing short of an intriguing and entertaining cross between arts and …