Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. 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 week one, week two, week three, week four, week five, week six, week seven, week eight, week nine, week ten, week eleven, week twelve, week thirteen, week fourteen, week fifteen, week sixteen, week seventeen, week eighteen, week nineteen, week twenty, week twenty one, week twenty two, week twenty three, week twenty four and week twenty five. View this…
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Today marks the beginning of March and the beginning of a momentary stress-free life for most of us until Monday decides to show its work-laden face, dragging us back to the daily grind. We also know that for most of you, the best way to unwind is by turning up (I mean, I totally envy and admire your Samson-like strength). Nothing says fun better than an outfit with fringe details, whether it’s on a bag, a dress, a top, jackets, pants…et cetera. So rather than slouching at home all weekend, we’ll help you get into the fringe-of-things with these style ideas.…
Lester M. Davids, University of Cape Town With up to 70% of women using skin lightening creams in parts of Africa, Cote d’Ivoire has led the charge in tackling skin lighteners and has banned the practise nationally. It is time for the rest of the continent to follow. Skin lighteners have become a common part of life in communities across the continent which is home to an estimated two thirds of the world’s darker-skinned population. In the late 1960s, 60% of urban African women reported using skin lightener formulas. It became the fourth most commonly used household product after soap,…
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg During the massacre of Igbos in Nigeria between 1966 and 1970, one to three million people died. In the decades since, writers have worked to make sense of the immense human tragedy. These literary representations of the massacres use the Holocaust as an important point of reference. The war in Nigeria, with its associated mass atrocities, is arguably one of the first major moments in postcolonial Africa when accusations of genocide were made. Following military coups in Nigeria in 1966, the military and ethnic extremists systematically targeted and killed Igbos across the then Northern…
Peter Lucas, University of Central Lancashire The idea that advertising, entertainment and news media are guilty of objectifying women is familiar enough to most of us. But recently the balance seems to have shifted, with concerns being expressed about the potential objectification of male actors in drama series such as Bodyguard and Poldark. So are liberated and independent women who decry the objectification of women, but are thrilled by shots of male bodies on TV, guilty of double standards? Compared to the acres of taut flesh on display in coverage of, say, Olympic swimming, the odd glimpse of a firm…
Laugh Quote The last thing I want to do is hurt you… but it’s still on the list. Wise Guys Answer To Stupid Question Question: Is that yours??? Wise Guy: Actually I took it out of your wallet. Corny Chat Up Line I like Legos, you like Legos, why don’t we build a relationship? Business Joke Management systems How many managers does it take to change a light bulb? A roomful – they have to hold a meeting to discuss all the ramifications of the change. None, they like to keep employees in the dark. “This topic was resumed from…
What part of you really belongs to a tribe? Is it your head, heart, stomach or cells? On the day of the just concluded election, besides voting, I decided to spend the majority of my day following up events on social media rather than occupy myself with the one-sided, sub-par reporting our media outlets tend to dish out. OnTwitterr, three major hashtags led the trend pack: #AtikuIsWinning, #BuhariIsWinning and #Igbos, while the first two were politically motivated by the two main political parties in contention, the third bordered on tribalism – a common feature of post-election crisis. The tribal hashtag…
Louis Brennan, Trinity College Dublin and Paul Lyons, Trinity College Dublin No single film dominated the 2019 Academy Awards as in some years, but arguably Netflix emerges as the winner. It entered the awards as an outsider and won in some of the most important categories. With 15 Oscar nominations, Netflix achieved as many nominations in 2019 as in the previous five years added together. The Netflix film Roma was nominated for 10 awards including best picture, best director, best foreign language film and best cinematography, and went on to win the latter three. For the first time, a film…
Merike Blofield, University of Miami and Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida In 2018, the International Women’s day can be proud to now count on the #MeToo movement, recently praised by the United Nations experts in women’s human rights. Yet if sexist violence against women has been under the spotlight and denounced in every context over the last few months, it is crucial to remember that most physical and sexual violence against women is at the hands of their partner. In France, the case of Alexia Daval, who was found murdered in October 2017 and whose husband, Jonathann, finally confessed…
Chief Mrs Dorothy Chinyere Anyiam-Osigwe (OON). Vice Chairman of Anyiam-Osigwe Group President Nkwerre Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture President of Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation. Chairman of ACS West Africa Ltd- A Honeywell International USA JV Company (a Global fortune 100 Company) Writer and author She is honoured as a Living Legend by AU African Diaspora. Given her role and contributions to society, she has been conferred with several Titles and traditional Titles, which include; Ogarambadiugwu I of Nkwerre; Lolo Chinyere Ugoh; and Yeye Aladewura of Lagos. This is, amongst several others from different Religious denominations spread across the length and…