Guests at Dr Akin Faminu and Kiky Festus’s traditional wedding stepped out in custom lace, sculpted corsets, and statement Geles, bringing vibrant style to the #HookedOnTheFaminus Lagos celebration. The post Custom Lace, Corsets & Statement Gele! See the Best Looks From Akin and Kiky’s Traditional W
Stan and Blessing Nze served up double the style at Akin Faminu and Kiky Festus’ traditional wedding, stepping out in perfectly paired purple and white outfits. The post Stan & Blessing Nze Step Out in Coordinated Purple and White for the Faminu Traditional Wedding appeared first on BellaNaija - Sho
South Africa’s Romanda Hombir has been crowned Miss World Africa 2026 after reaching the Top 6 at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam, while Eritrea also made history with a Top 6 finish. The post South Africa’s Romanda Hombir Crowned Miss World Africa 2026! appeared first on BellaNaija - Showcasing Africa t
Nigeria’s Tamunosoye Karibi-George has reached the Top 12 at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam after winning Miss World Africa Top Model, with Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic taking the global crown. The post Tamunosoye Karibi-George Caps Miss World 2026 Journey With Top 12 Finish appeared first on
Zambia’s 2026 election delivered Hakainde Hichilema a decisive victory, but exposed troubling weaknesses in electoral transparency and institutional trust. Dr Blessing Vava argues that the deeper test now lies with SADC: whether regional election observation can evolve from documenting democratic sh
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the shortlist for its 2026 edition. The writers are Gladwell Pamba from Kenya, Melara Mvogdobo from Cameroon, Akinwande Jordan from Nigeria, Yasmine Zohdi from Egypt, and Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza from Zimbabwe. This year, over 407 entries from 27 A
Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature is back! The Black British Book Festival, founded by Selina Brown, returns to London’s Barbican Centre on Sunday, October 4, 2026, for a fifth edition built around four headline conversations and a full day of programming spanning literature, music, s
I held onto the collar of his shirt and bit wherever my teeth could find flesh — his neck, his jaw, the soft skin beneath his ear. My nails dug into him until I felt skin give way beneath them. He did not fight me. Perhaps because he knew flesh was too small a […]
For the past two years, Cheekychizzy has been creating the album while navigating different cities, rooms, relationships, responsibilities, successes, failures and versions of himself. Somewhere in that process, he realized that while he was making the album, the album was also making him. That real
Shatta Movement leader Shatta Wale continues his relentless release pace with a hard-hitting new single titled Catch Me If You Can. Serving as a direct response to his critics and industry rivals, the Ghanaian dancehall titan delivers a high-voltage anthem designed to reinforce his status as an unsh
The creative collective bees & honey has orchestrated a massive, cross-continental sonic link-up with their electrifying new single, As We Get High. Bringing together Africa's "King of Afro-depression" Omah Lay, Jamaican-American artist BEAM, and veteran reggae-dancehall crooner Gyptian, the track s
Ghanaian phenomenon Black Sherif has delivered a deeply poignant, multi-layered body of work with his surprise new EP, SUN SERIF. Serving as a brilliant conceptual prelude to his upcoming album, the project arrives at a time when Black Sherif's international profile continues to skyrocket. Rather th
In 1969, legendary Yoruba Sakara music lord, Yusuff Olatunji, serenaded and celebrated the sterling qualities of the Seriki of Egbaland, Chief Abdul-Wahab Amódemájá, who held an Egba high-ranking military-derived civil title. In his Volume 3 album entitled Amódemájá, using a twin engine of dense met
I have struggled with the inconceivability of writing about Dotun Oladipo in the past tense. Even now, the words do not sit comfortably with me. My mind keeps returning to the Dotun who was still here — sending his bulletin, sharing ideas, encouraging colleagues and going about the business of journ
[United States Senate] U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday led seven of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz calling for the U.S. to push to pass additional sanctions measures in Sudan that would limit the flow of funds to the warring parti
Mr Lawan succeeds his late father, Ahmed Muhammad-Sani, who passed away on Thursday, 3 September after a 46-year reign on the throne. The post Jigawa governor appoints new Emir of Gumel appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
