City Walk Donates 2000 Pairs Of Shoes To Ajuma Foundation
The reason why I’m standing here today and have partnered with City Walk is because of the children. The teachers told me the children walk eight hours a day back and forth from school. And when you look at the children’s feet, they have wounds on their feet from thorns and rocks. It’s just a handful of them who have shoes. It was a really huge weight for me to carry. And I just wanted to say, ...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz Unveils the Virgil Abloh-Designed Project Maybach Show Car at Art Basel Miami Beach
The Project Maybach unveiling is just one of what are sure to be many tributes to Abloh during Art Basel Miami. On Tuesday, Louis Vuitton dedicated its Spring Summer 2022 show to his life and legacy. Abloh had worked at the fashion house since 2018 when he became the first Black artistic director of a major French luxury label.
Read MoreGlamorous Fashion Show: Tribal Chic 2021 A Different World
Tribal Chic is the biggest, most anticipated event in Nairobi. It is an annual fashion show held at Nairobi’s most prestigious 5-star boutique hotel. With its unique architecture and inspiring interiors, Tribe Hotel echoes the true image of Africa; a hip, dazzling, sophisticated, creative, and culturally rich continent. This year in partnership with the Colombian Embassy we will be hosting the top designers, Mercedes Campuzano and Hernán Zajar. In the spirit of African Fashion, Mercedes Campuzano will also ...
Read MoreSecondhand fashion: Is it really good for Africa?
The debate will continue to run. However, certain facts stand out: local news reports suggest that, a few decades ago, some half a million people were employed in Kenya’s textile industry. More recent national statistics, from 2014, put that figure around 38,000, although this is increasing slightly each year. Still, people in the clothing sector across Africa try to find positives. Sel Kofiga, a multimedia artist based in Ghana, runs Slum Studio, which retrieves clothes that would otherwise end up in ...
Read MoreWho is Mungai Eve
She was born Evelyn Wanjiku Mungai in Gachiku village, Murang’a county on 6th April 2000. Her life growing up was pretty much smooth until she was in Grade five when her mother suddenly became very sick. She required two surgeries and a lot of money went into paying the hospital bills. Today, she is doing well and she says both her parents are very supportive.
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