Orijin Culture: African Caribbean Business Council 2011
Watch Highlights of the Round Table below.. Orijin’s Memorable message from the great event: “In our minds all of us when we leave this hall, we need...
South Africa
A Letter to Mama Afrika in Heaven: “Ninakupenda Malaika”
Dear mama Afrika It has been two years since you left us and my tears have not dried up yet, still flowing like the river Nile through the Kenyan forest , up on the mountain...
Remember Me: AFI’s Africa Fashion Week…
Africa Fashion Week in Johannesburg, South Africa organized by African Fashion International (AFI) is one of the most important fashion events in Africa. With the aim of highlighting some of the best in African fashion and...
Ubuntu .. the essence of being human: Celebrating the Life of Desmond Tutu
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”– Desmond Tutu The apartheid regime and battle to overcome it in South Africa will...
Col Gaddafi a True African and ‘King of Kings?’
Col Gaddafi was declared “king of kings” after a meeting this over 200 African Kings and traditional rulers in 2008. This rather grandiose title was bestowed upon the now ousted Libyan leader after his...
African Sex + Culture Series 1: (Gukuna Imishino) Labia Elongation
I remember at the age of 13, a few weeks after I had succumbed to the calls of Mother Nature – my first period came – one of my mother’s friends called me into...
Winnie Mandela is not Mad at Jennifer Hudson but She is Mad Nonetheless!
Upon hearing that Jennifer Hudson, an American, was chosen to portray one of their most prominent and captivating figures, Winnie Madizki-Mandela, the the Creative Workers Union of South Africa lambasted Hollywood for undermining South...
RIP “Mama Sisulu”: One of South Africa’s ‘Greatest Stalwarts’
The saying that ‘behind every successful man, there is a woman’ has been exemplified time and time against in South Africa during the struggle against Apartheid. Such was the case of Albertina Sisulu, a...
Apartheid Exposed: Honouring South African Photographer Sam Nzima
Many of us were unaware of the troubling state of affairs occurring in South Africa under Apartheid rule until we were moved by the troubling and heart wrenching photo of dying Hector Pieterson, a...
Nollywood loses grip on African Movie Academy Awards?
As Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State gets dazzle in the glitz and glamour of the award ceremony on Sunday March 27, Nollywood trails Congo and South Africa in the battle for...
Africa to Biggie and Hip-hop
It has been 14 years since the passing of Biggie Smalls. I can well remember where I was in Africa when the news arrived. Unfortunately, we did not have the privilege of hearing or...
Celebrities from US that went to Africa for MAMA 2010
The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) is fast gaining a reputation for assembling the hottest talents from Africa and the rest of the world in Africa. The 2010 MAMAs certainly set the...
my Orijin | Winnie Manedela “Our liberation was your liberation” (Exclusive Video)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela “Mother of the Nation’” Icon and legend Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s status as an African political and cultural icon is not up for debate. A British biopic, Mrs. Mandela, starring Sophie Okonedo aired on BBC earlier...
Cape Town Fashion Week ready to refresh, renew and relive SA fashion
With South Africa’s Spring season already in the air, Cape Town is set to dazzle with glitz and glam from August 11-14 as the AFI Cape Town Fashion Week comes to town....
Opera Singer Siphiwo Ntshebe who was set sing at the Worldcup has Died.
Siphiwo, who was chosen by former president Nelson Mandela to perform at the opening ceremony of the tournament in Johannesburg on June 11, had been admitted to the Livingstone Hospital Port Elizabeth...
