Category: Arts & Crafts
Historical Art : The Ancient Benin Bronze Carvings
Art is a powerful tool, used in conveying and expressing one’s feelings and thoughts. Art is also a means of preserving memories and history. Africa in itself is an expression of unique and ancient cities like Benin, Ile Ife, Ibadan and many more, have a unique way of exhibiting their art. (more…)
Time Out: Let's Check Out These Amazing Craft By Oludidit
My initial understanding of the word craft were paintings or sculptures. But growing up and gaining exposure I have come to have a better perception.
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Time Out: Let's Check Out These Amazing Craft By Oludidit
My initial understanding of the word craft were paintings or sculptures. But growing up and gaining exposure I have come to have a better perception.
DIY Craft Series: How To Make A Tote Bag From An Old T-Shirt
It’s true that lack births genius, and that’s what led to me to discovering about this craft tote bag. Having had a shortage of plastic bags to use for grocery shopping I went on the internet and viola.
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DIY Craft Series: How To Make A Footmat From Old Clothes
Before discovering this DIY, I honestly cannot count the number of times we changed our footmat while growing up. And thanks to dad being a lover of new brands and innovation, we stayed on track with every new release.
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Beaded Jewelry Always A Fashion Statement Piece
In Nigeria, the rhythmic sync of the drums, the passion in the dance, alluring display of the native dishes, matching attires and yes of course beaded Jewelry!!! A traditional wedding is never complete without these, and it also cuts across most countries in Africa. (more…)
Fashion Illustration Just The 'It Thing' You Need
Fashion illustration initially were drawings used only to visualize the concept of designers. Prior to this point never would I have imagined that other things could be done with it, asides gifting it as a framed picture.
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Perfect Gift Cards For Your Significant Other By NJP
When it comes to giving gift cards in Nigeria…most especially to my significant other .. Wow! I rack my brain for days endlessly. Social media has not made it any easier, with the stunts people pull (guys in most cases), you begin to wonder if you are indeed living or just merely existing. Instagram stories and twitter bloggers, not necessarily the gift givers, but the unpaid hype men.
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DIY: Turn Your Dress Into A Peplum Top Without Needles
I have always liked the idea of a DIY, helps to show my creative side. I discovered it back in high school.. honestly a lack in a desired urgent need births innovation from within. Thanks to impulsive buying at times, or overuse of some choice clothing, I end up having a pile of unused clothes neatly arranged for trashing.
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Smart Decor Tips To Styling Your Home Like A Pro
With faint memories from the 90’s, the top notch decor in a home then was; a welcome mat, a rug, a 14′ television set, 4/5 sofa’s symmetrically arranged to fit the parlor, and pictures. If you did not have this standard decor set-up in your parlor in the 90’s, deep down you would know something was missing.
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Introducing the Hibiskus Naturals @hibiskusnaturals_ Uplifting massage oil for a mood uplifting massage.
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Its powerful nutrients hydrate tissues and uplifts the mood. The therapeutic grade essential oils promote relaxation and calmness, while uplifting your mood and nourishing your skin.
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Also This exclusively formulated massage oil contains a blend of essential oils with balancing and reviving properties.
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Cooling herbs that calms, soothes and relaxes tension, softens the skin while providing a buffer from the irritations of daily life, Promotes clear, healthy skin.
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Available at supermarket close to you. Check out @hibiskusnaturals_ bio for a list if retails stores to shop from.
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#BellafricanaVerifiedBrand #HibiskusNaturals #Bellafricana
Bellafricana is a platform for credible and quality creative indigenous brands to be seen by customers locally and globally. .
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When your business is Bellafricana Verified, people are sure that they can trust your brand and purchase from you. This is because Bellafricana has always been associated with quality, and this has helped customers around the world trust members of our community more. .
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Are you a producer of creative #indigenous #fashion pieces, #health and #beauty products, home and living accessories, #arts and #craft or even food produce and snacks. Then you should definitely come on board the #Bellafricana #Community (we prefer to be called Family 😍)
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Call Beatrice the Community Manager on 08086363970 or send an email to community@bellafricana.com , and she will put you through on how to become a #BellafricanaVerifiedMember. .
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2019 is a year to #scale 💹, take this #opportunity now and watch your #business gain new heights. 📌 Remember, together, we will go farther. .
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Become #BellafricanaVerified Today.
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Richelieu Dennis was born and raised in Liberia. He moved to America to attend college and graduated in 1991 but Liberia was in a civil war, so he was unable to return home. He then started the Sundial brand with his college roommate Nyema Tubman, and his mother Mary Dennis.
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They began making soaps developed from his grandmother’s recipes in their apartment in Queens, New York and started selling them on the streets of New York City to survive. That same brand sits on the shelves of major stores all over the world as Shea Moisture.
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Shea Moisture is a personal care company with a focus on the personal care needs of black women all around the world. Richelieu and his mother Mary Dennis started their company out of a need to survive, but have built it based on a mission not only to help others survive, but to prosper.
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Moving from selling Shea butter on the street, to creating a strong retail chain across the globe. This is #Goals
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#BlackOwnedBusinesses #BlackEnterprise #PositivelyBlack #Businesss #Structure #Bellafricana #BusinessCommunity #CommunityNetworks
This past weekend was bitter-sweet for many of us. From the postponed presidential elections voting exercise to seeing a video of someone shot by a member of the Nigerian customs on one of our federal roads, and many other happenings that we do not yet know about.
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With everything going on, giving up and running away may be your next best option. But I'd like to challenge you to get up, dress up, show up and change the game.
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The world still needs you.
#Motivation #Bellafricana #Monday #WorkdayMotivation
Dear Creative, have you applied for the The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship program? You know we agreed to sleep on our businesses this 2019
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This year, one of the goals of the Tony Elumelu Foundation is to increase participation and representation from women-run businesses in Africa.
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If you have an innovative business idea or a business in existence that is less than 3 years old in any sector, apply now on TEFConnect: www.tefconnect.com.
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If you are selected, you will join the Foundation's current 4,470 TEF alumni and you will receive non-refundable $5,000 seed capital, access to mentors, top-rated business training, access to a network of African entrepreneurs and opportunities for you and your business to share a global stage.
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Don't waste any more time oh!
APPLY RIGHT AWAY on TEFConnect here: www.tefconnect.com.
Deadline is March 1, 2019
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#AfricanEntrepreneur #TEFWoman #TEFAlumni #TEF #TEFEntrepreneur #Bellafricana #BellafricanaCommunity #CommunityNetworks @ Lagos State
