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Sharon Ojong, Arese Ugwu, VJ Kola and Ahah Nnnani Attend Zazaii Catwalk and Cocktails Party

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Zazaii flagship store, at 36 Balarabe Musa Street, Victoria Island, was bubbly with fun, colours, media personalities and drinks from Martell on the 27th of August, as Zazaii showcases some of the best African brands’ collections on the catwalk.
Zazaii is known for being a one stop platform for African designers like Andrea Iyamah, Ejiro Amos, Eve and Tribe, Bibi Lawrence to showcase their fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands and it’s been a huge success for the past five years. [/dropcap]
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BBL Consult Introduces Speak Awards Africa

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] BBL Consult Limited, an Accra based consultancy firm has revealed its latest concept, dubbed, Speak Awards Africa; an award show to recognize artisans and other stakeholders in the creative arts industry, who have successfully managed their brands.
The three-day event is scheduled to take place from November 29 to December 1, in 2 segments. The first segment will occur on November 29 and 30, which consists a conference and an exhibition show. The conference will discuss various topics and the importance of fusing business into creative arts whiles the exhibition show will create a platform for the display of arts and merchandise.  [/dropcap]
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Back To School Checklist For All Age Groups

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] The holiday season is drawing to an end and it’s time to go back to school. Our children are taller and many of their writing materials, backpacks and more need a change.

In the mist of wrapping up the holidays and resettling to our everyday routine, several important item may be forgotten when shopping for our children’s going back to school.
In this post, we have created a practical checklist to help you remember the essential items every child, young adult or adult going back to school will require.
Say bye to the stress filled days after the holidays! We’ve even gone the extra mile to make checklist charts you can pin for later use here… [/dropcap]
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Top 22 Styles To Sew With Adire Cloth in Nigeria 2017

[dropcap custom_class=”bl”]The various styles to sew with Adire cloth are becoming more innovative and trendsetting everyday. There is an unmissable hype on the Adire fabric and it has gone beyond using plain old Adire textiles to sew the stereotypical iro and buba, agbada and bubus etc. Now, more fashionable ready to wear Adire pieces are popping up everywhere for stylish millennials.[/dropcap]
In 2017 alone, there has been an amazing trend of styles sewn with different variations of the Adire fabric.
If you are looking for top styles to sew with Adire cloth in Nigeria, then you might want to read this article to the very end, because I guarantee that I am not about to bore you.Continue reading

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Football & Chill Births in Lagos

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Organizers of Football & Chill have announced the maiden edition of the much anticipated social networking event which will slated to kick of in Lagos with subsequent editions across major cities in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.
Football & Chill is a social development and social networking initiative aimed at advancing the Football culture in Nigeria and to foster togetherness by celebrating Football as a unifying factor in a fun filled, secured and an entertaining atmosphere. [/dropcap]
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Catwalks and Cocktails by Zazaii

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Zazaii is back again with another party to blow your minds and it’s called Catwalk and Cocktails, sponsored by Martell. Zazaii’s Catwalk and Cocktail party is happening on the 27th of August at its flagship store. [/dropcap]
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Speak Awards Africa

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Speak Awards Africa, an annual celebration of brands that have excelled in the creative arts industry, makes its entry into Ghana’s space with its launch on the 23rd of September and the main event from November 29th to December 1st, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Accra. [/dropcap]
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Beautiful Heritage Exhibition

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] You are invited to the Beautiful Heritage exhibition. An exhibition of Style, Elegance and fun pieces of clothing items (for Men & Women), Jewelry and home decor.
This exhibition is a collaboration between three indigenous businesses run by women entrepreneurs. Proverbs Creations by Bukola Adenuga, African Idy by Idy Toye-Arulogun and Eira by Ronke Akpata. [/dropcap]
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The History Of Aso-Oke Textile

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Aso-oke is the traditional wear of the Yoruba’s (the tribe of the southwest people in Nigeria, Africa). The Yoruba’s are the second largest tribe in Nigeria after the Northerners. Aso-Oke is a cloth that is worn on special occasions by the Yoruba’s usually for chieftaincy, festivals, engagement, naming ceremony and other important events.

It is said that “the beauty of Aso-Oke comes out more when it is taken as Aso-Ebi (group of people e.g. friends, families e.t.c)”, however Bellafricana is prepared to show the beauty of Aso-Oke in interior decorations, fashion, shoes, bags and many more.

Cloth weaving (Aso-Oke) started centuries ago amongst the Yoruba’s but predominantly amongst the Iseyin’s (Oyo-State), Ede (Osun State) and Okene (Kogi State) and some areas in Ghana. The fibres used for weaving are either locally sourced or brought from neighbouring states (northern parts of the country).

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3 Lessons To Learn From The EFCC Social Media Handler

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was set up by the Nigerian government to fight corruption and has a high level of support from the presidency, so imagine our surprise when sometime in 2016, the commissions twitter account “came alive” and constantly encompassed it’s followers with a healthy dose of laughs and thought provoking tweets daily [/dropcap]Continue reading

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