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  • Masquerades In Igbo Land - Mmawu

    Ifeanyi Onyeji will be exploring the world of Masquerades, their functions and their meanings in Igbo Land. Masquerades are called Mmawu. ...
  • The Review: House Of Gold

    Cast: Fredie – Majid Michel Timara – Yvonne Nelson Mitchel - Luckie Lawson Sam – Eddie Watson Nina – Omawumi Megbele John Bosco – Francis Odega Judas – Dream Debo Jasmine -Emefal Atse Clifford – Pascal Amanfo Lucia – Mercy Chinwo...
  • Sister Sister With Rachel Zadok

    Rachel Zadok is a South African author of two books and they are Gem Squash, Tokoloshe and Sister-Sister. I had the pleasure of reading Sister-Sister about a month ago and I fell in love with the author and her style of writing. Sister-Sister is a book th...
  • June 2013: Be Courageous

    Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Fear is an obstacle that keeps one from performing, doing, achieving, trying etc. It is amazing, how many are sitting on their g...
  • The Review: Ijele's Wife

    How: AfricantitlesCast:Akupe - Tonto DikehOgbansiegbe -Nkem OwohIjele - George DavidsonIjele’s wife is a Nollywood movie bringing together famous Nollywood icons like Nkem Owoh and Tonto Dikeh. This movie falls under the genre of Drama (spiritual dram...
  • The Review: After Earth

    Cast:Jaden Smith ... Kitai RaigeWill Smith ... Cypher RaigeSophie Okonedo... Faia RaigeZoë Kravitz ... Senshi Raige (as Zoe Isabella Kravitz) A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Eart...
  • Review: Americanah (How Hair Meets Life)

    Americanah is a multifaceted love story layered with themes and experiences that are often deep and that resonates on several levels. It is important to actually remind oneself when reading this book, that it is a fictional account of happenings. Americ...
  • God's School of Wisdom

    I have taught you in the way of skillful and godly Wisdom [which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God]. Proverbs 4:11 True Christianity goes far beyond mere doctrine. We certainly need to know the principles of our faith in the ...
  • Fresh Vibes Monday

    Pushing On: Femi Kuti Reimagines His Afrobeat Legacy on No Place for My Dream and on U.S. Summer TourOnce they bombed them; now they are building museums to honor them. Tapped as Afrobeat founding father Fela Kuti’s chosen successor, Femi Kuti has fough...
  • Curly Nikki’s Tips For The Summer

    Curly Nikki shares natural hair tips on Essenceonline.com. Summer is around the corner and as many of us prep our bodies to hit the beach, others are wondering what to do to keep their hair moisturized, healthy, fly and sexy. These are tips that she s...
  • For Immediate Release

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINTRIGUING WEST AFRICAN THEATRE PLAY ‘WEDLOCK OF THE GODS’MAKES ITSDEBUT IN ATLANTA,GEORGIA DURING AFROXPLOSION 2013WRITTEN BY NIGERIA'S FIRST FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT, DR ZULU SOFOLA;DIRECTED BY ACCLAIMED BRITISH NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, WALE O...
  • How To Date Amazement

    The Break Up It begins with a break up. Not the kind of break up that lends itself to tissues and chocolate peanut butter pie (although I am often tempted to date just to break up, just to fall head first into a justified peanut butter pie coma). But ...
  • Dress For Success

    The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life (website). One of the ways t...
  • Fresh Vibes Monday

    Nnena Omali is a Nigerian musician who sings within the genre of Afro Fusion. She is the artist who sang, ‘kissed’,in which she borrowed heavily from Asa. Her newest song is Kulie Dide which is a song that fuses Igbo and Yoruba and has 9ice contribu...
  • Bantu Knots

    Bantu knots Bantu knots originated from Africa. I will like to say from West Africa because that’s where the Bantu ethnic group started from before spreading to different parts of the continent. The Bantu Knots hairstyle goes by different names ar...
  • The Found Essay: Letter from a Mother to a Daughter*

    “My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: “You said the same t...
  • Review: Nike Fuel Band

    I received a Nike Fuel band from a friend of mine to review about two weeks ago. For those who are my friends on any social networking site, I’ve been quite open that my ideal dress size is one size lower than where I am at currently. I do a lot to ...
  • Fresh Vibes Monday

    TolumiDE in Oya! written by Tosin Otudeko and produced by Efosa Lawal. 'Oya' is Yorùbá word from Nigeria, which literally means 'the time has come' and colloquially means 'Come on, let's go!' An Afro-Highlife beat track with horns, percussions, smooth v...
  • True Confessions

    Who am I? I am Mrs. Lerato Hungwe, wife to Professor Kagiso Hungwe, who is the chair of the Mathematics department. I met my husband on one of his many journeys back home. He was ready for marriage. My folks felt that I was a cracked pot, since I wa...
  • Opening Our Heart Space

    As we loosen our grip from the handlebars of life and begin to let go of what we think we need to uphold, we become aware there is no-thing to uphold and realize we already are the masters of our own experience. When we refocus from within and let go of t...