Sometimes blogging makes me want to pull out my hair. I subscribe to some social media blogs and by no means do I follow their blogging advice religiously but sometimes a recommendation catches your eye, like the other day when I read that every self-respecting blog should have a featured posts box. It made sense,…
Archives for December 2010
Season’s Greetings! & the winner is…
Happy Holidays people! See, I’m supposed to be writing this from Lagos, Nigeria but then we had this snow incident in London last Saturday that meant my flight got cancelled. And honestly speaking it would have been irresponsible for me to fly regardless because I’m down with a relentless flu. So I’m in London, recovering,…
7 African male icons that shaped history
One of the challenges, and also opportunities with writing an opinion blog like mine is having to take a stand on the range of topics you write about. Whether it’s feminism, women’s libidoes, pornography or natural hair, when you take a firm stand on something you can appear to be unable to relate with the opposing side….
MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series – Clare Eluka, founder of Raw Skin Food
The mission of the MsAfropolitan Boutique is to showcase and offer a handpicked range of products made by African Diaspora women on a rotating basis. Visit us here. As part of my journey to achieving this goal, I’ve met many inspiring women whose stories I want to share with you in an interview series features which…
A Seasonal giveaway, and some rants.
Have you guys seen the new Adidas ads? The ‘We Are London’ ads? I find them annoyingly stereotyping, but I forgive them because I’m a sucker for a good advertising campaign in terms of integrating the right social media etc. Despite that it’s now been a year since I quit my marketing career in the…