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• Welcome to Sun City South Africa!

  28 June 2012 ( #Travel & Discover )

  The fabulous SunCity resort complex captivates visitors with its combination of golf, game-viewing and gambling as well as world-class hotels. Formerly the gambling mecca of South Africa, Suncity still attracts those who wish to gamble but also those...

• Tropics Magazine (May / Mai 2013)

  07 May 2013 ( #Tropics Magazine, #New issue, #May 2013, #Fashion, #Style, #Arts, #Culture, #Africa Day, #Journee de l'Afrique )

  Editor’s Note This May, we are celebrating African Day with all our worldwide friends: old and new readers. Africa Day, which will be observed on May 25, 2013, is the commemoration of that momentous occasion when 30 independent states decided, back in...

• {Magazine} Tropics Magazine (June / Juin 2013)

  07 June 2013 ( #Tropics Magazine, #June issue, #Djo Balard, #John Foster, #Sapeurs, #Style, #Fathers Issue )

  Tropics Magazine (June/Juin 2013) ‘The Father’s Month + Special Sape’ Cover Stars: Djo Balard & John Foster. Graphic Design: Venicia Guinot. Courtesy of Tropics Magazine. Our June issue is out!!!! Grab a free copy online. Just click on the link below....

• Biography of NNEKA, our Pop Music Artist

  28 June 2012 ( #Features & Interviews )

  Pop music is a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ world. A starburst of YouTube notoriety and then oblivion. Or at least it is for most. But when your journey has been as long and extraordinary as Nneka’s – when you’ve travelled 10,000 miles and are still only...

• {Event} Ticket category Gala Silver (Champagne & Concert) not available anymore

  03 May 2013 ( #UNITE, #Zurich, #Tropics Magazine, #press release, #charity night, #HIV, #Boy George, #Gala Gold )

  Ticket category Gala Silver (Champagne & Concert) not available anymore Limited ticket capacity for Gala, Boy George concert & Party at CHF 120.-- available Dear UNITE supporters, Saturday in three weeks Mister Boy George will put Zürich in a buzz! The...

• Valerie Kimani, the quiet force!

  02 August 2012 ( #Features & Interviews, #slider )

  Valerie Kimani is the stunning and fresh new face of contemporary African music. Being the winner of the first ever reality show in East Africa - Tusker Project Fame , Kimani’s energy, enthusiasm and tranquil, pure voice saw her walk away with the winning...

• Christina Goh, son histoire

  26 June 2012 ( #Features & Interviews )

  1977 - Naissance et enfance Juillet 1977 : naissance de Christina Goh à Paris 12 d’une mère martiniquaise et d’un père ivoirien. Quand ses parents s’installent en Côte d’Ivoire, Christina est âgée de deux ans. Elle grandit dans une famille de cadres supérieurs...

• Nelson Mandela 'Madiba' Birthday Wishes

  26 June 2012 ( #Birthdays & Celebrations )

  Nelson Mandela is turning 94 years old on 18 July 2012. This man dedicated his birth-day to the entire world so we can dedicate only 67 minutes in making a difference. 67 minutes only, every 18 July, the world celebrates Mandela Day! This year is no different!...

• Mali: Gao est aux mains des islamistes

  28 June 2012 ( #News & Prime time )

  Le gouvernorat de la ville de Gao - qui servait de quartier général à la rébellion touarègue du MNLA - a été pris ce mercredi 27 juin par les islamistes du Mujao après cinq heures de combats. Les affrontements ont éclaté au lendemain de violentes manifestations...

• Diesel Black Gold Men

  28 June 2012 ( #Fashion & beauty )

  Diesel Black Gold has demonstrated a new sense of cohesion since returning to its Italian roots last season after showing in New York for several years. Designer Renzo Rosso seems to have recaptured the rocker vibe that has been a throughline—for better...

• {Fashion} Adirée launches AFWNY 2012 Videos in anticipation of AFWNY 2013

  24 April 2013 ( #Africa Fashion Week, #Adiree, #AFWNY, #Henna Flower, #Kachi Designs, #Sheaffa Delince )

  What: Africa Fashion Week (AFWNY) 2012 designer video release: HennaFlower : http://bit.ly/14NLz7q Kachi Designs: http://bit.ly/15HYNBP Sheaffa Delince : http://bit.ly/ZLr7Mw Who: Adirée, producer of AFWNY showcases luxury and mass African-owned fashion...

• Iman, one the most sought-after models of the 1970s and '80s

  01 July 2012 ( #Worldwide Models )

  Sometimes referred to as Somalia's most famous export, model and business executive Iman was one the most sought-after supermodels of the 1970s and '80s. Discovered by photographer Peter Beard on the streets of Nairobi, she quickly became a stunning and...

• And the 2013 Grammy Nominees Are...

  29 January 2013 ( #Al Jarreau, #Ana Tijoux, #Anthony Hamilton, #Carla Morrison, #Carly Rae Jepsen, #Chainz, #Culture, #David Gamson, #Denise Donatelli, #Drake, #Esperanza Spalding, #Florence & The Machine, #Frank Ocean, #Grammy Nominees, #Greg Kurstin, #Hunter Hayes, #Jack White, #Jamey Johnson, #Janelle Monáe, #Jorgen Elofsson, #Kelly Clarkson, #Luciana Souza, #Lupe Fiasco, #Miguel, #Miranda Lambert, #Muse, #Pink, #R. Kelly, #Rick Ross, #Tamia, #Tavish Crowe, #Taylor Swift, #The Roots, #The Time Jumpers, #Tyrese, #Zac Brown Band )

  For music fans, the biggest night of the year is coming up. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony is scheduled to be aired at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 on CBS. The list of 2013 Grammy nominations are out. There are 30 categories to highlight everything from Top...

• Ledisi, artiste américaine de Soul/R&B aux racines Nigérianes

  20 July 2012 ( #Culture & Entertainment )

  Ledisi est une artiste américaine de Soul/R&B originaire de Nouvel Orleans(Etats-unies). Ledisi grandi dans une famille ou la musique est prédominante. Sa mère chantait dans un groupe de Rythm’n blues de Louisiane et c’est tout naturellement que Ledisi...

• Fashion Shows ~ Eliee Saab (A/W 2013-2014)

  29 March 2013 ( #Fashion, #Elie Saab, #designers, #Lebanese, #Middle East, #couturier, #haute )

  Elie Saab is a Lebanese fashion designer. Long known in the Middle East as a leading haute couturier, his overtly feminine aesthetic and romantic crystal-encrusted gowns initially attracted princesses, and later, film stars, enamoured with his Middle...

• #Culture • Tropics Magazine celebrates Anne-Marie Nzié, the legend!

  27 December 2013 ( #Culture & Entertainment )

  Anne-Marie Nzié is a Cameroonian bikutsi singer. In the 1940s, died on december 26, 2013, Nzié began performing bikutsi, the music native to her home in central Cameroon. She signed with Pathé Marcom Records. Nzié remained active over the next five decades...

• Mali: Un premier bilan du 19e sommet de l'UA consacré au Mali et à la RDC

  18 July 2012 ( #News & Prime time )

  Le 19e sommet de l'Union africaine s'est achevé hier soir à Addis-Abeba. Ce sommet au cours duquel il aura été beaucoup question de la crise au Mali et dans l'est de la RDC a été surtout marqué par l'élection de la Sud-Africaine Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma...

• Les foulards africains

  26 June 2012 ( #Editor's choice )

  Les foulards africains sont de belles pièces décoratives qui exposent notre culturelle africaine d’une manière très éloquente et classe. Ces derniers sont à la fois intrigants et étonnants. Mais de nos jours beaucoup de gens de diverses cultures les adoptent...

• Vera Wang New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 Collection

  26 June 2012 ( #Fashion & beauty )

  Wang’s Feminine Mystique – Vera Wang kept her color palette light for her spring 2012 collection with sleek silhouettes that didn’t stray away from Wang’s well-known feminine aesthetic. Spring was a story of the hard and soft, with stiff shapes softened...

• {Event} UNITE AIDS GALA !

  23 May 2013 ( #Supermodel Dji Dieng, #Boy george, #UNESCO, #UNDP, #USAID, #Malaria, #AIDS, #Switzerland, #charity )

  World Star Boy George live in Concert! Zurich: 25th May 2013 UNITE is uniting people from Switzerland, entire Europe and even from the USA to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS Prevention - Treatment and Integration. With the UNITE AIDS Gala and the exclusive...

• Afrique: Jean-Luc Konan - « Le continent demeure une priorité pour nous »

  18 July 2012 ( #Business & Entrepreneurs )

  Le secteur bancaire africain aiguise de plus en plus d'appétit de la part de multinationales étrangères comme celles du continent. C'est à l'image de la panafricaine UBA qui fait du continent une priorité pour espérer consolider la croissance enclenchée...

• Versace Men

  30 June 2012 ( #Fashion & beauty )

  Versace has never been shy about its Classical affinities, so it was a bit of a surprise that the wrestlers which opened the Spring 2013 show were less of the Greco-Roman variety and more in the vein of WWE fighters, mostly naked save for their tiny briefs,...

• Vivienne Westwood Men

  28 June 2012 ( #Fashion & beauty )

  There was romance and—appropriately enough for a collection inspired by Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe —Romanticism in the air at Vivienne Westwood for Spring 2013. Soft garlands of blossoms circled several of the boys’ heads as they came down the runway...

• Alexander McQueen (A/W 2013-2014)

  29 March 2013 ( #Fashion, #Alexander McQueen, #trends, #fashion designer, #The Ecclesiastical, #wardrobe, #womenswear )

  Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2013-2014 The Ecclesiastical Wardrobe Full womenswear runway collection. Alexander McQueen was the quintessential bad boy made good. He had brains and brawn, surviving over ten years as a solo designer and being brought into...

• Spring 2013 "White Label" Lookbook Released by Kith

  26 March 2013 ( #Fashion, #Fashion & beauty, #Kith's, #fashion label, #spring 2013, #lookbook, #13th Witness, #Ebbets Field Flannel, #Ronnie Fieg )

  Earlier, we gave a preview of Kith's "White Label" spring 2013 lookbook, which was shot by 13th Witness. Now,Ronnie Fieg and his team have released the complete visual companion for the store's upcoming collection, and it's dope. Featuring coaches jackets...