Few weeks ago I published my interview with Chioma Obii-Obioha, the creator and editor of the Love.N’Words blog for her series ‘Journey to Beautiful’. According to Chioma, the series aims to showcase African women celebrating their own beauty, defining what is beautiful for themselves, embracing the journey to total self-acceptance, and living on purpose. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chioma’s blog and the other women featured…
IBG is all about celebrating women and each week we choose one woman as our Wednesday crush. For the longest time we’ve been crushing on Honey Ogundeyi the founder and CEO of Fashpa.com, Nigeria’s Leading Online Fashion Retailer, and here’s why….. She’s built/building a strong NIGERIAN brand In a relatively short time Fashpa.com has established itself as No1 Fashion…
In recent times, Youtube has been one of my FAV finds and the channel BuzzFeedVideo is one of my go to FAV pages as well. Humour, truth and sarcasm all rolled into a less than 2 minute clip! Sisters, I am sure you will agree that there are certain things considered ‘taboo’for a woman to say and do. No one…
In case you missed it, late last week Instagram got into a little trouble for taking down the picture above twice! Photographer Rupi Kaur a photograph of a fully clothed woman lying in bed with a period stain on Instagram. I have found the debate around this picture a little humorous. On one hand the world is happy to view,…
We just LOVE it when Nigerian women are recognized as change instigators. Women standing up and making a difference in their communities. These women aren’t complainers…they are doers…and we LOVE IT (did we say that already?)….What we LOVE most about this list is the diversity of women and sectors included…from entrepreneurship to health and even activism these women are truly…
Joile has been in the news for all the right reasons this month! First it was for speaking openly about removing her ovaries and fallopian tube as a cancer preventive measure and now its for her amazing speech at the Kids choice awards, where she won the award for best villain in her role as Maleficent in the live-action reimagining…
I’ll be honest, Elaine Shobanjo is my cousin and one of my best friends but that has little to do with her featuring on the Inspire Series Shero’s list. I remember when, almost 7 years ago now, we were trying to come up with the name of her business. I always get a kick out of hearing people say, ‘Shomya…
By Teawna Pinard Last year my good friend captured this beautiful candid moment with my then 4-month-old daughter Zoe. When I saw it for the first time, tears began streaming down my face. These weren’t tears of sadness, rather tears of immense joy. This picture captured me arriving at a place of inner peace, calm, and happiness that I had…
Something special happens when women come together and share their experiences. The Inspire Series Redefining Beauty event, supported by Wana Wana Productions held on Sunday 30th November 2014 and gave women a platform to openly discuss and share concepts of beauty. The event opened with performances by song writer Omolara and Femi Leyeand poet/actress Titilope Sonuga. Later, Inspire Series host, Glory Edoziengave a short but inspiring talk on…
When I started the Inspire Series, I never imagined it would become part of me. In many respects, the Inspire Series or TIS has become an extension of myself, I cant remember what life was like before or what life would be like without it. Its difficult to describe but in all, I am grateful for the opportunity to share…
