Still doing Africa proud! Kenyan Oscar winner and People’s Most beautiful woman, Lupita Nyong’o keeps covering major magazines in the US. She just landed the cover of US Vogue and that is a great deal. Those who know the Vogue Editor, Anna Wintour knows you have got to be an A-list celebrity and fashion Icon to appear on Vogue magazine.  She wore designs by Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Givenchy, Jonathan Saunders, Prada, T by Ale… read more

Zuriel Elise Oduwole is a 10 year old girl, but not just your regular 10-year-old. The extraordinary Nigerian-American child has put her name down in the history and record books as the youngest person ever to be interviewed in Forbes. The interview with the award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa. At the tender age 0f 10, Zuriel possesses an amazing talent that has… read more

11 year-old Nigerian, American wonder kid, Zuriel Oduwole gives an insight into her new project to campaign for girls education. Zuriel, a documentary filmmaker, who made her first documentary film at 9, has interviewed several African Heads of States. She has also interviewed some famous global celebrity and business leaders. Zuriel is the youngest person to be featured on Forbes Magazine.  … read more

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare produced a strong second half to win the women’s 200m at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Paris. Okagbare got into her stride in the final 80 metres to overtake American, Allyson Felix, who held a slight lead coming off the bend. The African sprint champion crossed the line in 22.32 seconds, 2 hundredths of a second ahead of Felix.… read more

Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born December 21, 1985),professionally known by her stage name Seyi Shay, is a Nigerian based English singer-songwriter, recording artist, performer,and record producer. Shay was born and raised in London, England, to Nigerian parents. Her mother was from Northern Nigeria and her dad is a native of Ife. She has two elder brothers and an older sister. She and her siblings were raised by their single mother. Shay grew up in a … read more

Nigerian-born writer Teju Cole is emerging as a pop star African thinker and someone young-er, African intellectuals are scrambling to talk to. In essence, he lends cool to African literacy which has long needed a dose of youthful relevance injected into it. Brooklyn based Cole is famed, firstly for his acerbic prose and coining the phrase, 'the White Savior Industrial Complex', post the Kony scandal of March 2012 which gave him instant onl… read more

Christian Ngan left Cameroon in 2002 to study in Paris, and was then employed by French firms in private equity and investment banking. But in 2012, he made the life-changing decision to quit his job and move back to Cameroon to start Madlyn Cazalis, a bio-cosmetics company that produces natural body oils, lotions and soaps for the Cameroon market, as well as some neighbouring countries in Central Africa. Ngan, now aged 30, is also the founder of Gol… read more

If you know anything about the Cannes film festival, apart from the movies, it’s all about the fashion. On the 15th of May, 12 Years a Slave Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o was present at the Calvin Klein Collection party celebrating Women in Film at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Princess Lupita bounced back in style in a strapless shimmery blue dress with a stylish cut-out. She accessorized with diamond stud earrin… read more

GLEEHD Foundation for Leadership and International Development provided the perfect platform for emerging African leaders and professionals to network with their peers and build new relationships through their exchange programs. This year, participants were taken to North America and Europe – Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Canada and Spain for the Spring Programs. The programs are aligned with their core values as an international NGO – headquart… read more

“Let me weep, Solomon”. Just that scene made Adepero Oduye simply unforgettable in Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong’o weren’t the only Africans in the Best Picture Academy Award winning movie. Meet Adepero Oduye, an American-Nigerian actress. If you’ve seen the movie, she’s that woman who couldn’t stop crying Adepero starred as Eliza in the film. Eliza was separated … read more

John Boyega (born 17 March 1992) is a British actor of Nigerian origin, best known for playing Moses in the 2011 sci-fi film Attack the Block. Boyega was born in Peckham, London,to Nigerian parents.His first role was that of a leopard in a play at his primary school at the age of five.He attended Westminister City School as a teenager. He later took part in various school productions and attended classes at Theatre Peckham. He was a performing arts s… read more

A while ago, Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong‘o was named as one of the new faces of luxury brand Miu Miu. Now, we have a fun and retro eye wear campaign for their Spring/Summer 2014 collection featuring her fellow Miu Miu muses – Elle Fanning, Bella Heathcote and Elizabeth Olsen. The campaign was shot by Inez and Vindooh and conveys a sophisticated vision of feminine beauty with the models laughing and having fun.… read more

It's one of Oprah's favorite stories ever. Meet Tererai Trent, a woman who traveled more than 10,000 miles to make her greatest dreams come true. A young girl in rural Zimbabwe, Tererai Trent lived without running water and electricity and had no hope for her future. "I remember very well my father pointing to my brothers and the other boys in the village and saying: 'These are the breadwinners of tomorrow. We need to educate them. We need to send th… read more

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has announced the appointment of a Nigerian, Deputy Inspector Olufunmilo Obe, as the Commander of the 28th Precinct in New York City.  She replaces Deputy Inspector Kevin Williams who has been given a new assignment at the Counterterrorism Bureau. Deputy Inspector Obe was appointed to the New York City Police Department in February 1994, and began her career on patrol in the 17th Precinct.  She was prom… read more

Go Africa! Afropolitan360 is so excited to share this news. Kwasi Enin, a 17-year old Ghanaian-American has been accepted into not 2, not 4, but 8 ivy league colleges and universities in America. They include Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth and Columbia. Kwasi is a senior at William Floyd High School, and is son of immigrant nurses from Ghana. “By applying to all eight, I figured it would better th… read more

On Friday 28th March 2014, “When Is it Enough“, a film written by Nollywood actress Stella Damasus was screened in New York City, New York. The film is based on a true life story and sheds light on the issue of domestic violence and the roles that the African society has played to aggravate it. Nollywood producer/director Daniel Ademinokan directed the flick. The movie is under Index Two Studios, a production com… read more

Peter and Paula Imafidon, Nigerian eight-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in Northeast London, are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education. The two youngest Nigerian siblings are about to make British history as the youngest students to ever enter high school. They astounded veteran experts of academia when they became the youngest to ever pass the University of Cambridge’s advanced mathematics exam. Th… read more

Nigerian pop superstar Davido recently kicked off his first US/Canada Tour with his HKN crew. At his show in New York City, the party goers came out in full force. rn The sold out event saw a huge turnout that it had to be shut down by the New York Fire Departmentdue to concerns of over capacity.… read more

TASCHEN has relaunched a book on Peter Beard's fascinating - at times shocking - art that was first published in 2006 and instantly sold out. Now the collage-like collection of photographs, diary entries, text and drawings is available again. Beard, who was born in 1938 in New York, started writing personal journals as a child and soon began complementing his notes with photography. In 1955, he read Karen Blixen's Out of Africa, which inspired him t… read more

A fashion stop-motion animation/motion picture which depicts an antsy lady in anticipation of her group of accomplices for their 'take over'. The she-group stealthily make it to their secret venue. Their assembly is spearheaded by a faceless powerful female. The film ends with a significant victory walk in slow motion. While the City serves as their backdrop, they emerge victoriously to Fela's Shakara, no longer having to disguise their identity or mo… read more

Nigerian-born writer Teju Cole is emerging as a pop star African thinker and someone young-er, African intellectuals are scrambling to talk to. In essence, he lends cool to African literacy which has long needed a dose of youthful relevance injected into it. Brooklyn based Cole is famed, firstly for his acerbic prose and coining the phrase, 'the White Savior Industrial Complex', post the Kony scandal of March 2012 which gave him instant onl… read more

HAIRY LEMON ISLAND, Uganda - As the landlocked country of Uganda embarks on an ambitious national works project to construct a hydroelectric dam across the Nile River, one of its economic lifelines and national treasures is being forever altered. For millenniums the Nile has had Class 5 rapids near its source, making it Uganda's premier tourist attraction. At Bujagali Falls, where the 250-megawatt power station is being built, hundreds of … read more

Some call it a movement, some think of it as a personal journey. Maybe it's just another trend, but for many it is a crucial matter of identity. Regardless of your perspective, there is no doubt that there's a lot of talk nowadays about black women "going natural". It isn't a particularly recent development, but if you take a look around, there are more black women today rocking buzz cuts, twists, braids, up-dos and of course, the 'fro - in all its g… read more

Done any reading lately? Need a few great book suggestions and open to Africa's diverse authors and stories? You've come to the right place. Ali Mazrui's AFRICA'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY project was first suggested at the 1998 Zimbabwe International Book Fair in Harare. Mazrui's best books list was an effort to throw light on the achievements of African writers who have creatively pulled together stellar works of literature that capture t… read more

Is there always a prior epistemic awareness of a photograph's time and place? Visual cues in the background may provide some hints. However, should that be the standardized guideline in each and every case? Justice Mukheli, Innocent Mukheli and Vuyo Mpantsha from Soweto, South Africa, collectively known as 'I See A Different You', break down this way systemic way of critiquing in their work, documenting all types of urban landscapes of South Africa an… read more

Built in the sixth century AD, with curved wood panels, painted ceilings and walls dedicated to the legend of Saint Aregawi, the history of the secretive monastery of Debre Damo is simply reverential. When I was 18, I spent close to two weeks traipsing through central Germany, visiting over ten monasteries in a jodukus - a journey characterized by setting aside one's base desires and embarking on a pilgrimage to visit monasteries, and somehow achieve… read more

Meals inspired by Africa, but infused with ingredients, techniques and flavors from around the world...The Afropolitan Way! Afropolitan Chef is the Culinary Lifestyle Brand for busy passionate professionals who crave budget friendly, flavorful eating with flare. Afropolitan Chef will teach you how to cook easily and quickly, African inspired meals. African Fusion. A cosmopolitan African perspective. Created by Fashion and Entertainment Entrepreneur, Y… read more