It is a fact that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the 8th most populous in the world. Back in 2013 when Joyce Zi Chidebe from Lagos entered Africa’s Next Top Model (AfNTM) she had high hopes of becoming a supermodel one day. Long after the competition …
Read More »Model Focus: Edwina from Osun State in Nigeria
Born in Osun State in 1996 and moved to the UK in 2013, Edwina has been building her modelling portfolio while laying the foundations for a business career in later life. We caught up with her at a recent catwalk training session and had the chance to find out more …
Read More »Model Focus – Jainaba Fofana from Gambia
It’s been a long journey from the market town of Farafenni, near the Gambian border with Senegal, to the London catwalk, but that is the kind of journey that Jainaba Fofana has successfully completed. Africa Fashion managed to catch up with her at a recent charity event, courtesy of the Black Afro …
Read More »Congolese model Lisette Mibo in the Africa Fashion studios
Multi-award winning model, Lisette Mibo, recently visited the Africa Fashion studios in the build up to her Passion for Motherland event in August. Shooting with Lisette was so much fun that, before we knew it, we were already in full interview mode. Here’s a quick overview of her fascinating life …
Read More »Oluchi – Queen of Africa’s Next Top Model panel
After entering the ‘Face of Africa’ competition at 17 years old, Oluchi Orlandi was thrust from a quiet Lagos-life as the daughter of a nurse, into the multi-national world of modelling in New York – where she still lives today. In 2008, her life turned full circle as a $50,000 contract …
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