Women are at the forefront of putting Africa on the fashion map of the world. One of such women is our Woman Crush Wednesday, Abrima Erwiah, co-founder of Studio One Eighty-Nine, an artisan-produced fashion brand that has won the CFDA Lexus Fashion Initiative for Sustainability Award. Her vast background knowledge – more than 16 years of fashion and luxury experience and sustainable development – has translated well in her brands’ core value. She has worked as an advisor to the United Nations International Trade Center Ethical Fashion Initiative and has worked as the Global Associate Communications and Marketing Director as…
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The American stand-up comedian, producer and actor, Kevin Hart, is being sued for $60 million by Montia Sabbag, the woman he allegedly appeared in a sex tape with two years ago. Sabbag filed the suit, claiming that the sexual encounter with Hart in a Las Vegas hotel room was filmed without her knowledge or consent. She is accusing Hart of a number of charges including negligence, invasion of privacy, and infliction of emotional distress. According to TMZ, Sabbag said her encounter with Kevin Hart was all planned by him and his friend, Jonathan Jackson who was arrested for extortion. The…
Peter O’Connor, Queensland University of Technology and Peter Karl Jonason, Western Sydney University In a newly published study, we found that employees who “cut corners” tend to be morally compromised, low in conscientiousness, self-focused and impulsive. This in addition to the potential for corner-cutting to increase risks. Surveying more than 1,000 Australians and Americans, we found approximately one in four employees regularly cut corners. Men are slightly more likely to cut corners than women. Cutting corners at work Cutting corners is a workplace behaviour characterised by skipping or avoiding steps important to a task, in order to complete the task…
Reading 1 Am 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and the Sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating! We will buy the lowly for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!” The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done!…
In a list compiled by Forbes, Kanye West has been named the highest-paid hip-hop act of 2019. The 42-year-old mogul earned a pre-tax income of $150 million in the year under review, the majority of which comes from his Yeezy empire, a partnership venture with a popular footwear giant. Jay-Z ranks second on this year’s list with $81 million. Drake, who amassed a fortune with his chart-topping album ‘Scorpion’, sits on the 3rd place with $75 million, while P. Diddy takes the number four spot with $70 million. The female rappers aren’t left out either; Nicki Minaj places at number…
Richard Hoffman, University of Hertfordshire We know we should eat less junk food, such as crisps, industrially made pizzas and sugar-sweetened drinks, because of their high calorie content. These “ultra-processed” foods, as they are now called by nutritionists, are high in sugar and fat, but is that the only reason they cause weight gain? An important new trial from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) shows there’s a lot more at work here than calories alone. Studies have already found an association between junk foods and weight gain, but this link has never been investigated with a randomised controlled…
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University The book ignited a revolution, breaking free from conventional wisdom that said children required schedules, discipline and little affection. Instead, “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare,” written by Dr. Benjamin Spock and published in 1946, encouraged parents to think for themselves and to trust their instincts. Spock’s book was a huge best-seller, second in the U.S. only to the Bible. It sold more than 50 million copies and was translated into more than 40 languages. It helped to usher in a fundamental shift in how Americans approached parenting. My wife and I are pediatric…
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sade Akinosho (@s4de_u) on Sep 20, 2019 at 4:24am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ifeoma Odogwu (@hyperfashun) on Sep 14, 2019 at 5:28am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ifeoma Odogwu (@hyperfashun) on Sep 14, 2019 at 5:11am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Langa Mackay (@sarahlanga) on Sep…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ANKARAFASHIONGALLERY (@ankarafashiongallery) on Sep 19, 2019 at 1:40am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by NIGERIA TAILORS SPOT (@nigeriantailors) on Sep…
Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University A grown man wearing his hair in dreadlocks is bound to attract attention in Nigeria. And it’s not always positive attention. Many Nigerians, regardless of their education and status, view dreadlocked men as dangerous. The hairstyle sometimes even gets a violent reaction. This bias is deeply rooted in traditional religious beliefs and myths, especially those of the Yoruba and Igbo people. My book on the symbolism of dreadlocks in Yorubaland tries to explain what knotted hair means to Yoruba people, and where these ideas come from. Numbering around 40 million, Yoruba people predominantly occupy southwestern…