Fashion

Meet Mariatu Turay, a London based fashion designer who believes it’s time to stop defining beauty by size

Gitas Portal Founder, Mariatu Turay grew up knowing that she was beautiful, not because she was a narcissist but because she was raised to feel comfortable within her own form. Her beauty wasn’t defined, categorized or compared to others – she was just beautiful. It did not matter that she was 5.2ft, small chested, lacked …

Film

24th New York African Film Festival kicks off at Film Society of Lincoln Center (May 3-9th, 2017)

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc. have joined forces once again, to present the 24th New York African Film Festival, May 3-9. The festival’s theme, “The Peoples’ Revolution,” taps into the pulse of protest and the calls for change bubbling up throughout the peoples of the world, a reform charge …

Wellness

King Women: (Pt. 1) Tara Fela-Durotoye reveals the effect of growing up in a polygamous home, childhood abandonment & more

You may know Tara Fela Durotoye as the beauty mogul that heads the ‘’House Of Tara’’ brand, but do you know the depth of her story? Kemi Adetiba’s King Women projects uncover the deepest parts of Tara’s childhood until her current state of success, as she bares it all and talks family feuds, neglect, and …

Podcast Woman of the Month

LBW 051: Meet Patti Foster, traumatic brain injury survivor & Ladybrille Woman of the Month April, 2017

If you think you have it tough, are facing life’s adversities, have given up or are ready to give up, then you need to meet Patti Foster, Ladybrille Woman of the Month April 2017, and let her story help you gain perspective. On June 18, 2002, Patti was severely injured in a horrific car wreck …