GIBRIL GEORGE REPPIN FOR GAMBIA ON THE RUNAWAY!!

Who said that cornrows could not be glamorous?

Boy Gibril maybe we need to send u some jollof rice...:)

Gibril& Miss Diouf dans le chaud

Love that look ..gotta admit..kinda like fashion meets desinvolture

Hate this 1..but wanted 2 show that homeboy's look is quite versatile

True Gambian brotha doin the propper/jockey look...quite artisitic

YAAAAA....I see u Gibril George!!

Wanted 2 say thanks to the coments from new readers....madddd appreciated...:))))

For those who may not have the time or the desire to watch the CAN 2008 ..

today was the first game btw Ghana & Guinea...results are :

2 for Ghana and 1 for Guinea...

http://www.can2008.com/

Aight for the peeps who've been on this ride w/me for 1 while now...u may remenber me taking about this Gambian fella who's doin it modelling stylo....I saw new pics of this 25-26 years old brotha and wanted 2 share these beautiful pics of him :)))

Djaaa my Gambian brothas are more fiyaa:)

Djaaa my Ghanaian brothas are doin it for the CAN 2008:)

Eyeee Wayee:)

WHERE ARE MY AFRICAN SISTAS AT DURING THE READY 2 WEAR 2008 SPRING FASHION FRENZY?:)

Ajuma walking the walk..u know how she does:)

Miss Marie Fuema doin the lambada glamorous dress number

i love how Ajuma just does her job

Oluchi reppin for her hubby's line Luca Luca

each color comes alive on Atong

La grande go doin Oscar de La Renta justice

Liya Kebede...period!!

You know that you can always count on Liya , Atong, Ajuma, Kinee among so many others to come and repp' to the fullest...this time I' also glad 2 see a bit more of Oluchi-of course doing her hubby show "Luca Luca"..oh don't let me forget Marie Fuema from Congo doin her thing African catwoman stylo.....

Djaa my African sistas sont dedans meme :)

Eyeee Wayeee:)

I AM SO LOVING THE WORK OF BONGIWE WALAZE!

My fav' so niceeeeeeeee check out the belt, the ruffles ect

Nice colors , earth tones

come on how can u see how smart this was thought

murder loves it..

okhoooo!!

Love, Love it so many beautiful colors, wax, details,ahhhh details so sharp

noooo loves it!!

And 2 say that had she not followed her heart , she would still be an eletrical engineer (nothing wrong w/that) but man... what strikes me about her work is how complex and neat her work is..

sometimes u see African designers using wax but not paying much attention to the miniscule details ect...I love how she mixes different fabrics, colors, hot earth tones..just going through her work made me come alive once more...I'm like waouh that's what I'm talking about -

the urban African fashionista doin' thing the Fabulafricana Way***

Here's her official webbie:

www.bongiwewalaza.co.za

Djaaa my people from South Africa are more fiyaaa:)

Eyeee Wayeee:)

ZIMBABWEAN PHOTOGRAPHER , ALICE TAVAYA!

Man it's been so hard finding Alice's work online , I've only been able to collect a few...if anybody kNows her personal site , please send it to me ...I would love to showcase the work of this woman of 34 years old...she was born in Zimbabwe & was encouraged by her parents to follow her passion ..which she did w/a bachelors and masters in photography & visual arts...

I love her vision, anyways art is personal and subjective..but 2 me there's real emotion behind her images, truth mostly in the expo of portraits she took of common people in the streets of Harare...she basically went in the streets and asked random peeps if she could illustrate their hopes, failures, ect...very interesting..I'll be hoping to share more of her work w/u in the future..

Djaa les gos de Zimbabwe sont more fiyaa:)

Eyeee Wayee:)

RUDENESS CLOTHING BY 1 GHANAIAN BROTHA , PRINCE JOSEPH!!

Joseph in the middle-the creator of the line

nice tee

simple yet fun

cute

Joseph graduated in 2 very different majors :design & business..but hey as u can tell u need those 2 skills to maintain 1 great clothing business..

His clothing company is based in DC, its goal is

" to create beautiful and meaningful clothing that can reach across cultural divides and help break down the boundaries among us"...not bad of a goal...:)

An interesting about him is that he's also a member of the Akyem royal family (Ghana) ..interesting

If interested here's the webbie:

http://www.rudenessclothing.com/

Here's their address:

Rudeness Clothing

3620 39th Street NWSuite C537

Washington DC 20016
tel :202 361 3310

Djaa my people from Ghana sont dans le chaud:)

Eyeee Wayeee:)

FROM RUNNING WITHOUT SHOES IN A POOR AREA OF DJIBOUTI TO BEING 1 WELL RESPECTED POLITICAL FIUGURE IN FRANCE -MEET SAFIA OTOKORE!

Safia at 1 Social Forum

Safia' book cover

Safia anh her youngest son

Safia and the former coach of her former hubby Guy Roux w/whom she still has 1 great relationship

2 answer your question....I miss having a great internet connection -miss Beauty in Baltimore...i've been waiting for almost 1 month now for the SONATEL people (telecom' company which provides internet connection) 2 come by and install the 'net...but no no..they keep repeating the same thing ..we are on our way..so I'm left w/the cyber cafes...where the connection is so slow...ahhhhh....

Wanted to apologise to the people who leave me questions, or coments ...i'm sorry i am not able to answer yet :( w/this internet problem..whenever i can ..i come to write as much as i can ..so let's hope that things will get back to normal very quickly...SONATEL people if u read this please come by ...lol..but no really!!

Aight so I read in a couple of hours the very interesting life of

Miss Safia Ibrahim Otokore, Otokore is the last name of her former hubby -

Didier Otokore who had in the early nineties a great career w/the soccer team of Auxerres & the National team of IC....Safia was born of Somalian parents and had 9 sibblings, because of the war the "Ibrahim family" moved to Djibouti and lived in poverty, not much food, not much hope, not much of anything except for "kat" a well-known drug that Somali men use...(my gal Samia from Somalia used to explain to me that it was very frequent for men to smoke it to forget their troubles and to socialise).....In Djibouti , Safia discovered running ,school and 1 of her greatest love "litterature"...Through her childhood and teen years the very intelligent Safia understood really quickly that her education and her athletic abilities were her keys to successs...She was very stuborn, ambitious and 1

"ride or die chick"....

Through a competition that would take her to Ivory Coast she fell in love w/freedom, w /a society less rigid than hers, after high school she was granted a scholarship which would take her first to Dakar (yeahh) then to Ivory Coast once again..during those years she played w/her feminity, friendship, liberty of expression and fell madly in love w/Didier Otokore..

I have 2 say that even though the book didn't end w/her & Didier staying together I have a lot of respect for this man who loved her honored, helped her and treated her like a man should...According to her, years later toward the end of his professional player career , when he convinCed her to move to Ivory Coast..he changed & became conservative very very possible...u know African men...but nevertheless from reading the book it was really clear that she had other ambitions ..she wanted to move back to France... after everything she's been through during her childhood , her excision(which no woman should have 2 face), the rigid education given by her parents, the poverty, this is a woman who needs to feel free at all times...anywhoo there is a lot more to her story but in conclusion she now lives in France w/her 2 sons and is well respected political figure within the social party le PS.

I loved the book (she gives a lot of personal info regarding her fam' ect), will recomend it , have 1 lot of respect for this woman even though I find her 1 bit calculative..but I understand..."to kill or to be killed".mmmmm


Here's 1 video clip :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBkezyl4WU
You can also buy the book here w/Amazon:http://www.amazon.fr/Safia-Un-conte-f%C3%A9es-r%C3%A9publicain/dp/2221103084

Djaa les gos de Somalie sont more fiyaaa:)

Eyeee Wayeeee:)

SOUAD MASSI-THE ALGERIAN COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR OUR SOCIAL BELIEFS!!

Ok another Algerian sister that I am discovering, Miss Souad -beautiful name by the way was born in 197 in Algeria in a musically enclined family, 2 of her brothers evolve in music and her sister is a dancer. Souad spent her teen years between her studies -engineering and her music.

In the nineties she joined an Algerian rock band w/a social message: Atakor.

Our beautiful brunette & the rest of her band were the victims of death threats, Soaud had to cut her hair and be very careful in Algeria. This nefaste environment affected her mental, and Souad quit the band a few years later and found refuge in Paris. As they say God doesn't close all doors& in 2001 following a festival celebrating Female singers of Algeria , Souad was signed to a great record label...thus started the musical rebirth of Souad...and today even though she's far from her land she's repping more than ever for Algeria.....nice hein!!:)

Here's her official webbie:http://www.souadmassi.com.fr/

Here's 1 video clip:(beautiful, sweet. yet passionate)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KD4fCQlp0I

Djaa les gos d'Algerie sont more fire fiyaaa:)

Eyeee Wayeeeee:)

THE CARTIER WOMAN'S INIATIVE HONORING AFRICAN WOMEN!!

Lucie Avoaka winner of the Cartier Woman Initiative/Africa Section

Even though she didn't win..Sara Abera was 1 wonderful candidate whose business idea centered around a collection of textille Ethiopian clothing and home deco..

"Writers are like jazz musicians.If you're going to be a good writer, you have to write. "

Bakari Kitwana

I've been meaning to write about this a while back because I thought that it was really rewarding for world women especially African women.

This initiative encourages and mostly help women who have wonderful entrepeurn' ideas but not neces' the means to achieve their goals & to promote the dev' of their countries.

This past year's African winner was Lucie Avoaka whose project centers arounbd building a hospital for underprivileged patients in the region of Abobo (oui le port d'Abobo ..lol)

Aight so for young women who have great ideas please don't miss the dateline of February 15th 2008, please take your chances who knows rite?:)) you don't lose anything in trying...

It's $$20,000....not bad for a start rite..

So here are some instructions that I took from the site:

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The project to be considered for the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards must be:
An original for-profit business creation, wholly conceived of by the team;
A completely new concept, meaning it cannot be a buy-back, off-shoot, or a subsidiary of an existing concept;
In the initial phase: the project will not have been launched yet OR it has already started operating but is still in the first stages of development (no older than three to four years);
The main leadership position must be filled by a woman, either in the capacity of Founder, Director, General Manager, or Project leader. If the company is already registered, the main shareholder, CEO, or Chairman must be a woman.
Additional requirements:
All entrants must be aged 18 or the age of legal majority in their respective countries / states of citizenship, whichever is older, on the day of Entry Submission Deadline;
The lead entrant should have a good command of English (both verbal and written) as the language of the Awards is English.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Projects will be assessed by the Jury in accordance with fixed criteria including but not limited to:
Creativity: The degree of innovation shown by the overall business concept
Sustainability: Financial impact of the business, indicating chances of long-term success
Impact: Effect on society of the business, in terms of jobs created or its effect on the immediate or broader environment.
Overall quality and clarity of the material presented
INSTRUCTIONS
To apply for the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, you must fill in the online application form in English.
The application form is 5 pages long. It cannot be downloaded and saved to your computer. However by creating your account (section "Identification" below), your data will be saved at the end of each page upon submission of your information. The identification means you may interrupt the completion of the form and reconnect anytime.
We recommend that you prepare the questions in order to copy and paste the answers into the form. Click here to see the questions.
The form should be completely filled by the Founder of the business to be considered for the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards.
If some fields are not applicable to your business, write "NA" for Not Applicable.
When you have completed the form, you will be asked to review it before the final submission. Once submitted, a confirmation that your form has been successfully sent to the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards will appear automatically. If you receive an error report, contact us directly.

Anywhoo here's the webbie:

http://www.cartierwomensinitiative.org/

Djaaa sometimes us as African women need 2 seize opportunities:)

Eyeee Wayeee:)

JUNE SAPRONG 1 OF THE MOST POWERFUL AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE UK, GIVE IT UP!!

June and her pretty smile!

June @ her leaving party!

When Kanya King who is the creator of the MOBO Awards & June meet=Ghana is more fiyaa

June and Miss Kelly R.

"There's no price for Education"

YMB

Kinda wanted 2 catch up w/our fav' Ghanaian TV personality in the UK ..word is ..actually no fact is that she decided to leave her former TV base T4..no hard feelings ..just a desire to move up and also to give a chance to younger VJ'S to prove themselves....

I think that at 30 years old or close to 30 years this young woman has accomplished a lot,

how many young'uns u know have been awarded an MBE (made member of the British Empire)

I don't know about ya'll but I'm curious to see what her next projects will bring....:)

Here's her official webbie:

http://www.junesarpong.com/

Please check out this wonderful short video clip about this inspiring young African woman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ULrH6V1qE

Much respect to ya African sista, djaa my people from Ghana are more fiyaa:)

Eyeee Wayeee:)

MISS SHERYFA LUNA /THE SINGING KAYBLE FRENCH PRINCESS MAKES HER ENTRANCE IN THE WORLD OF FRENCH R&B!!

Nice pic rite..reminds me a bit of Pink at her beg..minus the pink hair rite

La grande go Sheryfa!

Doin the funky hair and the intello stylo

Love the syling on this 1!

Singing her corazon out!!

Peps, funky short hair cut, great voice, dancing abilities...

yep l'Algeriene est arrive!!

Do you guys remenber that show Popstars, my American peeps ..yeah I know it's not much of a reference but whatever the case...in France they have a version of that show except that they focus on unsigned hip hop and R & B singers..the winner for the year of 2007 was a Frenchie /Algerian singer of 18 years old....she's doing her thang w/her first album...quite nice actually ..she reminds me a bit of miss A.Keys in the sense that she seems to be quite sincere in her singing...Homegal is by profession a hairdresser, on this album she worked w/kep players of the Frebch R & B scene such as Singuilla , hip hop movers and shakers such as Youssoupha, Kerry James....

I believe that she's also expecting..so congrats to her:)

Anywhoo there are plenty of webbies abt her , here are some interesting ones:

www.sheryfa-luna.com

www.sheryfaluna.artistes.universalmusic.fr

The Official Site for the french version of Popstars:

www.popstars.fr

A fan's webbie about Sheryfa:

www.sheryfaluna-officiel.skyrock.com

Here are a couple video clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtApVokxgCM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO8lcCPO5CM

Djaa les gos d'Algerie sont dedans meme for the year 2008:)

Eyee Wayeee:)

DR ADAMA LY FIGHTING CANCER SPREAD IN AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION!!

"C'est petit a petit que l'oiseau fait son nid"

"Lord , thank you for this gift"

For those of you who speak french, a great mag' that I recomend to you all is

AM "Afrique Magazine"....it's a monthly mag' full of pertinent info , great interviews really a breath of fresh air....anywhoo AM chose its 2007 African people of the year and among them I chose to talk to you about Dr.Adama Ly who is greatly and intelligently fighting agaisnt cancer.

He had the marvelous idea to interview 136 researchers, oncologists, epidemiologists, psychologists ect...to study, analyse the risks, the progression , the drugs availibility, the mortality of this disease that we all know Africa has to to get ready for ...as we all know cancer is a deadly illness ...unfortunatly our people are not often well informed about it...

The book is called "About Cancer" and has been published the French National Institute of Cancer....so people get informed, spread the word around you......

If you would like to know more about cancer in Africa, check out this site:

http://www.afrocancer.org/

Afrique Magazine's site is :

www.afriquemagazine.com

Dr Adama Ly, I salute your work:)

Eyeee Wayeeee:)