Why I’m suspicious of crochet braids
I am very suspicious of crochet braids. Not the faux dreadlocks, I love those! I’m a huge fan of dreadlocks but I can’t commit to real ones because I love changing hairstyles and letting go …
Tag: Kenya
How Kenya’s young historian Taiyana Chao wants to change the way we look at history
Taiyana Chao is a classic representation of the modern African woman. An ambitious and driven go-getter with a deep love of the history of her region, she literally bridges the past with the …
Successful Kenyan Entrepreneur Susan Wakhungu-Githuku Tells Us how to Celebrate Art and Dominate the Business World
Susan Wakhungu-Githuku is the founder and CEO of Human Performance Dynamics Africa, a boutique organizational development and human resources consulting company providing bespoke 21st …
Can a Modern Day Afropolitan Have a Homeland?
With art by Laylie Frazier Homeland brings to my mind ‘belonging’, specifically having a physical space to call home. While the idea of having physical roots, to a country or a city that …
Mama Africa
Someone somewhere tells me that I am his African queen. That I am his goddess, That my body is bountiful. That my body is rich with a fertility blessed by 40 days …
How a Zimbabwean Entrepreneur is Carrying her Shona Culture in The Netherlands
Based in the Netherlands, Melissa Muchaneta Budding Vandira, is the founder of Bereka, a company that began with a Zimbabwean inspired baby carrying sling and then evolved to include mother …
Woollen
With art from Laylie Frazier I was first aware Of my strange woollen hair When my mother twisted it into three puffs When colorful ribbons trailed down to my shoulders I swung my …
Evelyn from the Internets on Youtube, Cultural Identity & Homeland
Evelyn from the Internets, aka “the Internet Cousin You Didn’t Know You Needed” is an online video creator who has created her own platform to consistently deliver her hilarious, …