Yheees Honey… Style Inspiration #320

“If you’re curious, London’s an amazing place” David Bailey #blackandwhite #photography #London

Photo taken 11:04:14 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London - -

POP IDOL- Zoe’s @GhanaKitchen; the best in African pop-up cuisine

London has a personality and style of its own- from grand to edgy, modern to heritage and urban to shabby chic. It’s impossible to define the vast, sprawling, living, breathing entity that is...

Africa- The prom queen for global trade and investment. My thoughts about @ChukaUmunna’s visit to #LCCINigeria

This week the shadow business secretary of UK’s Labour Party; Chuka Umunna, is to leading a joint LCCI and UKTI North West trade mission to Nigeria and Ghana. - Taking place between 13th-17th of...

Download of the day- Let’s take it back to the old school- ATCQ Mega Mix- #FreeDownload #NativeTongues

“Let’s take it back to the old school Let’s take it to Union Square, Let’s take it back to the LQ, and wave your hands like you just don’t care” - - A Tribe Called Quest was/is probably my favorite...

Mariane Calazan, Style Inspiration #319

– - - Mondo Mix L’Officiel Brasil, May 2013 Photographer. Andrea Massari Model: Mariane Calazan

Breaking into spring with @BirchboxUK

Even though the sun has only just made an appearance, it’s still spring, and with summer approaching now is the time ditch winter warmers and embrace a fresh look. I am starting off my spring...

Abidjan + Paris | LAURENCEAIRLINE | Swinging Koutoukou 2013 @LaurenceAirline @StudioAfrica

Founded in 2010 by Laurence Chauvin-Buthaud, LAURENCEAIRLINE is a menswear label and conscious project based between Abidjan and Paris. Laurence Chauvin-Buthaud is also one of the talents of Studio...

Back to paperbacks: Top three books I haven’t finished yet

“Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.” ― Mark Twain Like many, I suffer a condition which is a product of my impatience; I am always reading too many books at once. - Do you have a...

Ones to watch this Bank Hols Week[END]: Ali Shaheed Muhammad + J.Rocc @KokoLondon

Who: Ali Shaheed Muhammad J.Rocc DJ Yoda – Classic Hip-Hop AV Show DJ Vadim Mr Thing The Last Skeptic When: Sunday 5 MAY 2013 [21:00pm] Where: Koko Camden, London http://www.koko.uk.com - May the...

Thickest beat this summer thus far! Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don’t Say You Love Me (Cyril Hahn Remix) @cyrilhahn

What ever song goes through the Cyril Hahn process, comes out a banger. This is my jam! Enjoy the tune and the long weekend peeps! Also, love this tune- Shout out to Jessie Ware, she’s doing her...

How did I miss that Beyonce was the face of H&M’s most recent ad campaign?…

- B doesn’t waste anytime at all, and being that her Mrs Carter Show World tour kicked off earlier this week, there is no deliberation that she is fully in gear for 2013! - In the campaign Beyoncé...

Hello May! What’s on the blog this season? #beauty #skin #hair @BirchboxUK @activilong @BeBOXtweets @TheBodyShopUK

“It’s that time of year again: British Summer Time begins and we all get terribly excited over the prospect of something with ‘summer’ in the title happening.” Today is May 1st and having just come...

We need to tell our stories…

- “Africans we need to get better at telling our story. Blogging is one way of doing that.” Ory Okolloh

Style Inspiration #318

London’s newly opened vintage inspired nail bar- The Little Nail Room, 7 Barnsbury Road, Angel

The Little Nail Room, on 7 Barnsbury Road, Angel, is a newly opened vintage inspired nail bar specialising in manicures, pedicures and nail art and shaping. As a recovering user of acrylic nails,...

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Talking African luxury brands with @AriseTV -”Africa is rising, so please; do not deprive us of our expensive taste”

Last week I had the honour of being called to report on the rise of African fashion for Arise TV (Sky Channel 234), a leading global media network devoted to championing voices of the African...

Somebody says Andre 3000, it’s like, oh yea yea, well of course him.

“Mos Def said this to me; ‘Andre 3000 is so good, that no one mentions him as an emcee. Cause he’s that good’. - It’s like, who’s the best emcee? Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, who? Somebody says Andre 3000,...

One woman, a nation divided #Thatcher

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Participating in the greatest show on earth they call ‘Life’.

Grateful for every second I am given to participate in the greatest show on earth they call ‘Life’. Yesterday I turned 26, and despite a few initial and primarily superficial reservations about...

Style inspiration, Miriam Makeba with two ladies (1957)

- Ranjith Kally, African Jazz, 1957, Miriam Makeba with two ladies, courtesy Bailey Seippel Gallery Johannesburg, ©BAHA

The Campaign for wool brings woolen style to London this spring @Campaignforwool

This spring The Campaign for wool showcased its most expansive exhibition of wool at London’s stunning Somerset House. With dates recently announced for October, here are some reasons why wool is...

Late evenings and early mornings #springtime #London #Photography

Taken 04.04.13 Rathbone Place, London

@TheWeeknd- Electric Ballroom Camden 24/03/13- “Only the beginning for this incredible artist.”

On Monday I the last show from The Weeknd’s long awaited UK tour. Having played in cities such as Glasgow, Birmingham, and Manchester, the melodic man of mystery performed the last of his shows at...

The significance of food within culture- ‘Successful living’ meets ‘Ghana Be Tasty’ @GhanaKitchen @Diesel_UK @Grazia_Live

“despite food being something that is common to all of us, it touches everything important to who we are as people.” - Over the last four weeks, Diesel’s Regent Street pop up store Diesel Village,...

#StreetStyle #London- The best of Italian leather- Pumpkin leather briefcase by Pratesi

- - http://www.pratesishop.com

“Life obliges me to do something, so I blog”

- “Life obliges me to do something, so I paint” René Magritte (1898-1967) Photo taken at the Magritte Museum, Brussels (2012)

Food, Film and Cross-Culturalism @Diesel_UK @GhanaKitchen @Restless_City

My most recent trip to Uganda earlier this year left me feeling somewhat perplexed, on the lead up I confidently and loudly proclaimed my excitement about going ‘home’, you know, back to the...