by Teakisi | Mar 26, 2014 | Culture, Empowerment, Entertainment, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle
By Kye Makyeli Clad in a custom ‘Nairobi Blue” Prada silk georgette gown, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o became the first African woman to win the Academy Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ at the Oscars in the movie ‘12 Years A Slave’, which also stars Brad Pitt and...
by Teakisi | Mar 22, 2014 | Culture, Lifestyle
By Kye Makyeli A few days ago, I attended a craft show that was being held at the Yaya Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. After buying a beautiful pair of earrings at one particular stall, the elderly lady who sold them to me offered me a formidably colored string of beads as...
by Teakisi | Mar 21, 2014 | Empowerment, Lifestyle
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron At the top of each year, I pull together my favorite Bible verses to encourage myself along my journey as a woman. As we are living our lives, situations will arise where we will feel frustrated, pushed, defeated and our faith will be...
by Teakisi | Mar 17, 2014 | Empowerment, Family, Health
By Reem Gaafar Female Genital Mutilation is one those terrifying realities that is still practiced openly today, mainly in Africa and parts of Asia, although globalization and massive migration has carried the practice to parts of Europe, Australia and the Americas....
by Teakisi | Mar 15, 2014 | Food, Travel
Honey Makwaka I’m excited to be joining the ElleAfrique team from Johannesburg, South Africa! My name is Honey and I’m an Africa enthusiast, her food feeds my life and her fashion feeds my soul! Here I will be sharing with you some of my favorite African...
