by Teakisi | May 26, 2014 | Fashion & Style
By Kye Makyeli With nothing but dreams and ambition, she boarded a Nairobi bound bus from Kampala to fulfill a dream that she has had since she was sixteen years old. She endured a twelve hour journey all in the name of auditioning for the first ever Africa’s Next Top...
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 | Feb 5, 2014 | Empowerment, Fashion & Style
Congolese born Kahindo Mateene is the founder and designer of Modahnik, a fashion house with a difference. According to Kahindo, a contestant in Season 12 of Project Runway, the MODAHNIK woman is a global nomad who views fashion as a creative expression of her...
by Teakisi | Sep 16, 2013 | Fashion & Style, Lifestyle
I still remember how it all started, I was seven years old going about my life in my pretty yellow, red and white dresses. And then one day a pair of red cotton shorts walked into my life. I’m not quite sure if they were the first pair of shorts I ever wore but I do...
by Teakisi | Aug 20, 2013 | Fashion & Style, Lifestyle
Every year, on the first day of August, I celebrate my birthday and so nearly three weeks ago the clock hand turned to that time again. Unlike previous birthdays in the past, I didn’t do anything big to mark the occasion. When I say big I mean getting really...
by Teakisi | May 29, 2013 | Culture, Fashion & Style, Hair & Beauty
By Attiya Karodia The Afro has been worn by people whose crafts demanded an assurance of self, a Freedom of artistic ability and a confidence in who they were, which is why the Afro Hall of Fame is a bar raised high by; The Jackson Five Diana Ross Jimi Hendrix...
