Tag: Darfur

Video trailer: Darfur Now

Official trailer for Don Cheadale’s documentary Darfur Now.

What’s your Africa strategy?

Many of us can agree that today, Africa plays a major role in the development of the global economy. The magazine covers and celebrity reports are a small part of how Africa has become a major player. A large part of my consulting work has to do with helping organizations develop an Africa-related strategy which…
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This week in African Style 4/14 – 4/20/07

Fighting Nigeria’s other drug war. Africa: Continent’s leading social entrepreneurs honored by Ashoka. Pope accuses rich of plundering Africa. Deola Sagoe for Caribbean Fashion Week June 6-10. Engineers want Europe-Africa train. Opposition protests erupt after flawed Nigeria poll. Ghanaian music is more than Highlife. Madonna filming her African trip. UN helicopter gunships get go-ahead to…
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Designers for Darfur event on Fashion Television

Here’s the Fashion Television feature of the Designers for Darfur event from the Fall 2007 New York Fashion Week. Designer Malcolm Harris (Mal Sirrah) and model Lydia Hearst did a great job of pulling the event together.

This week in African Style 2/24 – 3/2/07

• Africa and the winds of globalisation part 1 and part 2. • South Africa helping the American film industry reel in the money. • Angelina Jolie travels to Africa to raise Darfur awareness. • Reuters’ editor-in-chief outlines plans for Africa site. • Ethiopia and the global antiterrorism campaign. • New York’s Museum for African…
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I made it through! Fashion Week round-up

So, I survived another fashion week with very little scrapes and bruises. As usual the week was hectic. Here are my observations: • Kofi-ism #1: Never tell a model she’s sweating. Models need to be complemented only. Whatever! • Kofi-ism #2: The only people worse off than uninvited fashion guests are the photo and video…
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Darfur at NY Fashion Week

So I finalized my Fashion Week schedule the other day and, while I won’t be showing my clothing line this season, I am excited about the shows I’ll be attending. The week will definitely be an exciting one, as I am scheduled to work with some wonderful mens and womens designers. One show that I’m…
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This week in African style, 1/13 – 1/19/07

• Helping Hollywood get serious about Africa: LA Times • Evolution from Africa to Russia: NY Times via Pure Pedantry

This week in African style, 1/6 – 1/12/07

• Will Smith plans to move to South Africa: • Wesley Snipes wants more Africans making films • Chris Rock vows to help Kenyans • Yale puts African art on a pedastel • DiCaprio adopts a South African girl. Thats one way to open the door to immigrants • George Clooney advocates for Darfur with…
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Darfur: Who needs the UN when you have MTV

Every so often African issues grow beyond the continent and makes it’s way into pop culture. In a capitalist society, social consciousness is a commodity and Africa’s problems are not exempt. As with Somalia (Black Hawk Down), and Sierra Leone (Diamonds from Sierra Leone) the problems in Darfur, Sudan has begun to hit the mass…
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