3rd Annual Lagos Black Heritage Festival Place: Badagry Township, Lagos, Badagry Date: April 4th, 2010 “For over a millennium, African indigenes South of the Sahara have been hunted, bartered, and sold into slavery by European and Arab slavers, often, alas, with the active connivance and participation of Africans themselves. Millions perished even before destination along …
ARISE L’Afrique- À-Porter: MOMO to Show at Paris Fashion Week
It is turning out to be a reunion of some sorts at the upcoming ARISE L’Afrique- À-Porter Paris Fashion Week 2010. MOMO by Fati Asibelua joins the list of African designers/brands that will participate at Arise Magazine, ARISE L’Afrique- À-Porter Fall 2010/2011.
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde 'Feel Alright' Official Video – Thumbs up?
Omotola Jalade- Ekeinde promised us an official video for ‘Feel Alright.’ It’s here! Your thoughts? Thumbs up or thumbs down? LADYBRILLENigeria.com: . . . I liked ‘Feel Alright’ as a song BUT girlfriend kiloshele (what happened) with the video? It took your upgraded style and personal brand to . . . I don’t even know what …
Kate Moss Turns Ballerina
She has been a model, a pop star, a fashion designer and even a pole dancer, and now Kate Moss has set her sights on becoming a ballerina. The supermodel is working on a duet with ”Sex And The City” star Mikhail Baryshnikov, who is regarded as one of the great ballet dancers of the …
‘Precious’ Sweeps NAACP Image Awards
‘Precious’ won six gongs at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Annual Image Awards in Los Angeles. The film bagged the awards for best movie, best independent movie and best actress for its star Gabourey Sidibe. It tells the story of the abused, illiterate Harlem teenager Precious. Lee Daniels picked up …
Obama Honors Bob Dylan and Clint Eastwood
US President Barack Obama has honoured folk legend Bob Dylan and actor-director Clint Eastwood in a ceremony at the White House. A statement from the White House hailed Dylan as ‘an icon of youthful rebellion and poetic sensitivity’ and praised Eastwood’s films as ‘essays in individuality, hard truths and the essence of what it means …