Author: Faaji

Almost had a Nigerian in the White House!  Almost. Unfortunately, the Senate voted 47-52 against the advancement of Debo Adegbile, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division due to a past case he tried, successfully getting a cop killer off death row.  More after the click.

As a woman who is forever transitioning – going from bald to fro to braids to weave and back again – talking about black women hair issues never gets old.  My good friend, Bibi, owner of OmgIloveyourhair.com wrote a great piece on her first time hot-combing her hair and the beautiful conclusions she’s come to in the years since.  Check out an excerpt after the click.

Vibed to this and a few other tracks by Ghana’s Shatta Wale most of yesterday evening. Watch the video and more after the click.

I took it. Got Jerry West – aka Mr. Clutch, aka the NBA logo #winning. lol take the fun quiz from Buzzfeed after the click.

Ohhh, remember when R&B dudes used to sing about how in love they were with their women. How their women made them feelllll?  Liberian artist, Jodi, brings a little of that back in his new video for the track, Butterfly.  Watch it after the click.

Following the suspension/firing of CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi, the Economist weighs in on how the move has affected Nigeria’s standings both domestically and internationally. Catch a bit after the click.

Ugh, this made me tear up a little. In the age where bleaching and using creams like Denicia’s Whitealicious  is an acceptable form of becoming ‘beautiful’ for chocolate skin men and women, Lupita Nyongo gives a moving talk about her former skin color insecurities and how seeing women like Alec Wek changed things.  A must watch.

I’ve been working on my Pinterest style board lately and came across this look from Jokotade that I LOVE because it mixes urban chic with a little african swag a la the ankara pencil skirt.  Catch more pics after the click.

Prof. Soyinka basically said he wants nothing to do with this farce called the Nigerian Centenary awards, which sought to list him as an awardee alongside General Sani Abacha.  Read what he had to say about it after the click.

Yes, that’s right. He made more than one half. Of ONE BILLION dollars.  I’m light headed even thinking about it.  Instead of encouraging us to be doctors, lawyers and engineers, our parents should have encouraged us to be HEDGE FUND DIRECTORS! lol read the story after the click.