Blogs about: Africa Utopia

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Haruspex1 comment

Carole Edrich wrote 6 months ago: As I did last Monday, I’ve found an interesting sounding name and then gone looking for a danc … more →

Tags: African Dance, Available Light, Carole Edrich dance photography, contemporary, Conveying a message through photography, Dance Art, Dance Journalism, Dance Photography, Documentary dance photography

*Wednesday Wishlist* Ugo's Boutique backpack @UgosBoutique 1 comment

afroblush wrote 7 months ago:  As mentioned in my AW12 trend list for CycleLove, Backpacks are back! and I am loving this African … more →

Tags: Style 2, Style African Inspired, Fashion, Accessories, Blogging, bags, Women's bags, ugos boutique, oil cloth bags

Africa Utopia pop up shop, London Southbank Centre1 comment

afroblush wrote 8 months ago: What’s happening beautiful people? It came to my attention as I was making space for the zilli … more →

Tags: Style 2, Style African Inspired, Style Commentary, Fashion, clothing, Africa, london fashion week, Arts, Sweet Design Studio

On African Women & Yoruba Folk Songs2 comments

Cherchez la Curl wrote 9 months ago: One week after the Olympics, I am still caught in a hazy web of happiness brought on by our collecti … more →

Tags: Afrique, c'est chic, Music, Angelique Kidjo, Fela, Tiwa Savage, Afrobeats, Olympics, london 2012

Africa Utopia (Southbank Festival) - "challenging preconceptions and highlighting some of the best African talent"2 comments

afroblush wrote 9 months ago: “All too often the conversations that happen about Africa are about how the West can ‘he … more →

Tags: Style 2, Style African Inspired, Africa, africa utpia, afroblush, Bestow Elan, Black Pearl, black pearl pr, chantelle hall

Africa Utopia and London's "Festival of the World with Mastercard"3 comments

Orlando Reade wrote 10 months ago: The London Olympics starts tonight and certain streets of the city are swollen with purple-shirted v … more →

Tags: Events, Featured, nollywood, London, baaba maal, Olympics, Miryam Solomon, SOUTHBANK, The Festival of the World with Mastercard

FACTORY78 - Africa Utopia: Act; Ice Prince & Choc Boiz; Brymo & Jesse Jagz with DJ Edu & Neptizzle

MoYo_OG wrote 10 months ago: The very best in Afrobeats comes to Southbank Centre for one night only. With headline act; Ice Prin … more →

Tags: Home, Music, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, brymo, Factory78, dj edu, neptizzle, Choc Boiz

Is Africa having 'a fashion moment'?

valerieoutram wrote 10 months ago: We Wild girls are very ‘on trend’ right now and I don’t quite know if its just coi … more →

Tags: Tribal, african fashion week, marula, African Prints, Hazel Ao

Update from #AfricaUtopia and everything else in the pipeline!2 comments

afroblush wrote 10 months ago: Afternoon all, Over the next couple of days I will be curating my images from the ‘Africa on the Cat … more →

Tags: Culture 2, Culture commentary, Fashion, Ghana, Africa, South Africa, afroblush blog, Nigeria, brussels

Photopost: Saturday on the Southbank

patentpurplelife wrote 10 months ago: I spent a couple of hours at the Southbank on Saturday for an impromptu lunch and some people watchi … more →

Tags: Events, Southbank Centre, fashion show, photopost

MO SAÏQUE @ the Festival of the World with MasterCard - Royal Festival Hall, 21st July 2012

Mo Saique wrote 10 months ago:  Africa on the Catwalk  Where? Royal Festival Hall, Clore Ballroom When? Saturday, 21st July @1:30pm … more →

Tags: People, Shoes 2, Fashion, Mo Saique, Africa, london 2012, mastercard, festival of the world, London 2012 festival

Utopia Unstuck: A review of Africa Utopia's African Sci-Fi screening2 comments

Basia Lewandowska Cummings wrote 10 months ago: Guest post by Evelyn Owen Last week, I scuttled along to London’s Southbank Centre for the Africa Sc … more →

Tags: Featured, film, Art, Events, Opinion, Africa Sci-Fi Screening, Superpower: Africa in Science Fiction

Talking blues to Taj Mahal

jjmgaunt wrote 10 months ago: This is an article I wrote for my regular employer,  Reuters: Maybe it’s the panama hat. Or th … more →

Tags: Music, Blues, Taj Mahal, guitar greats, baaba maal, Senegal Music, World music, Natch'l Blues, Corrina Corrina

Taj Mahal and his Ukelele1 comment

jjmgaunt wrote 10 months ago: Taj Mahal demonstrates his eight-string ukelele to me in London, where he was to perform a sizzling … more →

Tags: Music, Blues, Taj Mahal, Ukelele, Country Blues, @musicJJMG

Meet the Author: Chika Unigwe talks to Anita Sethi: "The process of writing has changed me completely"2 comments

southbankcentreblogger wrote 10 months ago: By Anita Sethi LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL PREVIEW: EVENT: NIGERIA NOW: Noo Saro-Wiwa and Chika Unigw … more →

Tags: London Literature Festival 2011, london literature festival 2012, London Literature Festival, Anita Sethi, Chika Unigwe

Meet the Author: Chika Unigwe talks to Anita Sethi: "The process of writing has changed me completely"2 comments

Anita Sethi wrote 10 months ago: By Anita Sethi LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL PREVIEW: EVENT: NIGERIA NOW: Noo Saro-Wiwa and Chika Unigw … more →

Tags: Misc, London Literature Festival 2011, london literature festival 2012, London Literature Festival, Anita Sethi, Chika Unigwe

African Utopia in London

Cherchez la Curl wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been reading Noo Saro-Wiwa‘s Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Grant … more →

Tags: ancient and modern, Style, Fashion, London, Africa, Culture, Lifestyle, Southbank Centre, summer events

Watch on iPlayer - Robben Island Bible

southbankcentreblogger wrote 10 months ago: A copy of ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare’ smuggled into a prison is the starting poi … more →

Tags: Southbank Centre, London, Debate, Robben Island Bible, spoken word, talk

Watch on iPlayer - Robben Island Bible

Alison Fraser wrote 10 months ago: A copy of ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare’ smuggled into a prison is the starting poi … more →

Tags: Southbank Centre, spoken word, London, Debate, Robben Island Bible, talk


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