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Segun Agbaje + World Finance
I stopped by the newsagent to pick up a bar of white chocolate and pretty much did a double-take when I saw Segun Agbaje, MD & CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank (Nigeria), on the cover of World Finance. It isn’t often we see Africa on the cover of less mainstream, more industry-focused finance publications, especially […]
New York, New York + The High Line
April 3, 2013
I am slowly reacclimating to life post holiday: the demands of day-to-day responsibilities, the extended English winter, the fact that I no longer have the freedom to sleep & eat at will…lol; I kid. Having spent a few days in NYC, essentially dipping my toe in pretty much every corner of Manhattan and some points […]
Nigerian Natural Hair Meet-Up: Naturals in the City
March 31, 2013
The upcoming Naturals in the City 5 meet-up looks super exciting. It is wonderful to see the natural hair community in Nigeria grow and flourish For more info, visit http://www.NaturalNigerian.com
Trippy Triptych: Sufjan Stevens, Band of Horses + Iron & Wine
March 11, 2013
Having spent the past weekend at a yoga seminar wherein hours were spent posing, back-bending, and otherwise stretching (and laughing a lot; our yoga teacher was a believer in the delivery of yoga in joke format), Monday morning came with a renewed craving for Sufjan Stevens. This seemed somewhat counterintuitive since I assumed the yoga (and […]
Taiye Selasi + Melissa Harris-Perry
March 10, 2013
Five Minutes of Fierce I have already gushed over how much of a great interview Taiye Selasi gave on Morning Joe and how excited I am about Ghana Must Go (I’ve pre-ordered the book on iTunes; it’s due out in April). I won’t bore you with another gush-fest. I will post a clip of her […]
Five (African) Things: Zina Saro-Wiwa, Peju Alatise, Laura Mvula, Ava DuVernay and African Villas
March 9, 2013
I have become addicted to cupcakes & cashmere, Emily Schuman’s blog not the actual things (although I’m not one to scoff at a nice cupcake and/or plush cashmere). One of the features I enjoy most on her blog are her Five Things posts, a collection of bits of inspiration and sources of enjoyment/amusement. I’m totally […]
On Taiye Selasi, Ghana Must Go & Exceptional African Women
March 6, 2013
I was so pressed to put up this post I engaged in bare-fisted warfare with WordPress.com to embed Taiye Selasi‘s interview on Morning Joe. That this post exists for public viewing is testimony to my victory*; and oh is this victory sweet. I think by now most of us younger African folks know of Taiye Selasi […]
Maxwell + Nigeria
February 2, 2013
If you haven’t already heard, Maxwell is coming to Nigeria; Lagos to be exact. He’s performing one night – Feb 16 - at the Eko Hotel. If ever there was an event that made me wish for a Star Trek-esque device that would magically transport me to Lagos and back over the course of a […]
Five (African) Things: Ama Ata Aidoo, Maki Oh, Diana Ross, Hemmerle & Adaku
January 20, 2013
I’m on holiday in God’s own country, trying to ignore my annoyance at being trapped by the snow and enjoying time off, regressing to my teenage-like state: having other people take care of me, watching the Disney channel & Nick Jr., and sharing jokes that evoke deep belly laughs, tears and, sometimes, literal rolling-on-the-floor laughter. […]
Five (African) Things: Bobby Womack, Nigerian Statistics, King Sunny Ade, Oroma Elewa and Les Afropéennes
December 18, 2012
1. Bobby Womack Covers Clash Magazine in Cyrus Kabiru Shades 2. Nigerian Statistics I was looking for a map showing income distribution across Nigeria, something similar to this map of New York (assembled and updated by the good folks at WNYC), when I discovered that (1) the Nigerian government did not have a functioning website […]
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