LIFESTYLE - The African Mirror

Mar

02

2021

Golden Globes: All the winners

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

JILL SERJEANT THE king won big at the Golden Globes and his queen made an emotional and powerful speech. The late Chadwick Boseman, known for his role as the "King of Wakanda", was today crowned Best Actor in a motion picture drama at the 78th annual Golden Globes for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Boseman died in August last year after a battle with cancer. His wife, Taylor Simone, accepted the award on his behalf. Holding back tears, she said: "He would thank God. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices. He would say…

Mar

01

2021

By The African Mirror

Meet Vogue China’s 27-year-old editor Margaret Zhang

BEAUTY AND FASHION

MPHO RANTAO VOGUE China has made a historic appointment of its youngest ever editor-in-chief, Margaret Zhang. Zhang is an Chinese-Australian fashion blogger who rose to the top of the influencer market with her ingenious looks captured on the streets of Sydney, gaining iconic status for her eclectic, street style in the media. The fashion blogger's new role sees a massive shift in Vogue’s leadership from a generational perspective - as a young editor in a role for Vogue that has been held by veteran fashion figures such as Anna Wintour, the editorial fashion giant’s new announcement follows the shift led…

Mar

23

2021

By The African Mirror

Elsa Majimbo launches a children’s book

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

MPHO RANTAO EVERYONE’S favourite social comedienne is now a published author. Picture: Instagram/majimb.o Elsa Majimbo announced online that she had created a children’s alphabet book with Italian fashion house, Valentino, answering the anticipated question of what Majimbo and Valentino had been cooking since they announced their collaboration. In a chic Instagram video, the camera zooms in on Majimbo holding her new book titled ‘The Alphabet for Kids and Adults’, adding that the published book is another sign of her dreams coming true. Elsa Majimbo wrote that the video was her ‘entry into high fashion’ and thanked Valentino for believing in…

Mar

23

2021

By The African Mirror

Nawal El Saadawi, pioneering Egyptian feminist, in her own words

LITERATURE

Feminists across the Middle East and beyond are mourning the death of trailblazing Egyptian thinker, doctor and writer Nawal El Saadawi who died in Cairo on March 21, 2021. The following interview with El Saadawi was first published on May 24, 2018. EMMA BATHA WHEN the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi was a young child, she wrote a letter to God challenging him to explain why women were treated differently to men. "He never replied," said El Saadawi, who is still as passionate about women's rights. "I told him, 'if you are not fair, I'm not ready to believe in…

Mar

21

2021

By The African Mirror

With traditional fabrics, Nigerian designers fashion a new aesthetic

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

NNEKA CHILE WEAVING contemporary designs into a traditional West African fabric, Nigerian Tsemaye Binitie is creating fashion he hopes can also bridge the gap between luxury and the everyday. His material of choice is Aso-oke, a hand-woven cloth indigenous to the Yoruba people and historically used on special occasions. Binitie, who cut his teeth as a design assistant with Stella McCartney in 2005, began using the fabric in 2017, and he infuses the yellow dresses that are his signature creations with cottons and silks to give them a post-modern feel. "We started to use contemporary African art and culture within…

Mar

21

2021

By The African Mirror

Widower turned sleuth reflects on old age in Oscar-nominated Chilean documentary

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

LUCILA SIGAL AN 83-year-old widower on a mission to investigate potential abuse at a nursing home reveals telling lessons about the trials of growing old in Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi's Oscar-nominated documentary "The Mole Agent." Although the story rings like the plot of a fiction film, the drama that unfolds is real. The tender and touching feature film, nominated for best documentary, is the only Latin American nominated for an Academy Award. With equal doses of humor and film noir, the 90-minute documentary tells the story of Sergio Chamy, a confounded but enthusiastic sleuth who barely knows how to handle…

Mar

20

2021

By The African Mirror

No Zoom for intimate 2021 Oscars

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

THE Oscars ceremony in April will be an intimate, in-person gathering, held without Cand limited to nominees, presenters and their guests, the producers said on Thursday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the show to hand out the highest honors in the movie industry will be held both at the Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and the traditional home of the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Everyone will be tested, and there will be a COVID-19 safety team on site throughout the evening on April 25. "There will not be an option to Zoom in for the…

Mar

20

2021

By The African Mirror

First transgender model of colour poses for Sports Illustrated

BEAUTY AND FASHION

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER HER name is Leyna Bloom and she has made history. As March continues to celebrate International Women’s Month, Leyna Bloom made history as a cover star for Sports Illustrated magazine, set to be released in July, making her the first transgender model of colour to do so. Bloom, a South Chicago native, told The New York Times that one of her biggest goals as a rising model was to be seen, not just for her curves or her looks, but to be seen as a someone who was as deserving to be featured in a magazine as…

Mar

19

2021

By The African Mirror

Kanye West is the richest black man in America

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER RAPPER Kanye West has officially joined the billionaire boys club. According to Forbes magazine, West is now worth $6.6-billion, largely due to profits from his fashion brand Yeezy, and his multiple collaborations with Adidas and Gap. His new net worth makes him the richest black person in America and in the country’s history. The rapper’s sneaker and apparel business Yeezy recently entered a combined partnership with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., increasing the value of the brand between $3.2-billion and $4.7-billion by UBS Group AG. The 43 year-old’s new net worth is significantly higher than what was…

Mar

18

2021

By The African Mirror

Victoria’s Secret is returning to our screens

BEAUTY AND FASHION

MPHO RANTAO THE full story of Victoria’s Secret is coming to our screens. American streaming site Hulu announced that they had signed on to produce and release the three-part documentary, The Rise And Fall Of Victoria’s Secret, on their streaming site in 2022. According to the Hollywood Reporter, journalist and filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer will be going behind the scenes and “using first-hand accounts and deep investigative research to reveal the inner workings of Victoria’s Secret, the brand and the cultural institution.” Tyrnauer will be directing all three episodes, as well as producing alongside Corey Reeser. It is no secret that…