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Cheers to new life surprises, to new goals, to new friendships, new career moves, reklinding family relationships, to beautiful love stories or being able to handle the ups and downs of relationships, to facing life hurdles, to standing tall and strong in front of difficult choices, to staying healthy, to loving& bettering ourselves.I learned a lot about friendships in 2011, learned to keep things to myself and believe in myself a little bit more..not saying that I’m totally there but the bean is growing..This year I want to live consciously, as in not letting life go by and I look back months from now and I wonder where did life go … I lost two important people in my life this past year a cousin that blessed us all with his kind & generous spirit and a soul brotha with whom I shared so much…We used to share the same …


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This past summer I went to the annual & very anticipated fashion week organized by the very dynamic Adama Paris.We gotta give credit when it’s due, this sista works hard and admist the chaos she always manages to pull out exciting fashion event.I particularly enjoyed this one, the diversity of styles was a plus My girl Mariam Diop was of course my favorite. She creates the funkiest looks with the softest Mauritanian fabrics.I could hear women around me appreciating her use of vibrant colors and her modern twist on African fabrics .She grew up in France where she studied fashion and now lives in Dakar.more to come about her in the near future on this site. Meriem Boussikouk took us on a beautiful trip to North African with her colorful caftans. I enjoyed the work of Mathilde Badji.This senegalese designer has worked for Martin Margiela (nice references). She’s also created …


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There is so much buzz around the 3rd feature film by director/actress Maiwenn. The movie called “Polisse” was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival, May 2011. Maiween is at this time one of the most important French movie director of this generation. Anytime she calls, noted French actresses like Karen Viard, says yes without hesitation. What actors appreciate about working with her is that there is room for improvisation work yet everything remains structured. The two biggest revelations in this project are hip hop pioneer Joey Star in the lead male role & newcomer Naidra Ayadi. Naidra comes from theater she studied at the National French Conservatory of Versailles. She’s acted on tv (Avocats & Associes-2007), on theater stages (Meurtres de la Princesse Juive -2007,) and in the big screen. This is her second time walking the famous steps at the Cannes Festival .Back in 2005 she presented …


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Friends have been sharing tales of Senegalese wildlife 65 kilometers away from the urban capital of the Republic of Senegal Dakar where I currently reside. This past weekend I made my way to this huge wildlife reserve worthy of safari books. My friend Yacedia & I thought we were really getting into the jungle so we stopped by our friend Eric Kayzer and indulged in what I call the “weekend gourmand morning syndrome”; for those of you who don’t suffer from it, it appetizingly consists of croissants au beurre, pains au chocolat or pains au raisin…vive le weekend! She is the first female guide to join the Bandia reserve team back in 2000, since then 3 other women now work there full time. She studied tourism and found her first job at the Bandia reserve, jobs being scarce in Senegal; she stayed at the B.R …..Lucky them!! Discovering the reserve in …


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I was on the hunt for a good read &  I ended up finding at a Dakarois local bookstore  a very good one – “Danbe” a book co-written by Aya Cissoko  the former 2006  English boxing female champion & Marie Desplechin a well respected French author. Aya is the daughter of Malian” adventurers”  as we commonly in Africa call people  that immigrate from Africa to Europe with no set plans but to succeed!! Her father Sagui Cissoko used while living in France a friend’s identity thus becoming officially Karounga Cissoko. Despite being poor, Aya’s life in the center with her 3 other siblings was happy. Living in an apartment building filled with Malian community members, doors always opened, smell of peanut butter stew in the air, Bambara language being spoken on the regular…life was challenging but good .On the night of November 28th 1986 their building on rue Temclen caught …


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Le lion a rugi. Le dompteur de la brousse D’un bond s’est élancé, Dissipant les ténèbres. Soleil sur nos terreurs, soleil sur notre espoir. Debout, frères, voici l’Afrique rassemblée For the past week the town of Dakar & her  sisters have been awakened by Senegalese entrenched demonstrations of anger towards our government.People are tireeeeed…tout simplement!! Three years ago, when I moved back the air was thickened by the heaviness of an impending revolution. I knew, matter of fact WE ALL knew this was coming!!Last week as I launched my website on Thursday June 23rd 2011, Senegalese citizens stood firm in front of the gates of the National Assembly to show that they were against the passing of a new law allowing for  vice presidency.  With the passing of that vote, the actual government would stay in power forever. Some of my friends that were there on that special day later told …


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Blessed Friday By Guest Contributor, Nana Keita. Nana is a Malian model signed with Muse Management. She has walked the runway for designers like St.John,Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood, Sophie Theallet ,Isaac Mizrahi, Malandrino among others. She’s currently gearing up to show how “we African women are doing it” at the Paris Haute Couture shows (summer 2011).We met through my former blog and became e-friends. She’s a sweetheart and I can’t wait to meet her in person Inch’Allah. I asked her to be my first guest contributor in my new “Blessed Friday” column because I knew that she would let her heart speak. First I would like to apologize if anything I’m about to write offends anyone in any type of way.As a Muslim young woman, Fridays are very special to me. In Islam, Friday is holy and is a day of peace and mercy, so I guess it can be called …


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Love me some good old tea, mine a bit minty s’il vous plait!! When in Dakar, if you ever find yourself in need of good old cup of tea a la North African style, check out my boy Soufiane’s creperie. It’s by the water, the crowd is mixed, the crepes are yummy & the tea is soothing . Here’s their contact information: A Praihan Creperie Face a la plage du Vivier, Routes des Almadies. (221) 77-303-4089 Yaye


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Yaye Marie Ba’s unique blog aims to unite women from every corner of Africa and the diaspora. « We are rich with beautiful differences but, just like our 10 fingers, we areunited ; we are all from Africa », she says. The US university graduate says ignorance and curiosity are what inspired her to begin her blog. She documents the present and future lives of African women, setting them apart from their past ang giving them the opportunity to gain confidence from each other, creating a sense of community. She coined the term « fabulafricana » to describe her ideal perception for the modern African woman,who is, she is, « a young woman who has goals ; who falls down sometimes but always gets back up ». Ba now lives in Dakar, Senegal, and her blog updates readers on the rise of African women in music, theatre and photography. Recent posts have included Angelique Kidjo and Racky Diack. …


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For the last 8 years, the habitants of Goree have opened so kindly their yards to this festival’s visitors. Literally, this festival allows you to walk around this small historical island and get into people’s houses while they go on about their business cleaning their houses, washing their dishes ect…au naturel basically. This year I went with my friend Yacine, we were a bit hesitant at first because of June’s blazing heat. Goree is partly all hills so I was feeling bit lazy…but what a great dayyyy we spent discovering talented, humble and friendly people. We started out with the art wok of a former student a l’ecole des Beaux Art de Dakar,Madior Dieng. He described his work as working in a surreal yet real world, a better world. I loved his vision and had a better understanding for his use of vivid colors .The light in his eyes, the passion …


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