The Vogue Guide to Shopping in Accra
Ghana’s capital city, Accra, is a hotbed of creative activity spanning the worlds of art, music, cooking, and especially fashion. For the latest designs, the city offers a broad range of boutiques that cater to an array of styles. Shopping in Accra has undergone a seismic shift thanks to the pioneering role of retailers such […]
Meet the Ghanaian Biker Community Led by Women
In Ghana’s conservative society, motorcycle riding has typically been associated with bad behavior, but a group of female bikers is working to change that image. Founded in 2018 by Jessica Opare-Saforo, Biker Girls Gh is a collective of women who love to ride and also manage to do a lot for charity in the process. […]
West African Fast-Casual Restaurants Are Finding Wider Audiences
West African cuisine has been gaining a foothold across the globe. While the efforts of African celebrity chefs and their high profile restaurants have certainly had an influence, a new wave of fast casual restaurants is providing easy access to a broader population of diners. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Artist Mama Nike: ‘I Found a Way to Make Us Women Powerful, by Being Able to Make Money’
Mama Nike, otherwise known as Chief Oyenike Monica Davies-Okundaye, is a dynamic artist and activist, who has elevated the profile of textile craft to that of artwork. In the process, she has also taught thousands of other women, enabling them to create livelihoods for themselves. Davies-Okundaye, 71, is a superstar in her native Nigeria, an […]
Francis Kéré Unveils a Multipurpose Playground in Kampala, Uganda
A simple park became something so much more when Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Francis Kéré got involved. Within a densely populated, poor area of Kampala, he worked to create a site that is uplifting and filled with opportunities for creative expression. It started out as a straightforward idea to build a new playground in Kampala, Uganda. […]
St. James Beach Refurbishment Project
The City of Cape Town recently announced that the St James Beach project in Muizenberg will commence within the next few days. The derelict bathing boxes will be replaced with replicas, and the beach area will be getting an upgrade with a widened walkway and a picnic area for visitors. St James Beach is one […]
A Lot More to Moroccan Cuisine than Couscous and Tajines
Scoff down some slow-cooked tanjia, the Marrakesh dish dubbed the bachelor’s dish, as it was originally cooked by single men who would put chunks of meat, onions, preserved lemon, garlic, and cumin into a terracotta pot and take it to the local communal oven or hammam to slow cook in the hot coals. Cornes de […]
Cruising in Africa
Most Africa cruises run from mid-autumn to mid-spring, roughly October through May, with the most popular months being December and January. Africa cruises have port stops in the Indian Ocean, such as the Bay of Natal or islands in the ocean. Off the north west coast of Madagascar lies Nosy Be, which translates to “big […]
Is Afrochella Still Happening?
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival organizers, Goldenvoice, filed a lawsuit against Ghana’s Afrochella for alleged trademark infringement. It claims that the similarity in the names will create confusion. The lawsuit states that Afrochella is “intentionally trading on the goodwill of [Coachella and Goldenvoice’s] well-known COACHELLA and CHELLA festivals and trademarks by actively promoting […]
Here are the Top Hotels and Resorts in Africa
Home to one of the most captivating wildlife and landscapes on the planet, Africa has no shortage of spectacular safaris and sprawling sandy stretches of land. And with the region cheerfully welcoming travellers again, the hotels that accompany them are more than ready to make a roaring return. A surge in interest for wildlife-watching and […]
