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Girls Going Global Summer Camp,Philadelphia
One of Africa's most illustrious and notable queens was quite the avid independent traveler. Her name was Queen Tiye and she ruled over one of the most powerful and richest empires of all time. It was...
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Take A Walk on Jozi's Streets by Jozi Chic's Amandla Kwinana
Ha, this city is something else, alright," says Amandla Kwinana, founder of street fashion blog - Jozichic.When I first moved here I was staying in Northriding, a quiet suburb in the north. A few...
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San Francisco Travel Company Airbnb Rents Unique Travel Spots, Rooms and...
One of my favorite travel experiences when I lived in Paris centers around the beautiful little apartment I had in Saint Germain-des-Pres. It's one of those life experiences that you never forget - oh...
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Casa Amarelo, Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro
Rio is one of the world's first class cities. Beautiful beaches, scenery, great food and of course all the beautiful people. It's culture is centered on an Afro-European mix that came from social and...
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Wangu Jeans Wants You to Flaunt Your Curves
The fashion industry is finally listening to real women who are sick and tired of these ridiculous anoxeric images that continually get paraded as some kind of ideal women have to strive for. Hope...
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Taste of Tanzania
There are not many cookbooks on African food. Ethiopian-Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson put together a beautiful book called "The Soul of A New Cuisine," where he took a tour from South, East, North and...
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Fair Trade Indego Africa
Have to admit I'm sometimes quite skeptical of all the nonprofit organizations rushing to "help" Africa and Africans. You know what they say - "the pathway to hell is laid with the best of intentions."...
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Destination Mozambique iTunes Playlist
Check out our groovy playlists. Here's what we're listening to.Destination Mozambique:We always seem to end up at the beach. Never fails. We put together an eclectic mix of tunes from Aloe Blacc's...
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Keeping Boaz by Charles Davies
February is the month of love, so they say. Of course, we're writing this after Valentine's Day when all the chocolate is eaten and the flowers are dead. But relationships and romance still go on in...
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South African Superstar Lira
South Africa's singing sensation Lira graces the cover of our Spring 2013 issue. Her album "Rise Again" debuted in the US last Fall. She chats with us about growing into the beautiful and confident...
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Afro-Polis Paris Fashion Week Party Vol II
If you're in Paris this week, you'll want to see if you can't crash the Afro-Polis Paris Fashion Week Party on March 1.Artist Pierre-Christophe Gam and Arise Magazine are hosting a day of art, fashion...
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Imported Chocolate Luggage Tags
We just received these chic luggage tags from Imported Chocolate. Travel writer Jennifer Poe is the confident and adventurous chocolate chick behind these luggage tags. She wrote a fab story for us on...
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Fabrosanz Boutique, Johannesburg
Johannesburg has alot to do to get over a PR nightmare where automatically people hear about Joburg and they think crime. Don't let the headlines scare you. Johannesburg is an up-and-coming...
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Hideaway Of Nungwi Resort & Spa, Zanzibar
Zanzibar is one of the destinations in Africa that's not very well known to most people in the U.S. Zanzibar is an island off the coast of Tanzania and has quite the history. It's been a trade stop for...
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Losing You by Solange Knowles
Here's to a Happy Monday. Solange Knowles video "Losing You" was shot in Cape Town and featured these fashionista guys or rather gentlemen called "Les Sapeurs" from the Congo. Fun video.Check it out on...
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Sniqueaway
Sniqueaway is an interesting concept brought to you by the folks that launched TripAdvisor. Basically, they've taken all the hotels that received 4-5 stars on TripAdvisor and bring you special sales...
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Mashariki Palace Hotel, Zanzibar
Zanzibar's gorgeous hotels keep popping up on the radar. Mashariki Palace Hotel was the 200-year-old palace of Zanzibar's first sultan. It reflects Zanzibar's storied history - ancient Africa and more...
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Divine Chocolate
Did you know that Ghana is one of the leading producers of one of favorite, delicious, delectable, seductive and addictive sweets? Ghana produces 30-40% of the world's chocolate. For you chocolate...
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Pretty N' Pink with Modahnik, Chicago
Congolese designer Kahindo Mateene is making waves in Chicago with her fashion house MODAHNIK. Inspired by Congolese art and fabrics, Kahindo's a global chick who's lived and traveled in Africa, Europe...
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Solar Powered Internet Schools
Africa is the next economic power house set to emerge. And one of the technologies set to change Africa's economic landscape drastically is solar power. Technology giant Samsung is investing and...
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