When I started ADUNAGOW Magzine, my goal was simple: To Change people’s perception and stereotypes about Africans and Africa. Being asked if My house (“hut”) was on a tree in a forest filled with wild animals all around while attending college in the United States was a motivation to start educating the world about Africa and Africans. That was 15 years ago
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Russia could not have gotten it better than today's awesome performance of its team for the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The host nation delivered an amazing performance, beating its adversary Saudi Arabia 5 - 0. What an awesome debut for the Falcons.
Jinja is a term from west African broken English, which means to give excessive energy to a person or situation, especially through dance. This irresistible and catchy record comes with a dance that is sure to get the crowd moving across the globe. With this new album, Fuse builds upon the theme from the previous, which has always been about promoting Africa in a positive light. New Africa Nation is about the lifestyle that comes with the New African confidence. This is expressed in the video by everything from the dance to the New Africa clothing range modelled in the video by Fuse and his crew.
Homeless Man Becomes A Millionaire, Adopts 13,000 Homeless Children.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the Swedish writer-director Niclas Gillis on his recent film "Hold Me Down." The Film depicts a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub to support her child in the South Bronx. It is filmed in the locations where the events depicted actually occurred; in the Mott Haven Housing Projects and in an actual brothel, and features a cast of non-actors / women survivors of sexual exploitation and domestic violence.
In the midst of celebrity outcry over sexual misconduct in Hollywood, one film has emerged to address the conditions faced by the silent majority. ‘Hold Me Down’ is based on the experiences of Unique Adams, a single mother from the South Bronx, New York, whose experiences of childhood poverty and abuse lead her into prostitution in early adolescence.“This film will be our voice”, says Adams. According to a report by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, more than half of all women of color in the United States will experience some form of sexual violence in their lives. All the parts in the film are played by women survivors from the Bronx, none of whom had ever acted before. “We have to be the ones that is looking out for each other”, says Tianna Allen, 19, who plays the lead role.
This Friday, avid moviegoers will be introduced to the world of Wakanda, a fictional native African nation based of Marvel Universe and the home of its superhero Black Panther. The 2018 American Film Black Panther is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and is produced by Marvel Studios.
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games is taking place at PyeongChang, South Korea from February 9 to February 25, 2018. The games feature 102 events in fifteen sports disciplines, including the addition of big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic programme. 2,952 athletes from 92 National Olympic Committees are slated to compete, including the debut of Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Singapore.
The 2018 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship will be the 5th edition of the African Nations Championship. It is scheduled to take place between 12 January and 4 February 2018.
Yes, He Did it! Egyptian football player Mohamed Salah has graved his name in African history after being crowned the 2017 African Player of the Year. The 25-year old Egyptian star humbly accepted his prize at the Alteo CAF Awards in Accra Ghana on January 4, 2018, in front of many African football legends.
Aiteo CAF Awards are scheduled for tomorrow 4 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The top three (3) for all the categories of the Aiteo CAF Awards 2017 was unveiled on Monday, 18 December 2017 in Accra, Ghana. This event is Africa's biggest football gathering of the new year.
To be in vogue is to be on the pulse of fashion. To possess a certain panache and sense of style that reverberates with a moment in time. While many fashion trends are typically dictated on the runways of Paris and Milan, they are thrust into the mainstream vernacular via the racks of fashion boutiques across the country and around the globe. For more than half a century, the boutique has been an integral aspect of the fashion industry as a whole. Flaunting a collection that ranges from demure and sleek to opulently superfluous, Closet Vogue operates in that grand tradition.
History was made for Cameroon on Saturday, Nov 11, 2017, at Bowie State University, Maryland USA when hundreds of guests witnessed the Miss Africa USA Contest which culminated to the Crowning of Corinne Missi as the Queen. She was elected by a Panel of 7 distinguished Judges both Africans and African Americans from varied backgrounds. The Pageant which is organized by Lady Kate Atabong Ndi, is in it's 12th year of production and attracts very beautiful, intelligent and savvy delegates from across the United States.
With more than a billion people spread across 54 countries speaking more than 3,000 languages, Africa cannot -- and should not -- be limited to a single narrative. Africa Straight Up is a more complete story about Africa and its diaspora.