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A badass case of Beyoncitis

February 20, 2014 By MsAfropolitan 22 Comments

It starts with cunnilingus. Not the “Beyoncé ” album (which starts with “Pretty Hurts”) but this review. After all, when a megastar like Beyoncé dedicates a song to oral stimulation of the clitoris in a world where the opposite is more common, an emphasis is only appropriate. OK, “Lick my skittles, it’s the sweetest in…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: african diaspora, African feminism, beauty ideals, Beyonce, beyonce album, gallery, sexuality, style icons

Dressing up as Frida Kahlo

March 6, 2013 By MsAfropolitan 21 Comments

A few weeks ago, ahead of FRIDA – Female Revolution in Dance & Art, I got “unibrowed”, moustached, red lippied and dressed up as the legend Frida Kahlo for the International Women’s Month event. Or rather, as Frida Kahlo in a selection of her self-portraits. The photos, which are part of the ongoing exhibition, were…

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Filed Under: events, feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: Afropolitan, fashion, feminism, Frida Kahlo, photography, style icons, women

International Women’s Month event for your diary: FRIDA – Female Revolution In Dance & Art

February 8, 2013 By MsAfropolitan 8 Comments

“I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.”  ― Frida Kahlo To celebrate the forthcoming International Women’s Month 2013, join us (Pia Cabble, Bumi Thomas, CRE8 LIFESTLE CENTRE & MsAfropolitan) for a spectacular multidisciplinary art project inspired by the legacy of Frida…

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Filed Under: events, feminism Tagged With: Feminist Icons, identity, International Women's Month, Life, Spirituality, style icons

In praise of, Beyoncé.

January 17, 2013 By MsAfropolitan 18 Comments

I can’t believe I fell for your schemes, I’m smarter than that/So dumb and naive to believe that with me you’re a changed man/Foolish of me to compete when you cheat with those women /It took me some time, but now I moved on/Cause I realized I got/Me, myself and I/That’s all I got in…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: beauty ideals, celebrities, feminism, stereotypes, style icons, women's issues

Beyonce, skin colour and carrots

April 27, 2012 By MsAfropolitan 13 Comments

Beyonce was crowned most beautiful woman in the world by People Magazine this week and that resurfaced the skin colour topic with many debating whether the light skinned Beyonce is an accurate representation of “Black Beauty”. The skin colour conversation is important, crucial even, for similar reasons that I think we should upkeep the hair conversation….

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, feminism Tagged With: african diaspora, African women, beauty ideals, decolonisation, gender, happiness, identity, Life, stereotypes, style icons, women's issues

My Afropolitan fashion shoot with Essentials Magazine

January 13, 2012 By MsAfropolitan 11 Comments

I was recently featured in Essentials magazine in an article about women whose style reflects who they are. Here are some photos from the shoot. How would you describe your style? Who are your favourite African designers? Anything else fashion related come to mind?

Filed Under: Pop Culture Tagged With: Afrocentric, Afropolitan, fashion, style icons, women

The Afropolitan year in review and 7 amazing photos from ‘The Rise of Afropolitan Fashion’ show

January 4, 2012 By MsAfropolitan 9 Comments

When we look back at Afropolitanism in the future, 2011 will certainly stick out as a landmark year. It was the year the Afropolitan movement reached both virtual and actual spaces that define global culture. For example, Afropolitanism got a wikipedia listing. ARISE, the magazine that brought Afropolitanism to the mainstream, hosted ARISE Nigeria Fashion…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, seven Tagged With: african diaspora, Afropolitan, fashion, identity, style icons

Speaking about African feminism at the Global Feminism Symposium, University of Warwick

November 12, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 6 Comments

I am currently in Lagos. I am working on projects with TV and Radio Continental and the STAR company/Seeing through the Arts collective who are using art and creativity to promote important causes in society. There is a similar reasoning behind the  MsAfropolitan Boutique, namely to use fashion and creativity to highlight the importance of the African…

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Filed Under: events, feminism Tagged With: Africa, African feminism, entrepreneurs, fashion, MsAfropolitan Boutique, Spirituality, style icons

Fashioning Africa exotic, colonial and tribal

September 26, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 6 Comments

African style is very much in vogue. Numerous runways in both New York and London fashion weeks could as well be called African fashion week. There were African influenced textiles such as the Malian Bogolan, also known as tribal in Donna Karan-review-speak. Proenza Schouler also gave a preview of their take on ‘modern tribal’, a key…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture Tagged With: Africa, african diaspora, Afrocentric, black models, decolonisation, entrepreneurs, fashion, stereotypes, style icons

Interview feature on black feminism, Afropolitanism and more

September 16, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

Cross-post from my two part interview with Kathryn & Miriam from the much recommended Live Unchained project blog www.liveunchained.com @liveunchained —— For Minna Salami feminism sparked a revolution within, meaning the end of many illusions. Namely, the illusion that anything would be handed to us in terms of respect and empowerment in a world that denied…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: african diaspora, African feminism, Afrocentric, Afropolitan, fashion, gender, identity, stereotypes, style icons, women's issues

A Diaspora canvas: Exploring the feminine heritage of African art

September 11, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 46 Comments

If creativity isn’t about community in one-way or another it is dull at worst and provoking at best. Artists that manage to emphasize the spiritual, aesthetic and social elements of living are those that bring to us gifts of understanding. Artists that exemplify this idea are musicians like K’Naan, Baaba Maal, Nneka, Blitz the Ambassador, Fela,…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture, seven Tagged With: Africa, african diaspora, Afrocentric, Afropolitan, beauty ideals, decolonisation, gender, identity, Life, nudity, Spirituality, stereotypes, style icons

The fashion and politics of natural hair

September 3, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 22 Comments

It’s understandable that many of us are tired of talking about hair . There’s so much around this topic. However, I’m not at all exhausted with the hair topic yet. I think we should keep talking about hair because our strands are bearers of shared cultural experiences. I don’t think the hair conversation is about…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, Social Criticism Tagged With: African women, Afro hair, Afrocentric, beauty ideals, black hair, decolonisation, fashion, identity, stereotypes, style icons

MsAfropolitan Boutique interview series – Mary Ononokpono of Mononoko

August 27, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 4 Comments

The mission of the MsAfropolitan Boutique is to showcase a handpicked range of products made by African Diaspora women on a rotating basis. Visit us here. Through this work, I meet many inspiring women whose Afropolitan stories are featured in an interview series features which you can follow here. Last week the MsAfropolitan Boutique added its…

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Filed Under: Africa, Interviews, MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series Tagged With: Africa, african diaspora, African women, Afropolitan, fashion, gender, MsAfropolitan Boutique, style icons

African style in an ethical context

August 17, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 6 Comments

Not for the first time but nevertheless significantly, African fashion (that is to say fashion from the range of African countries and the diaspora!) is again at a historical conjuncture marked by an increased consumption of what the continent has to offer style-wise. This time around the African fashion revolution is coming at an age…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture Tagged With: Africa, african diaspora, Afrocentric, fashion, MsAfropolitan Boutique, style icons

Listed as 1 of 7 African diaspora women using fashion for change

July 15, 2011 By MsAfropolitan 7 Comments

Do you know of the Africa Centre in London’s Covent Garden? If you don’t it’s a kind of home away from home for Africans in London. It hosts regular events of interest to diaspora groups, it sells books and other lovely products and it’s of historic significance. Despite this, it was revealed this year that…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, seven Tagged With: african diaspora, African women, Afropolitan, beauty ideals, black models, fashion, gender, Life, MsAfropolitan Boutique, stereotypes, style icons

MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series – Douriean Fletcher, founder of eKlektik eKhos

July 3, 2011 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

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…

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Filed Under: Interviews, MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series Tagged With: african diaspora, African women, African Women's Decade, Afrocentric, Afropolitan, entrepreneurs, fashion, MsAfropolitan Boutique, style icons, women

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