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First Lady Michelle Obama Addresses Young African Women Leaders (Video)

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the keynote address to a U.S.-sponsored Young African Women Leaders Forum from Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, Johannesburg. Forum participants include young women from across sub-Saharan Africa who are leading or involved in social and economic initiatives in their own countries. This note was delivered late last month. Ladybrille MagazineFounded …

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Africa Style NOW: Michelle Obama Rocks Duro Olowu Jacket in South Africa

Michelle Obama arrived in South Africa, yesterday, dressed in a beautiful long sleeve orange and black print jacket from Duro Olowu (British-Nigerian). The jacket is from Olowu’s 2010 Fall/Winter Collections. The First Lady paired her jacket with black pants and blue flats. Watch the news report of her arrival below. Photocredit: Obama Diary.com Ladybrille MagazineFounded …

African Designers: Bunmi Koko at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2011 (Pictures)

The design label Bunmi Koko dazzles at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2011 and proves America’s First Lady Michelle Obama got it  right when she commissioned the design label last year to design a jacket for her. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in …