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Hello you guys, I figured that I would go ahead and share about today’s journey. It started with a good old paella at my friend Yacine’s brotha’s house, thanks for the paella Ouleye(his wife), you are an awesome cook & host…Belly full & happy we went to Douta Seck where women in architecture showcased via images & videos their work..Ohhh I was so happy because I’ve been meaning to share the work of  Cameroonian architect Francoise N’thepe but just like I was explaining to her I wasn’t lucky finding suitable press pictures.Afterward we made our way toward Gaal Gui art gallery where Edu & Mbaye were showcasing their work, I love their space ,the goldish & yellow tones of the walls compliment their paintings.Everybody was really nice towards us , we couldn’t stay long because we had to go see other exhibits, but def’ if you are in town go …


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Salamalekoum err’body How are y’all , hope you are spending beautifully your saturday:) Life is good Alhamdoulilah , I had a buzy friday afternnon & evening.Dak’Art is rich in beautiful events & it’s taking shape slowly & surely.There are so many international artsy people in town, whether act collectors, artists, writers, art comissioners ect. Going from one place to another you’re sure 2 bump into people you’ve met at another place earlier in the day lol, love to see the afropean sense of style as well.Yacine , Mimi & I met at IFAN which I was happy to see renovated, because a couple of years ago it wad a real tragedy.Our Culture Minister & beloved Musician Youssou Ndour was in the place , it’s nice to see him working his new title, and I think being that he comes from a musical background he has a bit of knowledge on …


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Good afternoon , it’s hooot, summer is ringing his bells, ready?don’t know ..I’m not much of a heat & sweat type of girl but I do like my blue sky & my sunny delight:) Anywhoo so a friend of mine invited me to check out the International women group event, I already knew some of the vendors from prior events .But … buut there are still some crafty people that I didn’t know. You want an example sure, take for example Sandrine Gomis the designer of the the ethnik wax products brand Unangarou, she seems like a cool woman , spoke a little bit & gathered that she’s based in Saint Louis , Senegal . She’s half guadeloupean & Senegalese, she’s been featured on Plus d’Afrique & Miss Ebene, yaye where have u been lol:) I loved the handbags, the cute little ballet wax shoes, nice stuff:) I got to …


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Salamalekoum la gente, missing you guys:) I know I went MIA lol sorry about that, hope you had a good week… hope thing are good:) Sailing aight thanks to the AlMighty, things this week are ok, family, friends, the him,work things ..yes all these beautiful things of life are sailing ok, Alhamdoulilah , not taking it for granted though:)The Dak’Art 2012 is officially open today, well a few hours from now, I’ve got a small taste of it already though..I checked out  the beautiful colorful paintings by Christine Pilot & the equally gorgeous ceramic work by her husband Mauro Petroni.I had never been to his art studio before & waouh his art studio is quite agreable.He presented a  beautiful black & brownish  goldish collection of ceramic plates (hand made). I had seen this elegant man  at various Dakarois art events but I didn’t know in what artisitic field he worked …


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So much energy, waouh the capoera performers did their thang  yesterday at the CCF.Remenber I was telling you about my friend Apollo and his capoera school, well yesterday they did their thang:) I loved the fusion btw Senegalese traditonal & contemporary dance with angola & regional capoera…see now I know the difference between the two:) During the first part of the show they performed a slower type of capoera called angola capoera , they performed it with traditional dancers evoking slavery and the emotional turmoil that our ancestors lived ..It was really executed:) Now during the second part of the show  the beat was much faster, the movements muh faster, boy their bodies are haaaaard waouh … The performers were diverse, there were some white people, Senegalese, non senegalese but Africans, men, young men, young boys, young ladies they had a ball..now when the brazilian band came on , drums …


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Fabulafricana famille’oo …bene lepeu le wone …. Il etait une fois, once upon a time there was a twenty five years old Toukouleur « 21st century princess »You know the kind of sista who understand that we have to embrace change, conquer fear and  take it to the streets .That’s what I dig about this young Senegalese designer & entrepreneur .. she gets it .:) .A couple of weeks ago I participated in  a freestyle photoshoot with her peeps… we went around the city taking pics .I felt inspired by their thirst & their go- getter atitute.The people she keeps around her, believe in her vision, they’re hip , they’re hop, they’re senegalese young adults, they’re streets. While we were taking the pics they turned everything to color, Selly paid attention to each detail, the color of a wall, the attitude of the people around her… The experiences that we are given abroad, the internet …


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Yes what’s good with the people I featured on my former blog ( www.yayemarieba.blogspot.com) …Yes,I’ve been wondering what they’ve been up 2 so why not share it with you.I meant to write a piece about German -South African soul artist Joy Denalane years ago but I never got to it until  today.I’m mainly going to focus on Joy’s thrid album ” Maureen”.She wanted to go back to the basics on this project starting from the name of this album, Maureen is her middle name thus the name of this project.She spent time between Germany & Philadelpha on this project, working with musicians that she admires on both sides of the world.Joy feels that this album is her most soulful album, she has songs that have Tina Turner, Diana Ross , Tina Marie influences. I sense a new calmness about her , she seems to know & be quite comfortable within …


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Good morning, I woke up with this India Arie song in my head, the lyrics speak to me ….enjoy your day, Life is good, Alhamdouliah:)


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Hello you guyz, can you believe that we are in the 5th month of the year…It’s crazy how time flies..It just seems like we were in january a few weeks ago and now summer is around the corner..This just goes out to show how we have 2 be productive with our time while at the same time enjoy life:) My overall goal for the next 3 months is just to do that Live, live InchAllah the most simply way ..I’m working on a Fabulafricana project that involves daily picture taking & writing , I would like to make of working out a daily thing as well, would like to visit my family more often, tighten my friendships , be open to new people ,pray more often, learn new surahs,avoid drama as much as possible..bref u gets it, Happy  May you guys:)


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Good morning guys,as usual I’m still awake yes it’s bad ..I need to learn how to sleep at night lol. Anywhoo this past weekend the 72 Hours Roller festival took place in Dakar, unfortunately my weekend was jammed packed so I was only able to take a few pics  but it seemend like it was a huge success.Part of the festival took place in Medina a popular neighberhood where a lot of kids are forgotten so it was nice for them to discover that sport.Rollerblading seems to be quite in vogue lately, I see groups of teenagers rollerblading here and there, just want them to be careful because traffic can be crazy out here.Just had time to take a few pics of the kids having fun, will try to follow some of the roller clubs in Dakar and give you more info.By the way here’s a link to start of …


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