ARISE L’Afrique-À-Porter: Jewel By Lisa
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Lisa Folawiyo’s label Jewel By Lisa really understands ready-to-wear. From embellished structured jackets to harem tweed pants, the collection was made for the Africhic socialite in…
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ARISE L’Afrique-A-Porter: Eric Raisina
Saturday, March 6th, 2010The Eric Raisina F/W collection provided the perfect juxtaposition beteen smart and shapely yet ruched with volume. Raisina’s interpretation of prêt-à-porter is exactly what the French are…
ARISE L’Afrique-À-Porter: Tiffany Amber
Saturday, March 6th, 2010The night was full of many favorites and Folake Folarin-Coker’s label Tiffany Amber was well-received by the French. Her collection contained mostly silk pieces, appealing strongly to…
Pepsi Teams Up with Akon, Keri Hilson and Drogba on “Oh Africa”
Monday, February 8th, 2010As the World Cup approaches, Pepsi has teamed up with Keri Hilson, Akon and the two-time GRAMMY award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir alongside 16 aspiring young…
Rihanna Reaches Out to Nigerian Winter Olympics Hopeful
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010After graduating from Yale Law School in 2009, Seun Adebiyi is attempting to compete as Nigeria’s first Winter Olympics delegate as a skeleton sledder. Seun swam…
Lanre DaSilva Ajayi @ Couture Fashion Week
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Lanre Da Silva Ajayi at Couture Fashion Week
Manhattan has become the playground for Nigerian designers. Building on the momentum from the ARISE Promise Collective,…
ARISE: African Promise Collective – The Rundown
Saturday, September 12th, 2009Louisa Kinoshi, International Scene Editor and Cornelia O’Dwyer, BN New York Correspondent were at the African Promise Collective and spoke to the designers, models and…
Korto Momolu Back on Project Runway
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Korto Momolu-Briggs was a favorite of many to win last season’s Project Runway and the Liberian talent will get another chance to “rule the runway”. Korto…
Fela! Comes to Broadway
Monday, August 3rd, 2009It’s Friday evening in New York, and the city begins to flood with tourists. A group of young African American males are break-dancing in Penn…
Ayo to Perform in NYC and LA
Friday, May 15th, 2009Great news for Ayo fans in the U.S! As part of her world tour, the Nigerian-German soul singer will be performing in select U.S cities…