I almost didn’t write this week’s Unboxed despite doing it for the last 10 weeks. And then I got reminded today is October 1, the first day of Black History Month. One of three of my favourite times of the year after March (International Women’s Month) and May (Birthday Month). I feel like every time…
15. 15-years-old. That’s how old Elianne Andam was. A beautiful young Black woman. We don’t know much about her, but we do know that she’s someone who believed in defending her friends. An honourable belief that would lead to an untimely, incomprehensible death. I’ve been watching social media as this story continues to grow like…
Lead image: Liza Rusalskaya So earlier this month I was invited to the opening show of Somerset House’s The Missing Thread – an exhibition that tells the story of Black people’s contribution to the fashion industry and was uplifted in a way that I haven’t been in a long time (You can see my musings…
CHIOMA NNANDI TO SUCCEED EDWARD ENNINFUL AS EDITOR AT VOGUE When Edward Enninful announced he was ascending further into the Conde Nast heavens, I didn’t give Vogue another thought. To be fair I’m not their target audience but bought a number of issues that I intend to give to an archive because of his momentous…
One of my favourite magazine segments in life is Stylist magazine’s 5 minute philosopher. Usually on the last page, it always felt like a satisfying morsel to finish the magazine on. As I was reading the latest issue, I thought let me hijack some of the questions posed to British actress Naomi Harris and do…
I was listening to an interview with actor and rapper Ashley Walters, where he talks about his relationship with his father. In the Diary of a CEO episode, Ashley talks about his fractured relationship with his father and how his dad spent a lot of time in prison, often being told by his mother that…
Welcome to another edition as I unbox some of the various news stories I’ve seen across the week. DISCOVERING ADEMEGHAN OLUASUSSEX: THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX FINDS OUT SHE’S NIGERIAN Stories that sparked my interest came as soon as I posted the last edition of TWU. I stumbled on a story about the next edition of…
Today (September 15) is World Afro Day. Created by Michelle De Leon seven years ago, I always look at the day fondly as the first publicist to promote the event, taking it global. Though the topic of hair sounds innocuous, it continues to be a bone of contention in schools and the workplace with some…
So at the beginning of the week the celebrity’s celebrity Beyonce turned 42. And the world went wild! Queen Bee had a star-studded guestlist both on and off the stage at one of her LA shows on her Renaissance tour. After asking the world to wear Chrome for her big day, socials were awash with…
Steven Bartlett. Businessman. Author. Content creator. Dragon. I said all that with his voice in my head because, like Beyoncé, Steven’s influence has crept up on me. If Steven was a musician, I’d liken him to the Bruno Mars of his industry: popular, not everyone’s favourite but hits you with a couple of bangers (feel…
