5 New Events & Opportunities YOU should know about

OPPORTUNITY:   Young African Leaders Fellowship : A new flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative. APPLY NOW.

EVENT: AFFORD UK - Sierra Leonean Health Matters : The Event will bring together the IOM and the authors of the UK mapping report to present the key findings of the UK mapping exercise, and a panel of experts to discuss issues raised by the study and the broader policy context. The presentations will be followed by an open question-and-answer session.

OPPORTUNITY:  Vacancy - GIZ Regional Resource Governance project for a "Senior Advisor for Private Sector Cooperation". The position is open for Sierra Leone nationals. Feel free to share.For further enquiries please contact me (janne.kaiser@giz.de) or Mrs. Robbin-Coker (ruby.robbin-coker@giz.de).

EVENT: Le Pop Up Marche - A month Fashion & Lifestyle Shopping Experience

OPPORTUNITY: Academic Scholarships for Study, Undergraduate, Post graduate and Doctoral - application deadlines are soon approaching.


Fambul dem, this is how we do...

A Compliation of Creative Art Work - A Tribute to Mandela

African Digital Art compiles creative art pieces by various artists in memory of Nelson Mandela, Madiba, the revolutionary man that gave us HOPE in the possible. 

Be inspired, fambul dem, this is how we do....

Artist Njideka Akunyili

 “Achebe once said if you alter the English language you can make it bear the burden of another language. I feel like I’m taking this Western visual language I inherited, just as African writers inherited English, and I’m trying to make a new version of it so it speaks to another place.”

Njideka Akunyili

 Her work in its simplicity leaves me unsettled. Nostalgia is what i feel, lost in the ordinary moment yet active and seekng to understand the mini stories that uphold the meta-narrative of her pieces, and we say "the beautiful one's have not be born yet"....just OPEN up to African-a inspired offerings...This Nigerian artist has me intrigued.

SEE MORE OF HER WORK HERE.
fambul, this is how we do..

"YELLOW FEVER"

Perfection is the Enemy of Greatness - Janell Monae

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In attending and participating in StoryMoja Hay Feastival in Nairobi last month, i had the opportunity to attend a dialogue series entitled "shadism" where i got to meet Ng'endo Mukii in person and watch her short film, 'yellow fever' featured and act as an entry point to discussions around race, identity, conceptions of beauty, blackness, self love, ownership, bodies....black/african bodies in particular. It was awakening for me to be surrounded by women of all body shapes, sizes, skin shades, hair textures and perspectives about their bodies and what it means/meant to be an African/black/woman of color growing up. The panel was buzzing, the stories were at times haunting, other times all too real and honest, most importantly, the topic laid at the core of how these women/us women come to view ourselves.

GOOGLE pays homage to Soul Queen of Africa, Miriam Makeba

" Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all i did was tell people who wanted to know where i come from and how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, i can't do anything about that" -- Miriam Makeba


 

 These were the women i grew up listening to, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Brenda Fassie and of course our beloved Miriam Makeba. My mother adored her style, i was young and enthralled by her music. The older i got the more appreciated her music for the truth, soul behind it.  Google Doodle did a good job in celebrating her legacy. These are our  Africa sheros.