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24
April
2012“Fathers & Mothers be good to your daughters”:)
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Posté par Fabulafricana
Good morning guys:) It’s quite early here in Dakar but I can’t sleep lol so I figured I would share the beautiful experience that is Sia Tolno live:) A couple of years ago I watched her on the Africa Stars show produced by Claudy Siar.I remenber her for her big smile, big voice, curvacious shape & I remenber that she would always bring a smile on the faces of the different contestants ,guests and tv host.However what I didn’t know and found out this weekend was how amazing of a songwriter & perfomer she is.Yep I had a grown woman in front me, not the cute young woman I remenbered and that was a BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE!On the show she was representing Guinea but I found out that she is Sierra Leonan. She was a uni student when the war started she quickly relocated to Guinea.There she sang at bars, clubs, …
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19
April
2012T to the Tolerance:)
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Good day everyobdy:) Hope all is well & that you are navigating through the river of your life with hope & enthusiasm.Today’s post was inspired by this Dakarois city bayefall.Dakar bayefalls are known to be over the top persuasive in asking for donations, they do not hesitate to pursue you with their calabashes, their bargaining and they don’t stray away from physically touching you and sometimes it’s very irritating.This guy’s eagerness to smile for the camera made me realize that I needed to be a bit more tolerant towards other human beings. Lately I’ve been meeting and learning from people from various backgrounds in Senegal, learning what they are all about while staying true to myself.My religion contrarly to what misiformed people may think is a religion of peace and humility.We are encouraged to be kind , loving and tolerant toward each other.In one of my fav’ book “The Ideal …
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Hello guys:) how are you all? Alhamdoulilah I’m doing good, I’ve been running & running some more trying to find interesting things to share with you all.Yesterday Yacine and I went to the first meeting hosted by the Senegalese Young Women Association and it was a nice little event.I’ve learned to what extent young professional women face sexual harassment here, it’s crazy.It’s one of the reasons why Mamy Fall, the President founded this association.Se was fed up with the inapropriate male executive and decision makers were treating women, basically in order to get a deal done you had 2 sometimes (but enough times )close your eyes on their behaviors.I’ve heard stories of women who would go meet a male client, leave his office after the apointment and later on receive phone calls or text messages suggesting sexual unwanted invites , yes people it’s that crazy.The association would like to give …
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I just can’t wait to see this movie, I was looking at the trailer and pffff everything about the movie touches me, the subject of children soldiers particularly the voice of a female child soldier, the soundtrack,the cinematrography,the albinos child solider lover story line ..I had to watch the trailer a couple times..just can’t wait.The main character Komona is played by first time ever actress Rachel Mwanza.Rachel’s own life is a bit tragic, she lived on the sreets for a while when her parents fled the Congo during the war.The film director Kim Nguyen picked her among other candidates because he felt that there was someting special about her and he was right.The movie is about a teenager Komona who was kidnapped at age 12 by rebels after they forced her to kill her parents.She narrates her story to her unborn child.During these tragic times, killing people armed with an …
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picture courtesy of the NYU Gallatin edu website I admire this woman because she keeps on beating all the odds.Se was born in post-apartheid Soweto in a financially struggling family but where education was always stressed as a must. While in high school encouraged by her mother Magogodi didn’t hesitate to apear on TV to ask for funding to attend school in America. Among her many academic achievements,this brilliant young woman attended Gallatin NYU for a master degree whith an emphasis on African social entrepreneurship & business for social change.She’s the co-founder of Zenzele Circle an angel network which helps African start up and medium sized entrepreneurs link up with western and african angel capital investors. One of Zenzele Circle’s goal consists of :”We are working toward the long-term goal of developing Africa’s local seed and early stage capital markets, by facilitating co-investment between western investors and a new generation …
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16
April
2012“Dakar Emoi”,a Beautiful Coffee Table Book!
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I’m always complaining about the lack of beautiful coffee table books penned by African writers & photographers until I found this gorgeous book written by an African creative group lead by producer Ghael Samb Fall.The book consists of a serie of beautiful texts, poems & photographs.You may know some of the authors featured like Wasis Diop,Jacob Desvarieux,DJ Awadi,Khady Sylla,Nafissatou Dia Diouf….Among the photographers featured,you’ll find Fatou Kande Senghor,Jacques Daniel Ly,Matar Ndour,Matar Lika Gueye.. bref very interesting people with their own perspectives of Dakar. The book is edited by a local publishing firm Vives Voix,the main sponsors are local, so people see the dream is possible.I love the book and I know that I’ll read it again, they’ve really captured the complexity , the generosity, the vibrant personality, the rough edges , the hope, the colors, the coquettishness, the “Yallah bakhna mentality”(God is good mentality), the nostaliga one feels when they …
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