Ya Ma'Afrika

Ya Ma’Afrika is a fictional drama show that fuses the lives of 4 African women living in Brooklyn, New York and highlights the cultural experiences, contradictions and challenges of Africans living in the West. In the show, Yetunde (Nigeria), Kui (Kenya), Chipo (Zimbabwe) and Welisane (Cameroon) are housemates from all corners of Africa with different backgrounds. The women confront issues ranging from relationships to employment and immigration. The show is glamorous with a level of sophistication and at the same time it is raw, touching on real issues. The show captures the cosmopolitan side of Africans, rarely shown on TV.
culled from Ya Ma'Afrika




I'd like to see this (and other new content) on the Africa Channel, that we pay premium for; not that I don't love Generations and Isidingo.

On Screen - 300

The only black man who has a speaking role in Frank Miller's graphic interpretation of the Battle of Thermopylae - 300, is a Canadian based, British born actor of Ghanaian descent. What a tongues twisters, we africans are sometimes the best examples of global citizens! In any case, I saw this film, and the moment he came on screen I knew the guy na West African bobo. Initially like most Nigerians, I was going to claim him as my own, but upon doing some further reasearch, I found out that he is in fact from a few doors down, Ghana. He plays the role of the Persian messenger, and I kept wondering if that's how he actually sounds in real life, or it that was some sort of sound effect applied. In case, you have not seen this movie (just about everyone I know has) and you don't mind extremely loud noises or men with extremely chiseld abs in Speedos, I'd recommend it.

Evi -Edna Ogholi

Happy Birthday
The search for this song yesterday caused me to find the rest of her songs. I miss how Nigeria was in the 80's.


Jealousy
Gosh, I remember taunting my classmates in primary school with the chorus of this song, during those few times I had a new (toy/candy/item) that I knew they coveted.


Look before you Cross
I used to think that I knew that woman who was entering the molue in the first shot. You would think that this song was used as some sort of PSA... I guess the government and the different related parastatals officials were too busy lining their pockets and bank accounts to be concerned about the people back then. Btw I love the huge puffy sleeves.

Afrique Netizen - Museke

When I was looking for lyrics for Evi-Edna Ogholi's Happy Birthday song, naturally I entered a search in Google. I got many hits, but one of the first links I got was from this site, www.museke.com Not only did this site have the lyrics for the song, but they also had the youtube video embeded and an audio sample available for me. I have to thank them for making me and my friends sound borderline good (look we have talents, we all learned singing isn't one) at our friend's surprise birthday celebration. Needless to say, this site is now bookmarked as my "got to" site for anything African music related.

International Women's Day - The Liya Kebede Foundation

Today is International Women's Day! I'm highlighting one great Afrique Chic who is doing something to help their fellow women.

Liya Kebede

Recently reappointed as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, this famous model (face of Gucci and Estee Lauder in recent years) runs the Liya Kebede Foundation that is dedicated to mothers and children. The foundation is committed to reducing infant and maternal mortality and increase access to healthcare for mothers and children at risk. Most of the foundations work is done for her native Ethiopia, and she's made plenty of strides. If you're interested in learning more about Liya and her foundation, or want to get involved or contribute, click here to find out more.