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AfriPOP! Socialite: Tolu Ogunlesi

Tolu Ogunlesi appears on our list of ten Nigerian wordsmiths you should know. The man is a jack of all trades: journalist, poet, fiction writer…and twitter champ perhaps?! An award-winning Nigerian journalist (Arts and Culture Prize in the 2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards), Ogunlesi’s writing has appeared in The Independent, CNN.com, Economist.com, Publishing Perspectives and guardian.co.uk. His fiction and poetry have been published in The London Magazine, Wasafiri, Farafina, PEN Anthology of New Nigerian [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Saratu Abiola

When it comes to discussions of African politics online, Saratu Abiola is usually knee-deep in the social media arena of these conversations. Well-informed and au courant she is a refreshing voice of the “progressive” Africans in the twitterverse. A former journalist, this Nigerian firecracker or “grumpy old woman”, as she describes herself, is the politics editor for Nigerians Talk, an online bloggers community focusing on Nigeria. If you need a [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Farai Gundan

There are some African media moguls in the making, and Zimbabwean Farai Gundan happens to be one of them. She was on our list of 30 Zimbabweans you outta know so we’ve had our eye on her for a little while now. In her day job, she is a producer & TV personality on Afrotainment Television Channel & Afrotainment Music Channel in the U.S. where she has interviewed countless celebrities and [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Kinna Likimani

Heard of the Africa Reading Challenge? Running throughout the whole of 2012, the challenge, headed by Kinna Likimani of the literary blog Kinna Reads,  pushes participants to discover the joys of reading African Literature by reading five books from African authors. It is these types of challenges and all things African literature that have made her blog one of the go-to locations online for dialogue on African literature from the [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Karen Attiah

It’s always pleasant to get a mixture of smart and sass on twitter. Karen Attiah gives you a good dose of each if you happen to follow her. This caliente  Ghanaian-American easily transitions between discussing politics and women’s rights to pop culture and sports (with a hint of wit thrown in there). If she looks somewhat familiar, she had the opportunity to interview Alicia Keys for MTV base which aired [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Kojo Baffoe

Kojo Baffoe is a jack of all trades. Although most may know him from his role as editor of South African giant publication, Destiny Man he has been able to forge his own identity outside of the magazine. He has played many characters in his life including by his own words, ” father, husband, poet, writer, content producer, media consultant, dreamer”. Primarily working from his blog Evolutionary (kojobaffoe.com) he has made [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Semhar Araia

So remember when #whatILoveAboutAfrica became a worldwide trending topic earlier this week? Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you to the source of the phenomenon. Semhar Araia, a critical addition to the criticism of the #Kony2012 viral video, is a well-known voice on social issues on twitter. Meet Semhar, also the founder of  D.A.W.N – (Diaspora African Woman’s Network) a global network for African diaspora professional woman and this week’s AfriPOP! Socialite. Real [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Rodney Quarcoo

He’s a man with a camera. And a mission. Social commentary is not just about words, it is also about the visuals. Ghanaian/Togolese Rodney Quarcoo relays this through his work as a professional photographer. When he is not off shooting weddings and events in his day job, it is his personal site, ayigbeboy, a social photographic commentary of his African travels, that are most moving. He talks to us about [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: Vickie Remoe

Vickie Remoe is a firecracker! She first burst on the scene through her highly entertaining, yet informative lifestyle TV show, The Vickie Remoe Show. With just the right blend of intelligence and sass, her show was a big hit considering there was nothing like it coming out of her native Sierra Leone. She has since rode that ride all the way to New York where she is currently studying at [...]

 

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AfriPOP! Socialite: MsAfropolitan

There is nothing ambiguous about a name like “MsAfropolitan”. And one thing that writer and essayist Minna Salami is not, is ambiguous. Based in London, this feminist blogger and commentator on the African diaspora experience has been writing for her site since 2010. Her voice is confident and powerful, and with posts with headlines like, “Too Afrocentric for you?”, it is no wonder. She has since built a following, and you can [...]