Fashion has always been a top priority for African women, and for Cameroon in particular, its upcoming Fashion Week from December 3 to December 7 is sure to heighten the couture sensibilities from students attending the homegrown Beau University to grown women shopping in the city of Douala. Recently, Hello Beautiful was on location to find out […]
Mo Abudu is taking her media life to a whole new level and has created EbonyLife TV, which is set to launch in almost every country on the continent and highlight Africa’s middle class. Abundu asked people at the London Marble Arch what their thoughts were about Africa, and all she received were negative responses […]
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are making their first-ever official presdential African tour since Obama entered into office. The Obamas will travel to Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, from June 26 through July 3rd. The only other time President Obama visited Africa (where his father was born) was when he visited Ghana for […]
After several weeks of being out and about in Nairobi, Kenya, I must admit that original and unique fashion is sorely lacking. Now don’t get me wrong, the citizens of Nairobi are stylish — but in the way that anyone who clicks on a blog or cracks open a magazine is stylish: Skinny jeans? Check. […]
Now here’s irony for ya: I decide to travel for a bit around the world, missing no less than three weddings back home in the process and still end up at a wedding two weeks after arriving in Kenya . Ha! The nuptials of Sheila and Tele Waki were celebrated off of a beautiful lake […]
Whoo hoo! Mombasa South is said to be the counterpart to Mombasa North which is pretty much like the Hamptons of Nairobi. Enclosed by the temperamental Indian Ocean, this coastal area of Nairobi was the luxurious setting of a fun-filled birthday weekend. After taking a quick jaunt via a small plane down the coast, I […]
Well Hello Beautiful! I must say that I’m thrilled to bring the world of Styleaholics–Najwa Moses to this wonderful family of beauties as I travel throughout East Africa and several cities in Europe in search of all things haute — fashion, food, pleasure. For those of you unfamiliar with yours truly, I’ll let my Twitter […]
Cameroonian photographer Mario Epanya has spent much of his free time shooting a fictional magazine. That’s right. Epanya went all out in his campaign to make “Vogue Africa” a reality. Vogue is currently published in 18 countries and one region, but Africa has never been selected to play home to the mag. In order to […]
FROM VOGUE: Who doesn’t love a great summer tee? And a tee that benefits African schoolchildren with supplies, hot lunches, and teacher salaries? Even better. In honor of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Ali Hewson, founder of the environmentally and socially conscious label EDUN, is celebrating efforts in Africa with four inspired T-shirts. “We asked […]
