6 Igbo traditional wedding Essentials
Igbo Kwenu! Igbo is an ethnic group native to the southeastern and some parts of the south central Nigeria. They have a very rich culturally…
Aso Oke
The Most Fascinating and Stylish Types of African Traditional Clothing: Aso Oke
Aso Oke directly translates to prestigious or top clothing; or clothes from the hinterland. The traditional Yoruba hand-woven fabric is used to make some of…
beautiful black woman in traditional clothes with eyes closed
Most Fascinating and Stylish Types of African Traditional Clothing: The Izicolo (Isicholo)
In Africa, distinct hairstyles and headgear make a notably huge part of most of the communities’ traditional style. They are indicators of one’s social, religious,…
Farmer’s Day in Ghana
Due to Ghana’s strong relationship with agriculture, Farmer’s Day is very significant and is marked by celebrations and awards. The holiday is usually slated for…
A WINDOW INTO AFRICAN CULTURE – Good to know etiquettes before travelling
In this Article we will be looking at some common African Cultures. Africa is a uniquely distinctive continent that stands apart from all the rest. …
The Beauty of Harmattan
For months you slept peacefully, caressed by soft tufts of breeze. You’d probably forgotten what the drone of your ceiling fan sounds like, but as…
Fascinating Fabrics – Shweshwe (South Africa)
Shweshwe is a traditional fabric found in South Africa. This cloth is also known as amajerimane, amajamane or isishweshwe. This cloth combines cotton and the…
Fascinating Fabric: Bògòlanfini (Mali)
The Bògòlanfini is a traditional African fabric from Mali also known as “the African mud cloth”. It has a lot of beautiful, rich and earthy…
6 Best West African World Heritage Sites
There's no doubt you've heard or, perhaps, seen a few of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These sites are categorized by cultural, natural, and mixed.…
3 West African Musicians Taking Over TikTok
When TikTok first appeared on the scene as the newest social media platform, I was pretty disinterested in it. As a millennial that has been…
Best Souvenirs from West Africa
Travelling allows us to collect and store memories from all over the world in tangible form. The term "souvenir" is defined as something that is…
Glitz Africa Fashion Week 2021
Ghana is known for many things; the food, the nightlife, and beautiful people decked out to the T. Subsequently, it is not surprising that the…
Gold Coast Report
Gold Coast Report – Ghana’s Podcasting Lifeline
The Buggles might have had a hit with Video Killed The Radio Star because the issue at hand was a real phenomenon at the time,…
Ghanaian Special Effects Makeup Artists
Ghana’s Special Effects Makeup Artists.
The spooky season is upon us once again, what better time is there to talk about the unsung heroes of the Ghanaian film industry; Special…
The Power of Plantain
When we think of foods that create cultural conflict - even if just in jest - we think of jollof rice and the ‘war’ it’s…
Ria Boss
Ria Boss – Soulful Queen of Transfiguration
Soul music is a very interesting music genre. While it has its musical traits just like any other genre, it flourishes on the fact that…
Tagelmust by the Tuareg
The Tagelmust by Tuareg – Northern Mali
The Tuareg is a semi-nomadic and pastoral community. It has Berber origins with traces to North African regions includes Niger, Mali, Libya, Burkina Faso and…
Second Edition of ‘Sound Out’ Premium Fine Art Exhibition Held in Accra, Ghana
As a lover of African art, the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) was the place to be from August 21 to August 29, 2021, for…
Kente; Stylish and Fascinating African Clothing
Kente cloths have made their way into modern Afrocentric fashion. Kente is a term from Ashanti dialect that loosely translates to basket cloth, and is also…
Fascinating African Fabrics: Maasai Shuka – Kenya
The Masaai Shuka, also known as the African blanket is a traditional clothing attire in the Maa community. It's unclear where this fabric was first…
African Ancestral Shoe Game – What was their Footwear Like?
When you think of shoes, what comes to mind? Let’s make a list, shall we? Support, stability, comfort, protection from non-optimal environments, support and visual…
Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting What Is it? Intermittent fasting seems to be arousing the interest of many people on their journey to wellbeing and fitness. In 2019,…
Wole Soyinka
Writer’s Profile: Wole Soyinka
Known to many as Wole Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, academic, activist and critic. Wole was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria…
Writer’s Profile: Nadine Gordimer
Born on 20th November 1923, Nadine Gordimer was a South African novelist, short story writer and political and moral activist. The first woman to receive…
Writer’s Profile: Flora (Florence) Nwapa
Born Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa on 13th January 1931, Flora was a Nigerian author that has been termed the mother of modern African literature; and…
Writer’s Profile: Chinua Achebe
Born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on 16th November 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria, Chinua Achebe is acclaimed for his impersonal depictions of the psychosocial mystification that came…
African Traditional Clothing: Umushanana (Mushanana)
The Umushanana has to be the one of most graceful garments you’ll ever come across. Traditionally, in the precolonial era, this garment was designed in…
African Body Paint Artistes
5 Outstanding African Body Paint Artists
My introduction to body art was the face painting sessions I would be taken for as a child, then later in the West African movies…
Tattoo Artists and Artistry in Africa
Tattoo artistry - the art of body markings, body painting and tattooing - is an age old practice that has been done in Africa for…
5 Notable African Contemporary Visual Artists (Storytellers)
Visual artists and photographer are more than creativities; they freeze moments, they are a lot about storytelling, sparking emotion and communicating points of view. For…
