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With the stellar chart success of her band’s 2009 album Wild Young Heart, her unrivalled bid for the title of the funkiest soul diva of the Noughties and a stage persona that is larger than life, it is easy to assume that the frontwoman of Britain’s coolest rock band The Noisettes, Shingai Shoniwa, will be a classic diva. But Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo is pleasantly surprised to discover otherwise. More...
For some young girls in Kenya, their first sexual experiences are often violent and violating. They are coerced, forced or sold into intercourse whilst still only children. This shattering of innocence often leads to a spiral of teenage pregnancy, school drop-outs, continued and frequent abuse and increased risk of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases. Selina Cuff reports from Nairobi. More...
Throughout history, keeping the race ‘pure’ has been an obsession with certain groups. Human beings find difference fascinating and have used it to conquer, oppress and oppose groups that are unlike them in appearance. Africans in particular have been the beneficiaries of this antipathy. However, interracial love in Africa is more common than ever. What is the attraction of a romance between different ethnic groups? asks Luso Katali Mnthali. More...


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What’s the buzz…News roundup
Make sense of you world with Oma Edoja

COVER STORY
Afro-Bohemian chic
Shingai Surprise
Portrait of a designer
Tinu Naija: The One to Watch

FASHION TRENDSETTERS
Ethical fashion: Don’t’ bin it, recycle!
Diva Delicious straw bags
A twist or three: N’damus Clutch bags
Bold statements: La Diosa jewellery

CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS
Beverley Knight: Diva with soul
Angela Griffin: Drama, diets and Denzel Washington

HAIR & BEAUTY
Black celebrities’ hair do’s and don’ts
Catwalk trends
Get the look: Alicia Keys
Top 10 hair products
Healthy hair for life
Valentine’s beauty buys: The colour of love

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS
Bridal fashion by Kosibah
Interracial love
Forbidden love: The sugar daddy syndrome

HOT ISSUE
Postponing motherhood: The rise of the career woman
Marriage: Is the fairytale crumbing?

REAL LIFE
Amazing Grace: Saving abused children
Kenya: The destruction of innocence

FAMILY & PARENTING
Parenting Corner with Masanda Peter
Kids’ fashion: Bright, fun and cute by Isossy
Helping children through failure

ARTS & CULTURE
African poetry with Lebo Mashile
African film: Sabar – Life in dance

FOOD & DRINK
Chef Collin Brown: Come and dine with me
Mama G: Soweto’s McDonald’s lady

Book Reviews

 
 

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