About Benin

  Benin Culture  See More On African Culture Here. These were a highly trained, mobile and ruthless crack unit of the Dahomey military. They were renowned for their heroism. Chastity was a requirement an they could only...

  Ghana Model Stories  Images of a young girl allegedly by the name of Lydia Hudu has gone viral in Ghana. Apparently the girl is a student of University of Ghana. The images are being shared...

  Benin Culture  Traditional Day or Fête du Vodoun (literally Vodoun Festival, also known as Traditional Religions Day) is a public holiday in Benin that celebrates the nation's history surrounding the West African religion of Vodoun....

  Ghana Racism In Fashion  Mutli platinum selling artists Rihanna recently featured in latest 'The Beauty' Issue of Bazaars Harpers. Of an editorial of which she was laced with various looks, one that stood out was...

  Ghana Look Books  It's been a while since we served a beautiful menswear editorial outside of look books. However Elvis De Dravo didn't waste time when it came to snapping Benin top male models with...

  BeninGuineaMorocco Look Books  Congratulations to the 2 winners are FIMA, Fatoumta Conte of Guinea Conakry winning best female model, and Akram Adechokan from Benin winning best male model. The two emerged as the winners of...

Mimine Ag from her real name Yasmine Agbantou is a Beninese (Republic of Benin) - French fashion and print designer born in Paris and raised in Benin. Mimine is the nickname her mother gave her...

Before even Ghana went printastic, I once recalled visiting a club in Benin and I was amazed with their love for wax prints and African attire. All I recall was, despite Ghanaian being recognised...

Despite Benin being very young in fashion and still growing, FESMMA happens to be the most popular fashion event to take place in the country featuring a host of designers mainly from around the...

Invited by the Togo Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a ceremony in honor of the Togolese Diaspora, stylist Grace Wallace presented her new collection in front of a select audience. The collection is called...

One thing you have to love about the Benin singer Angelique Kidjo, is that she rose to international success without uttering one English word in her music, not because she couldn't speak it, but...

Great initiative! It might take a while for kids fashion to develop or merge into the growing African fashion industry but atleast this show is putting it's foot on the ground to identify the...