Saturday, March 29, 2008

SIPA REPPIN PROUDLY FOR FABULAFRICANA WOMEN WITH CURVES!



Reppin tradionally stylo
Love how fun and free she seems in this pic



La jolie Maliene Sipa..love the sexy detail in the back



Neo-soul vibe on this 1





Sipa simplement





Attention ...danger Sipa is in the place 2 be:)





This is her own creation -go Sipa!!


"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals"
Larry Bird
Quite honestly I've been craving showing some other type of Fabulafricana beauty, I love me some Alek, Kinee , Awuoi..but I also miss the Teiko, the Sipa that I am discovering now..
I didn't want people to look at this blog and 2 just think that we all have 2 have the same body type, because the reality is that some of us have "bobaraba" (click on the name u'll understand)

We have shapes, that we're not afraid 2 flaunt, the other day I was looking at the doc about the nana benz in Benin (post 2 follow abt that) and I was even more sure that I needed to show more women of different sizes..I really don't mind but the info is scarce..so if you are out there or you know a fabulafricana woman w/bobaraba who's doing the damn thing please let me know or tell her to holla at me...

Sipa is fiyaa man , she's 22 years old, she's reppin Mali to the fullest,
she loves her curves, she's a fabulous hairdresser as well who's done hair for all contestants during a Malian fashion festival, I love how she's a go-getter, I love how @ 22 she's doing so much....


Here's her modeling portfolio:

Here's her hair creation book:

Oh and the bobaraba ..here it is:


Djaa my Malian women sont dedans :)
Eyeee Wayeee:)

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

WHEN THEY ASK YOU ABOUT STRONG AFRICAN WOMEN, TELL THEM ABOUT SOMALI ASHA HAGI ELGI AMIN!







Mrs Asha Hagi Elgi Amin is a phenomenal woman, when in Somali women from the 5 tradional clans were exluded from government decisions she created the
6th clan (please view the video clip at the bottom) where women united and put aside for their betterment their clans differences..This resulted in the election of 22 women within the Federal Parliament.(quota is set for 25 )






Asha despite death treats , negative critizism in the press stay focused on Somali women and children issues , founding the non profit organization
"Save Somali Women and Children" a non profit organization that focuses on issues of violence, poverty, women genital mutulation .

She personally fund projects that aim to empower women that represent
52% of the population , isn't that crazy how the percentage of women is higher than men, but that education , human rights wise in the 21st century we still have 2 fight so much...

She's been of great influence during the peace process in Somali, she was nominated in 2005 for 1 Nobel Prize ..1 beautiful calm and strong African women to know..

The Save Somali Women and Children's webbie is the following:



In order to understand the voting system for parliament seats in Somalia a bit better, here's 1 doc on the matter:


Djaa there are some Fabulafricana women in Somalia as well:)
Eyeee Wayeee:)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

MAROCAN DESIGNER AHMED BEL ASSANI!


The designer Ahmed Bel Assani and 1 model


Weekend a Fes-collection for men



Nice and simple


Sexy that's for sure





1 of my fav' pieces and it seems so comfortable:)






Ahh this one calls my name





Love the twist he brought to the djeliba


love the color combination..the flowers, green and orange ..nice cocktail!


Maroccan stylo


I love how his designs are wearable on a daily basis..they're not too "foufou"



love the colors

Another designer from the land of "des mille et une nuit", creator of beautiful djelibas, caftans, using silky fabric, putting together magically fabrics that usually don't match creating 1 beautiful and sensual firework against our skins..

He grew up part in Morocco and France thus the Western influence in his designs.
He's presented 3 collections this far, the latest one is his winter collection for the year 08/09 simply called "Weekend a Fes" so dreamy:)

Anywhoo here's his webbie:
Here's 1 video of his fashion show for his 08/09 winter collection:

Djaa my Moroccan people sont dedans aussi:)
Eyee Wayeee:)

MISTA DJEBRIL DIDIER ZONGA REPPIN FOR CENTRAL AFRICA !








Profile chocolat'o




Le petit est dans le Dolce ..ah bon:)






European stylo




Aight DDZ i see you papito:)


I guess he can...


Profil chocolat time 2



"Motivation is what get you started, habit is what keeps you going"
Jim Ryan


Aight have seen this fine African brotha in mags ads for 1 while now, i've been meaning to share, but just haven't been able to find more online pics..but now done deal..comme koi sometimes in life you just gotta be patient..

Djebril father is from Central Africa and his mother is from Brazil

So he's an actor and 1 model, you've maybe seen him in ads for Hennesy, Nike, fashions shows for Jean Paul Gauthier.ect...
Thank you Mr. Zonga for being so kind to correct me...


Djaa my people from Central Africa sont dedans aussi:)
Eye Wayeee:)

SHE'S A NAIJA LADY W/PAINT BRUSHES-PAINTER DAWN OKORO!


Woman

I thought about Liya K when I saw this painting ..


Love this 1 ..thought of Italian carnaval


I thought of Ajuma...



Funkyness





Silhouete of 1 woman

"You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it."
Magic Johnson

Another young talented Africain painter, Dawn Okoro is of nigerian descant who grew up in TX.Ever since a little gal she's always been into drawing . I'm just hearing about her now but she's been around for a couple of years now,
Erika B. took her under her wing w/work associated w/her non profit organisation BLIND.
She's a fabulafricana woman that would love to make her living of her art but until then she's studying law..Her acrylic paintings have been showcased in art galleries around the world in London, Australia, NY ..
Slowly but surely she's making a name for herself, in fact Shaun Robinson from Access Hollywood ordered a portrait from her...

For those who would love to see her work and live in the Miami area, take this info:
Upcoming Exhibitions: April 12-19, 2008
Visual Collaborative The Undercurrent Arts
Miami, FL

Here's her webbie:

Djaa my naija sisters sont dedans:)
Eyeee Wayeee:)

Monday, March 24, 2008

OUR AFRICAN PEEPS @ LES VICTOIRES DE LA MUSIQUE 2008!!


Miss Aissa Maiga reppin for Senegambia & Mali

Abd Al Malik reppin for Congo at the VM


Solar reppin for Tchad via Karda




Tiken Jah reppin for Ivory Coast




Yael Naim reppin for Tunisia via Israel




Yanick Noah reppin for Cameroun


So each year France holds an award ceremony for the best of best music stylo...
So we African people of French nationality of course were nominated and even won .yippie...

Okay so :
- MC Solar was nominated and won for best album de musique urbaine/urban music :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgCcBWIxsk (here's 1 video of Solar)

-ABD AL MALIK (1 of my fav' lyricist)won for best male singer of the year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXKot_jq8o (U'll see why , his delivery style is just fiyaa
-YAEL NAIM won for best world music album of the year:

-TIKEN JAH was also nominated for Best World Music:

-Soha was also nominated for Best World Music:

Wanted to show Diam's some love even though she's not African , she did great w/her song "Ma France a Moi" which speaks to all immigrants in France:


Here's the official webbie for les Victoires de la Musique:


Djaa our African peeps sont dedans aussi:)
Eyeee Wayeee:)

UJU -CANADIAN FASHION HIZZY W/AN AFRICAN ZEST!


My fav' piece


Love the length of the dress and the complexity of the designs on the dress



the bottom of the dress is sick

original




colonial feelin'

Clara Unegbu is the woman behind the Uju Fashion hizzy..I personaly love the long bohemian dresses, the bows, and the broderies on the dresses...

Clara insists on the double nationality of her line, it's both
African and Canadian...her inspiration is strongly African and she would love to open 1 day 1 factory in Nigeria..

But the other very interesting that this 37 year old woman was able to do, is create under her online retail store called "Lime in the Coconut" basically it's a retail store that showcases new talents, new designers..and by the way if u are an upcoming designer ..she's always on the look out for new talents so holla:)

Here's her email address:

Here's the webbie where you can find and buy the Uju collection as well see the other designers beautiful clothe, acsessories ect:

Here's the adress for those living in the BC area:
366 Selby Street, Nanaimo,BC
250-716-3345
1-877-470-LIME



Djaa my people can dress African stylo all day:)

Eyeee Wayeee:)