Just found this collection called The Afropolitan Collection by Canadian Nigerian Eniola Hundeyein. She melds traditional African fabric with contemporary cuts and styles. I absolutely adore the bright colors and the mix between old and new, traditional and contemporary.
I'm especially feeling the bottom right dress. I would totally rock that. In fact, i need to find a someone to sow me a dress ASAP.

Here's a video of the models rocking the outfits:

Fire on the Mountain

Just another song I've had on repeat lately... Asa is a French Nigerian singer whom I liked from the first time I heard her music.
Check her out:

Ok...Just one more.

Saw this video by Olu Maintain called "Yahoozee".

This video feels like a parody of a rap song, which is a shame cause they are mad serious with it. I cry for my people when I see them embracing this kind of ignorance.

Please stop trying to selling these images of cars, money, jewels, and skanky chicks as symbols of success.

Hot mess. Why is there some blond chick washing a car towards the end?! Ohhh my people.... Skip ahead to around 1:00 to avoid the boring stuff.

Yearning for Home

I've still been feeling the Naija vibe and this is a Nigerian artist I just discovered, Siji.

"Yearning for Home"--I can def relate.

2 Sexy...

Naija, Holla!!

I've been jammin to this today...

Keeping up with Culture

Today I went to the airport to pick up some family friends that will be staying with my fam for a few weeks from Nigeria. He's only been here a few hours but already I'm starting to see ways in which I've become even more disconnected from my cultural heritage.


I found that even though I understood everything they were saying, I heard our guests voices as accented, which never used to happen. My mother's voice wasn't an accent, it was just the way we spoke. My aunts and uncles didn't "talk funny" (as my friends would say) they just talked differently to others--but never to me. It was an accent I was used to so it didn't sound foreign or like an accent to me, everyone else was just confused.... But now, probably after spending 4 years in an isolated college environment, my own people's voices sound with accents. Tré sad...


I need to find new ways to reconnect with my people. Perhaps, local events, more wedding receptions, baby showers, or 2 year olds' birthday parties.

I could also def use some new traditional clothing...sigh....maybe I should just go do Nigerian Youth Corp... .www.nysc.gov.ng/forignnysc.php

I am seriously beginning to comprehend the idea of living in two different worlds. I'm not all Nigerian, but I most definitely can not be that all-American girl either. It's silly to try to choose, but it is impossible to not feel as though each part wants all of you or nothing at all. As I continue to mature into the stunningly fabulous, devastating diva I strive to be, I truly hope (and must find ways to ensure) that both parts of my upbringing and cultural are nourished and treasured.