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Contents

LondonGarmentsPage 33

FelicitiesPresentations

lfw Mens-JunePages 22/23

LondonFashionWeekPages 18/19

HEALTH & RELAXATION ON PAGES 30&31

EuroVision Contest 2013Pages12/13

PagakcukOn knife crime

Naomi Campbell’s The FaceProbably her last settlingprofession, The Face, isdefinitely here to stay. NaomiCampbell launched the newTV reality fashion show namedThe Face,early this year andhas impressed almosteveryone who watched it.

The show was aired onOxygen Television accessibleto everyone worldwide.Reactions from her fans werepositive, with lots of messagesof encouragement on it’ssuccess so far. For Naomi, it isjust the beginning of a newcarrier

But for the fans, it is longoverdue judging from thesuccessful carrier she inmodelling she achieved overthe years.

AfricanCulture &Tradition

EuropeanCulture &Tradition

lfw Mens-JunePages 22/23

Naomi CampbellJacki Appiah-ActressAfrican Bridal ShowIn the Beginning - 40/41Britain Got Talent - 42/43

Islamic Fashion FestivalKuala LumpurMalaysia

EuroVision Contest 2013

Dlamini Zuma AU Sec. Gen.Gradually, the history, statistics, perception and of course,the of women is beginning to get established in Africa. For thevery first time, a woman has been elected almostunanimously, to head the African Union - an institution thatfailed to live up to it’s expectations since it’s creation.

Dlamini Zuma of South Africa, is the African Union SecretaryGeneral carrying a heavy load on her head. She is heading anorganisation that has more challenges than any other one ofit’s kind in the world. Well, perhaps one might exclude theArab League, an Arab regional body with many of it’s memberstates in crisis. But then, the African Union has more share ofthe Problems and crisis of the Arabs as many Arab countriesare a part of African Union as well.

Can a woman - Dlamini Zuma dare to tread where angels fearto tread? This is the question that many are asking and timewill tell. Addressing the economic and crisis in Africa, seemsto be her priority and headache from all indications as theyare the most pressing African problems at the moment.

Well, there are indications that where a man fails, a womancan successfully deliver. We saw that in Liberia. But let uswait and see as we write again in the next issue.

Dlamini ZumaAfrican UnionsSecretary Gen.

AngelinaJolie

CelebrityUN

Ambassador

Angie is one example ofcelebrity women in showbizthat have found passion inhelping to improve thequality of the poor and lessprivileged worldwide,especially in the developingand underdeveloped nations.

She is one of the examplesof women revolution whoshow example to others onthe importance of charitableworks.

She was at the WorldEconomic Council early2013 to give moreencouragement to richernations to contribute moreresources to aid the lessprivileged.

As an adoptee of 2 Africanand Asian children, Angiehas already proved herself asa true Godly person.

Brides of Culture2013

Brides of Culture is an event that showcases the A - Z of modern wedding. Wedding planners,wedding dress designers and marketers, cake makers, make up artists and hair stylists, weddingDJ’s and a host of them, were all in attendace at this years event.

The Hilton Canary Wharf, London, was the place for this year 2013 event. It was well attendedby people from different walks of life including brides and grooms to be, who were looking forany deal to grab as they prepare to tie the knot.

Brides of Culture

Brides of Culture hasyet again come upwith anotherwedding event thatsucceded in takingpromoting weddingrelated businessesas it also and addglamour to the oneof the oldest humanpractices.

Brides of Culture

One of the attractiveWedding Dresses showcasedat the 2013 Brides of Culture

ProjectEmbraceProject Embrace iwasformed to challengethe narrow perceptionof beautiful Black Hairand encouragewomen and girls toembrace their ownhair and beauty.

We aim to helpwomen and girls ofAfrican descentespecially, recogniseand reject the harmfulmessages about theirnatural hair textureand what it means tohave beautiful hair.

Project Embrace is nota profit-makingorganisation and ourmain mission is to takeadvert space onbillboards in majorcities around theworld, stating withLondon in order totake back beauty forwomen and girls andestablish the fact thatafro textured hair isbeautiful too.

Project Embrace : thelook of love event ispart of our activities toraise some funds forthe billboards.

Project Embrace - an event one cannotafford to miss coming your way thissummer.Hey! How much does your hair mean toyou? How proud are you about yournatural black hair?It’s hair 4real.Date : Saturday 18th June 2013

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People Against Gun & Knife Crime are filming the new version of putdown the gunz music video on the 4th may at city hall the gherkinLondon 10am - 8pm for charity and would like families adults andchildren to attend and show a united front......

Our goal

To help

To inspire

Bring awareness

Increase self worth

Rebuild the familystructure

To offer guidance

To offer direction andsolutions

How

Through life coaching

Events

Talks

Youth centres

Music film photography

Empowering youths

Education

Rewards

Linking with otherorganisations

Working in unity andthe grace of god

It is all about a London personality who deserved being talked aboutespecially on his stance on one of UK’s menace - The Gun & Knife Crime.

A performing Artist and actor, Desire has a passion for peace and loveand of course by nature, he is such an outgoing personality, which makeshim stand out whenever he is around.

Gun and knife crimes by youths defied all efforts to bring it to an end, butthrough struggles such as the one undertaken by Pagakc, under theleadership of award-winning Desire McNeish, the situation is improving.

He has used every medium available, from Music to movie in order tosend the good message across to the more vulnerable young men andwomen in the UK.

Pagakc deserves every support from all, which is while you should like theand support the page on facebook

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FelicitiesPresentation@lfw

Felicities presentation is oneof the most attracting eventsat the London Fashion Week.

The presentation sees anumber of high class highquality designers showcasingin a little more spectacularway than the catwalk show inthe main show space.

The presentation provides theopportunity to have a morecocktail friendly atmospherewith interactions between themedia, buyers and exhibitors.

It is fair to say that it is amore modernised way ofshowcasing.

Celebrities prepare for the Felicitiespresentation at the Somerset House inLondon

Doing business at theLondon FashionWeek Exhibition hasalways been maintarget of the event.British FashionCouncil sponsoredexhibitions are allover the place. TheBFC sponsoredtalented upcomingdesigners who havegot something toshow for the neversaturated fashionmarket.

How about a PyramidYour celebrity event cakes

How about a PyramidYour celebrity event cakes

With the separation of Mens and Womens London Fashion Week events, in terms ofexhibition and catwalk shows, the menswear will now be hosted in June while theWomens will stay as it is in September.

The separation started from January when the Menswear came a few weeks beforethe Womens. It was about the most major change this year by he British FashionCouncil.

The separation of the 2 was for convenience and to address the heavy load ofcatwalk shows as well as the exhibition.

Looking Forward toLFW

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London Collections: Menis set to be the strongestshowcase of menswearthis summer with over 60designers confirmed toshow in London between16th – 18th June 2013.The line-up of shows andevents sees some ofmenswear’s mostprominent internationalnames showingalongside Britain'srenowned heritagedesigners and rising stars.The schedule wasannounced by DylanJones, Chair of LondonCollections: Men, at anevent held at The BritishResidence of the HMConsul General in NewYork, celebrating thestrength of the Britishmenswear industry.

New to show thisseason is iconic Britishbrand Burberry, movingtheir menswear show toLondon after more thanten years of showing inMilan. After supportingLondon Collections:Men for the past twoseasons with in-storeevents, Burberry willshow its mainlinemenswear collectionon Tuesday 18th June.This season also marksthe first season for NewYork based brand rag &bone and luxuryaccessories brand,Jimmy Choo to showmenswear collections inLondon.

Further new additionsto the line-up includePaul Smith who willshow a presentationand a cocktailreception by BOSS onMonday 17th June.Alexander McQueen,Oliver Spencer,Jonathan Saunders andRichard Nicoll all returnto the schedule to showstand out collections inLondon, whilst TomFord, Nicole Farhi andChristopher Kane willhold privateappointments for pressand buyers.

The Mayor of London,Boris Johnson, will host acelebration of LondonCollections: Men onTuesday 18th June,highlighting the historyand heritage of themenswear industry inLondon. Luxury brandsincluding Hardy Amiesand Gieves & Hawkeswill both show stand-alone presentationsalongside catwalkshows from newestablishment SavileRow designers includingRichard James and E.Tautz. The tailors ofSavile Row will host aunique presentation asa collective at Lord’sCricket Ground onMonday afternoon.

London Collections:Men is the essentialshowcasing platform forthe best of London’semerging talent, asseen through NEWGENMEN, sponsored byTOPMAN, and MANinitiatives. The MANshow, a joint initiativebetween TOPMAN andFashion East which hasbeen pivotal inpromoting menswear inLondon since 2005, willtake place on Sunday16th June, showcasingthree

of London’s mostcutting edgemenswear designers towatch. The Fashion Eastinstallations supportand promote theseedbed of London’sbrightest new talent,and will return to showa highly anticipatedpresentation onTuesday 18th June.

For June 2013, the BFCintroduce a third showspace at Victoria Housein addition to theofficial venues of theHospital Club and theOld Sorting Office. Thismove accommodatesthe growing number ofon-schedule designersand provides a flexiblespace to facilitate thediversity of themenswear shows. Thisseason, The HospitalClub once again formsthe central hub forLondon Collections:Men, providing agrowing focus on theexhibitors in DesignerGalleries, whilst catwalkshows from designersincluding J.W. Andersonand ChristopherShannon will take placeat The Old SortingOffice.

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MENSWEARJune lfw

Alongside the catwalkshows andpresentations, eventscelebrating the Britishmenswear industry willtake place, withhighlights including theEsquire and JimmyChoo party; a drinksreception held byDuchamp; a dinnerhosted by JonathanNewhouse and TommyHilfiger and a party atRalph Lauren’s RRLstore with PortMagazine. Theshowcase will close withthe GQ dinner, hostedby Dylan Jones andTracey Emin, and aparty by DetailsMagazine. A full eventsschedule, digitalschedule andconsumer eventsprogramme will beannounced over thecoming weeks.

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A UK basedEthiopian Model

took a giant stride intoAfrica exploring what

culture has got to offer.

It was such a fantasticexperience for theenthusiastic model

through the rural, culturalAfrica. The beautiful

cultures of Kenya andTanzania have continued

to impress.

Unique fashion, rich incolour and artistic

design, presents Africa asone of the best when it

comes to world fashion.

Eden Solomon hasfeatured in many fashion

shows of internationalclass in the United

Kingdom. Her face will beremembered lately in the

finalists for the “ TopModel of Colour 2013

”and was one of thosefew that caught the

attention of manypeople.

Took a giant stride in Africa

EdenSolomon

Fashion in AfricaEden Solomon poses for a photowith some beautiful Girls in AfricanAttire.

Priyanka ChopraPriyaka Chopra is oneof the most popularBollywood actressesthat has helped takethe Indian movie worldto another dimension.

Fashion in movies hasseen sometransformation andthanks to the likes ofher.

Priyaka is one of thoseIndian super-modelsbefore she took toacting.

Pri was once Mss Indiaand went ahead tobecome Mss World inthe year 2000. That winmade her verypopular and helped inher acting fame. She isan award winner.

Priyanka ChopraFilm directing used tobe a man’s affair inBollywood, but notanymore as more andmore actresses aretaking to film directingand even production.

One such is KareenaKapoor, the daughterof Randhir Kapoorrecently married tofellow acor, Raj AliKhan. Her sister,Karisma Kapoor too,who herself is anindian Bollywood star,is becoming adirector.

Ashwarya Rai, anotherundisputed Bollywoodqueen, is a writer,director and producer.She indicated interestin this a few yearsback when she sloweddown from acting dueto familycommitments.

Kuala Lumpur - MalaysiaWith various internationallyrecognised fashion labels, theIslamic Fashion Festival in KualaLumpur, Malaysia was the centreof attraction in fashion catwalk. Itwas a fashion show that has takenfashion to the next level.

Malaysia, boasts of some of thebest designers in the world. It is thehome of Far Asian Fashion andmaintains that position.

This is an event one must travel toMalaysia to attend. It is just worth it.

The Menswear is as spectacular as theWomenswear. The designs are as traditional asthey are beautiful and creative. This makesthem stand out.

MENS AND WOMENSWEAR UNIVERSAL

The decencyin thedesigns arenevercompromised. Theyremaindecent,Islamiccompatibleand yetmodern andelegant.

Most of thedesigns fusetradition andmodernity.

MENS AND WOMENSWEAR UNIVERSAL

DESIGN OF THE DAY

Seeing is ofcoursebelieving.Winter is nobarrier toelegantlookingdesign wears.

Islamic House of Fashion, thehome of fashion that suits aMuslim woman, conforming to allthe rules of not only Islamic, butnatural decency.

The fashion is as Asian/Arabianas it is African. The fashionHouse is known for quality,elegant designs that stand thetest of time.

Thank you so much for featuringthis important cause. As arecording Artist in the public eyeswe all have a responsibility to giveback and help those in need.-Nigeria on my mind.

Nigeria also has 2.5 million AIDSorphans, more than any othercountry in the world.

Nigeria’s state healthcare systemis one of the worst in the world,and only 20% of those with HIVhave access to lifesavingantiretroviral drugs. The rest willdevelop AIDS and many will diealone, rejected by their familiesand communities.

“On the average, between $20,000and $40,000 is said to be spent bya traveller on each health trip.Records also show that over$500m is lost annually by Nigeriaon account of medical tourism tocountries outside Nigeria. Indeed,it has been shown that India earnsover $260m from medical tourismfrom Nigeria alone. It has beenprojected that this year India willrealise between $1bn and $2bnfrom a medical tourism marketworth over $20bn.”

My priority is to have MEDICALMOBILE CLINICS ALL OVERNIGERIA ESPECIALLY ACCESSTO THE VILLAGES.

We have become a beggingNation we have natural resourceswe should be leading and settingthe standard. We should haveState Of The Art Hospitals all overNigeria.

We should have a health caresystem like we have here in theUK the NHS.

Nobody should die because theycannot afford to be treatedbecause they have no money.

Accident site by vehicle type.

INJURY PARAMETERS: twelvethousand and forty persons wereinvolved in the accidents with1,292 (10.7%) immediate fatalities.Eighty thousand three hundredand fifty six (69.4%) persons wereinjured, 1996 (23.9%) of whichwere seen at the casualty of thefour hospitals.

PRE-HOSPITAL CARE

One hundred and seventy two(8.6%) of the patients were givensome form of pre-hospital care bybystanders. Seventeen patientshad their wounds irrigated withwater, wound coverage by clothingmaterials was accomplished in 10patients, and 5 patients had theirfractures splinted with woodenbars while 4 patients apiece weregiven water to drink or food to eat.The rest were brought to thehospital without any form oftreatment before arrival at thecasualty department of theparticipating hospitals.

TRANSPORTATION

One hundred and sixty (8.0%)patients were transported to thehospitals in ambulances none ofwhich were manned by trainedhealth workers. Table 2 itemizeshow the patients were transportedto the hospitals.

Doctors, nurses, and other healthworkers in Nigeria face challengessuch as poor pay, lack of facilities,and lack of opportunities todevelop professionally. In Nigeriamost doctors earn less than theequivalent of £500 a month, whichhas led to strikes by doctors. ManyNigerian medical students andjunior doctors leave the countrysoon after graduation, largely todeveloped countries of Europe andNorth America.

Carol JianiWrites

Our people deserve better they areworthy our people are in bondageand a change must come. Withouthealth really we have nothing.

WORLD AIDS DAY........................I campaigned likemad and realized the seriousnesshow bad things were back home .Everyday our people aremessaging ,emailing telling methat they cannot afford to betreated. Simple operations likeremoving ones appendix if left canlead to death.

THIS IS NOT GOOD THIS ISONE OF THE REASONS AREPEOPLE ARE DYING WE NEEDAMBULANCES IN NIGERIA

State of Medical Care In Nigeria

The Nigerian health care system ispoorly developed. No adequateand functional surveillancesystems are developed. Toachieve success in health care inthis modern era, a system wellgrounded in routine surveillanceand medical intelligence as thebackbone of the health sector isnecessary, besides adequatemanagement couple with strongleadership principles.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEDOCTORS AND HOSPITALSESPECIALLY IN NIGERIA DONOT UNDERSTAND THEPHYSICIANS OATH.

T SEEMS TO ME THAT THEDOCTORS AND HOSPITALSESPECIALLY IN NIGERIA DONOT UNDERSTAND THEPHYSICIANS OATH.

The health of my patient will be myfirst consideration.

We need to create a system likethe N H S back in Nigeria periodtoo many people dying................A change must come.

Purpose of the Physician's Oath(1948)

This oath seems to be a responseto the atrocities committed by thephysicians in Nazi Germany.[3]Notably, this oath requires thephysician to "not use [his or her]medical knowledge contrary to thelaws of humanity."[4] Thisdocument was adopted by theWorld Medical Association onlythree months before the UnitedNations General Assemblyadopted the Universal Declarationof Human Rights (1948) whichprovides for the security of theperson.[3]

Upon a physician's retirement, the"Physician's Oath on Retirement"is being proposed "to address themoral, psychological, social, andcultural responsibilities that aphysician assumes whenvoluntarily relinquishing theresponsibilities of active medicalpractice."[5]

[edit]The Physician's Oath

At the time of being admitted as amember of the medical profession:

I solemnly pledge myself toconsecrate my life to the service ofhumanity;

I will give to my teachers therespect and gratitude which is theirdue;

I will practice my profession withconscience and dignity;

The health of my patient will be myfirst consideration;

I will respect the secrets which areconfided in me;

I will maintain by all the means inmy power, the honour and thenoble traditions of the medicalprofession;

My colleagues will be my brothersand sisters;

I will not permit considerations ofreligion, nationality, race, gender,politics, socioeconomic standing,or sexual orientation to intervenebetween my duty and my patient;

I will maintain the utmost respectfor human life; even under threat, Iwill not use my medical knowledgecontrary to the laws of humanity;

State of Medical Care In Nigeria LookingInto theJune IssueBrace yourselves for amuch more exhileratingand smashing JuneIssue of AfroEuroMagazine. It is ourintention to bring toyour view, those topicsthat best entertain andeducate you in a moreuseful way.

We are carrying somestuff from the AfricanBridal Show.

More stuff from fashionand entertainmentwriters,

EuroVision 2013 - thesong contest,

Individual fashiondesigns from talenteddesigners,

More info as we lookinto London FashionWeek,

The Project Embraceevent by Lekia Lee,

Culture and tourism. Allamong other things.

Fashion, will as usual beat least 70%

Enjoy viewing.

It has n o tbeen an easy task, getting

women to exercise for thesake of healthy living other than for

professional sports. On most occasions,women take to exercises after putting on toomuch unwanted and unacceptable weight. Butdefinitely not as a means of regular activitywith the aim of staying healthy.

In Africa, particularly, unless a woman isinto some form of sport as a profession, itis never seen as a necessity of life.Although there are those whose day-to-day activities amount to exercise ondaily basis, and such women differ

from those who either sit athome, or work, in which

situation their work doesnot warrant enough

exercises requiredfor healthy

living.

It has alwaysbeen a problem getting women

in Africa to engage in one form ofexercise or the other. Many think that

exercise and sports is to do with elites oreducated women only. Informally educatedwomen in many parts of Africa, especially in therural areas, see exercise as unnecessary tohealthy living. But exercise remains thecheapest thing to improve health, controlcholesterol and have a healthy heart..

AishaTakes you around

Exercise

How often do you relax? How often do you get your head and mind off thehassles and ups and downs of life?

Certainly there is much more to life than just work, school, business and othercommitments that even go to the extent of taking your mind off food.

Relaxation, is one of the most important components of healthy and goodliving. There is mistake in that assertion. Every part of the body requires arelaxation at certain times of the day.

Overwork kills. It eats into one’s brain, mind, soul and body other physicalbody components, which is the reason why taking regular relaxation helpsthe body support the soul for a youthful, quality and longlasting life.

Yoga, simsaga and even prayers, do get one relaxed. It is not only sittingdown watching TV, drinking I a pub or just doing some other tuff that get onerelaxed. It is far more than that. The mind and soul must attract one’s attentionto get the whole of one relaxed. Sitting quietly and getting rid of thoughts forat least 2 hours a day is about what one needs.

Aisha

A television drama series that will be hitting the TV screen soon.The drama series will be on twice a week basis and will changetopic every quarter.

Although selection of actors/actresses has been completed, there areplans to open up an audition to accommodate more interested andenthusiastic individuals.

Details to be announced soon.

Producers of Blast - The Drama

Publishers of AfroEuroMagazine.

Owners of MGTV

Turninginto a complete media network,

UniMedia Group intends to further expandit’s services by including many media related

areas with the view to providing an overallentertainment to our viewers and fans wherever they are.

Stay with us while we bring you much more.

London Garments ExpoHaving attended the lastyear’s London GarmentsExpo for the first time, Iwondered what I had beenmissing over the years.

The Expo, whichshowcases all who have gotanything to do withgarments, fashiondesigners, fashion retailersincluding upcoming youare in need of push, modelsand so on, attracts peoplefrom the UK and mainlyAsia.

The British TextileIndustry sees anopportunity here to assist inpromoting fashion andbusiness of textile materialin aid of the economy.There are exhibitionas well as catwalkshows. Thespectacularperformance at thecatwalk shows wasbeyondimagination.Looking forward tothis year’s. Onewould expectnothing less thanperfection.

Africa Culture&Tradition

Some of the best musical instruments in the world come from Africa. Music of black origin has sweptacross the globe and can only be played with African instruments whether modified or natural.

In Africa today, young musicians have completely destroyed African arts and music. That is to say thatthe culture is under threat. It might be extinct soon if care is not taken, leaving African with nothing. Theamount of culture pollution is just beyond any acceptable proportion.

Above, is a trumpeter (KAKAKI) a traditionalHausa entertainment instrument that requiresblowing power to play. It is a culture of one ofAfrica’s largest ethnic groups, The Hausa. TheHausas are commonly found in northern Nigeria,Niger, Cameroun, Chad, Ghana, Togo andRepublic of Benin.

Africa Culture&Tradition

africa

The continuous defamation,rape and misrepresentation oftrue African culture, by theyoung entertainers in differentaspects of entertainment suchas music, movies and fashion,spells doom for the continent.

Africa is in trouble. It riskshaving all it’s rich historicalvalues carpet-bombed bythose who should beprotecting it.

Africa’s rich and enviablecultures and traditions,spanning across the entirecontinent, are under threatunless something is done tosave the situation.

Africans learnt more of the badand even surpass those theylearnt from, and learn a little ofthe good ones.

African music, natural Africanmusic, which

Cry of a Polluted Culture

Was intact before the adventof colonisation, now becomessecond class.

Colonisation, more thananything else, dealt a hugeblow to African values and thesituation keeps getting worseby the day.

OUR MAIN TOPIC FORTODAY IS;

“THE POLLUTED AFRICANFASHION”

Once upon a time, the entireAfrican fashion, from the tip ofnorth Africa, down to thebottom of south Africa, onecould boast of saying that it isdecent. A fashion of decency ifyou like. But all that has gonewith the winds. There is little ornothing left to be proud of as apure African fashion.

In the last 2 decades, Africanfashion suffered it’s worstpollution with modern fashiondesigners coming up with allsorts of alien designs andcalling it African.

Majority of such designerseither live in the west, or inAfrica but with the belief that ifthey do not pollute and corruptit, they would not getanywhere with it. They seepure African designs asobsolete in nature. They seeAfrican fashion of decency asoutdated and if they do notadd a modern Europeantouch, it would not sell.

In most cases, it is only thefabric, rich in colour that saysa little abut Africa. This attitudeis very much associated withmental colonisation, or evenmental slavery if wouldn’t mindthat.

The funny and sad part of it isthe fact that most of thedesigns are purely indecenteven by European standards.African designers go beyondwestern designers in

Music, movies and fashion

Promoting nude designsthinking that they are doingsomething creative, orprogressive.

Fashion is culture. Loose itloose your culture. But lack ofunderstanding of theimportance maintaining andsustaining standards will oneday wipe out even the littletraces of true African fashion.

Majority of African designers inthe west do not make it. Oneof the reasons why they find itdifficult to make it, is the factthat they give the west what italready has and the market isalready saturated with thesame form of designers. Thereis nothing new or different forpeople change to, whichdefinitely is pure Africandesigns.

There are many people outthere in the form of culturaland fashions touristsworldwide who are looking forsomething different from whatthey are used to as modern,and that is natural Africanfashion.

Cry of a Polluted Culture

The Roda Wilson ShowTo sponsor 2013Women4AfricaAwards

The Rhoda Wilson Show tosponsor Women4AfricaAward 2013

It is with great pride that TheRhoda Wilson Show will besponsoring The InspirationalWoman of The Year award atThe 2nd AnnualWomen4Africa awards takingplace in Kensington on May18th. “We have to support oneanother no matter how little orhow big our own problems are.Thus I am delighted to besupporting Women4Africa andtheir great cause”- RhodaWilson.

‘Women for Africa’ wasbirthed from a 20 year desireand passion to see womenhonoured and appreciated in acelebratory way. Everywhereyou go in life you see women.Focused, driven, determined,ambitious, resourceful,passionate, talented, inspiringare just some of thecharacteristics that areembedded in these women.

The ‘Women4Africa AwardsUK’ will in 2013 seek tohonour and reward a numberof women of the AfricanDiaspora and from Africancountries at The KensingtonTown Hall in central London.The categories have beencarefully picked so as toencompass women in theirmany different roles.

In 2012 Rhoda Wilson wasshortlisted in the MediaCategory of theWomen4Africa Awards, anhonour which recognised thecontribution that Rhoda hasmade to the world ofTelevision and The Media inthe UK. Her mantra of“Inspiring You to Aspire toLife” has been maintainedthroughout the course of hermedia career.

In The Beginning

“No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has beenand exactly how he arrived at his present place” – Maya Angelou

A lot of women say covering their hair with straight weaves and permanently changing the structurewith chemicals is a choice, and they are absolutely right. I couldn't wait to perm my hair at 16,because at school in Nigeria, we were not allowed to use chemicals on our hair. I had now finishedsecondary school and could do what I liked with my hair. I chose to get rid of the ‘kinks’ , I continuedto get rid of them the moment they popped out from my scalp for the next 17 years. Then when Irealised why I was making that choice and that choice alone I cut it all off and never used relaxers orweaves again. This was my realisation.

Somebody said I was ugly and I believed them. They said I was so ugly they never included myimage in beauty adverts, they never used my image to depict a beautiful woman, they didn't want meto work with the public, my colour, my features, my hair was ugly, although what they said to mewas, "you just don't look the part".

Don't get me wrong, they did use my image, it was in adverts, in newspapers and magazines, postersand stamps, and I did work in public places. These pictures will prove it.In The Beginning

There are thingsthat areforgiven buthardly forgottenin life.

They are sougly that theirplace in historyhas come tostay forever.

There are alsotraces of suchugly things thatare very mucharound andliving with ustoday.

To becompletedin the Juneissue

In The Beginning

Britain Has TalentGotThe judges are set and ready to kick-start the 2013 Britain Has GotTalent, a show that gives individuals to participate and showcasewhat talent they have got to offer.

Men and women from across the United Kingdom, no longer haveto go silent wth talents they know they have got. Opportunity is outhere for them to show the world that when you have a talent, henbring it out for people to enjoy, and of course for you to benefitfrom it.

Britain Has Got Talent does not only entertain and produce thewinner, single winner that runs away with the price, it builds

Some of thesensationalcompetitorswho eithercarried the dayand scaledthrough easily,those whocaught theattention ofeveryone, orthose whowere too out ofplace to beforgotten.

The first daywas a reminderthat this year’swill see a bigshowdownfrom thecompetitors.

AfricanBridalShow 2013

Britain Has TalentGot

See more ofThe event inThe June IssueThe African Bridal Show is one ofthe most glamorous weddingfashion shows and exhibition inthe United Kingdom.

The event attracted peoplefrom all walks of life who havepassion for wedding relatedstuff, designers, weddingaccessory makers, would-bebrides and grooms and ofcourse, those in the fashionbusiness promotion.

Do not miss this in theJune Issue.

EuroVision Contest 2013The contest has got to the semi-finalstage with countries such asMoldova, Belarus, Russia, Ireland,Slovania, Austria taking part. Thesemi-fnals is in 2 stages.

EuroVision Contest 2013

Moldova Spectacular Show

Malmo - Sweden

Austria

EuroVision Song Contest

Austria has shown some serious commitment to scale through thesemi-finals and go ahead to win the contest.

One impressive thing about this year’s contest, is the advancementof the standards and of course quality of the music and overallperformance. More than ever before, almost everyone is looking likea winner, making judgement even on the part of the votingEuropeans, a difficult task.

Malmo - Sweden

EuroVision Song Contest Editor’s Digest

Editor’s Digest

Iat some point, I decided not to botherto say anything for this edition, but thenI suddenly changed my mind.

From the first to the last page, AfroEuromagazine contains almost everything itrequires to entertain our viewers andfans. It does not concentrate onfashion and entertainment only,tourism, culture and many more, havefound their places in the magazine.

Although there is a plan to split themagazine into 2, with oneconcentrating on Fashionentertainment and showbiz related,while the other will have deal withculture and tourism, events and writeups.

It will also contain more on businessand economy.

I will also seize this opportunity to saythat the June Issue may be my last aseditor.

Until then, have a blessed viewing.

Sara Smith

JLS Splits after 55 years might be a long time for the group to be together, but for their fans, ofcourse, it is not about time. Why do young and aspiring groups keep splitting?

Well there are indications that they are getting somewhat tired of one anotherrather than just trying to pursue a solo carrier contrary to what they said.

JLS, a group that came to limelight through xfactor some 5 years ago, havealready left their mark in the music industry. They have grown to be one of themost successful groups in the UK and even beyond.

The group, which was mentored by Louise, had a very lucky escape atqualification stage as it was a hotly contested xfactor then.

Doing business withAfroEuro Magazine is about

the best idea one can have. Withthe right stuff and management, themagazine is set to hit the highest ofheights within a very short time. The

magazine addresses a number of issues ofdevelopmental nature aside from

entertainment.

For further information on everything,please email :

info@afroeuromagazine.com

AfroEuro Magazine covers

Entertainment - such asmusic, movies, celebrityand so on.

Events - brings you eventsas they happen ingovernmental, corporate,showbiz and personalcircles.

Tourism and culture

Fashion and Beauty

Interviews

Health

Creativity.

Money well made, moneywell spent. For Oprah, thevalue of money is in how it isspent - Afro Euro Magazine

“I intend to do much more on education inAfrica” that is my passion and my vision, saysOprah Wimprey when asked on her goodworks in Africa. Oprah has been involved inproviding affordable and quality educationin Africa for about a decade now. She neverget’s tired.

The super American actress and TV presentersaid that she intends to broaden her supportand assistance in educating African childrenespecially in areas where there is moredeficiency………….

Excerpts from theinterview coming up inour June Issue

Watch Out!

Ben Esiri - The end of a successful EraForever in the minds of many, veteran Nollywood actor, Ben Esiri who passed on a few monthsago. The actor was at the London Olympics in July/August 2012 where he met with many of hisfans in London. The ever smiley face was all over the place as his fans trooped to say hi tosomeone who kept them entertained for decades. RIP.

Nigerian Actor/Performer

Money well made, moneywell spent. For Oprah, thevalue of money is in how it isspent - Afro Euro Magazine

It is really one of the saddest things in life for a child togrow up without anyone to call his biological father, andno one to call him/her son /daughter.

But it is clearly the culture of “no rule of engagement” toblame. When a culture of marriage is not respectedanymore, then all sorts of wrong things will surelyhappen.

Oprah Winfrey says:

“I think we are reaching a tipping point and just maybethe time is now. One in three American children growup without a father…one in three.

Consider this –

Without a father in his life, a boy is SEVEN times morelikely to drop out of school and TWICE as likely to endup in prison.

Can you see the connection? The thread that runsthrough some of the most challenging issues of ourtime?

What’s unquantifiable is the PAIN.

If you are a fatherless son, are raising a fatherless sonor care about any man who grew up without a father inhis life -- I know I am hitting a chord with you.

Iyanla Vanzant and I begin the dialogue with anaudience of 150 men who grew up without their fathers.It is a two hour special LifeClass.

Iyanla and I will be tweeting and posting LIVE duringthe airing to stand with all who are moved to connect.

Let the healing begin”.

Oprah

How does itFeel to have noOne to call youHis son and noOne to call Daddy

Relationship -The American Style

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WORLDTRAVELMARKETThe importance of tourism inthe sustenance of economy atany level, is fast beingrecognised by many countriesin the developing andunderdeveloped world.

Tourism, which comprisesmany heavyweights ineconomy building such asAirlines, Hotels, Travel andmany more, is becoming oneof the most celebrated in thewest. The World Travel Marketin London attracts almosteveryone that has anything todo with tourism from aroundthe globe.

There has been significantincrease in the awareness ofthe importance of tourism as arevenue generator in Africa.Although there are quite anumber of countries that havebeen benefiting from tourism,many more are left behind.They are left behind due toignorance and lack of seriousdrive from the governments.

NIGERIA AT THE WTM

Nigeria is one of the African countriesstruggling with it’s tourism industry. Themost populous nation in Africa isenjoying oil money. It’s dependence onoil, has made it nearly impossible to makeany serious commitment to improving thetourism sector.

TUNISIA AT THE WTM

Tunisia, just out of the deep waters,is a north African country that rankshigh in Tourism it is one of the mostattractive tourist destination with alot to offer. Most of he tourists arefrench oriented

There are many countries in Africaand other continents wherepoverty eats deep into the people,mostly because they do not aveenough resources to generatethem income. Investing in tourismdoes not always require to muchmoney to do. Most countries staypoor for the simple fact that theydo not know hat they have gotsomething in the form of culture orenvironment to make money outof.

With doors open, there are alwayssomeone out there to bring moneyin.

KENYA AT THE WTM

Kenya is one of the best touristdestinations in Africa. It is also oneof the best in tourism investment.The country attracts many touristsfrom around the globe with it’s vastwildlife to see.

MADAGASCAR at WTM

One of the Islands off the coast ofAfrica, Madagascar is definitely oneof the African countries bubblingwith almost everything for thetourist to see and enjoy. Madagascaris next to one of the world’s mostattractive tourist destinations,Mauritius.

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Janet Jackson as Mrs Wassam

Janet Jackson and her hubby are really enjoying theirmarriage life to the admiration of most of Janet’s fans andeach other’s families. Janet and Wassam got Married abouta year ago in a quiet and less extravagant wedding thatattracted only their families and very close friends.

Janet Jackson, is now a Qatarimerican as she is married toBillionaire Wassam Al Mana from Qatar.

Janet is now a proud and practicing Muslim as sheconverted to the faith a few weeks ago, after undergoingsome Islamic education. For her change of faith, Janet didnot only convert because she married a Muslim, but it was along thought idea as her elder brother Jarmaine too hasbeen a Muslim for a long time now and she envies hislifestyle.

This marriage is Janet’s third. Her first marriage to fellowsinger, James Debarge, was annulled in 1985 which she didat an unexpectedly early age than anyone would have everimagined. She was too young then. Her second was with adirector, dancer and songwriter Rene Elizondo Jr. Thatmarriage ended in 2000.

Janet never bothered about hooking up seriously withanyone since then, until now. From all indications, therelationship is here to stay as it was reported that they bothlove and respect each other.

Wassam & Janet

Janet Jackson as Mrs Wassam

Looking for aplace to seeand sharediverseEuropeanculture, look nofurther than thefamous westcentral London.You might be a tourist,out there looking forsomething to see, hearand experience eitherfor your own personalknowledge, or for sharewith others who may beinterested in t.

West central Londonsays it all. From theAmericas, throughEurope, Middle east andAfrica to far east, thestory of culture s can bewritten from one singleplace that gathers themall.

The summer isapproaching and thebirds have alreadystarted hovering aboutto welcome it.

The Scottish blowingpower is felt across theglobe. The beauty andstinging nature of theScottish instruments,makes it one of the mostprolific background musicthat has served manymovies and other relatedmedia.

A Eurotainmentevent that willsurely befeaturing on themagazine and onMGTV “Live” comeAugust.

There definitely couldn’t be abetter time to visit Londonthan during the famousLondon Notting Hill Carnival.

The historic show of extremeculture, fun and excitement,comes once a year in themonth of August.

The Carnival attractshundreds of thousands oftourists, thereby generatingrevenue to the Kingdom.Businesses both new andold, register reasonableprofits.

One beautiful thing aboutthe Carnival is the fact that itcreates new business thatcarry on even after theevent. It is clear at this point,that it is not only anentertainment event, but abusiness promoter andsustainer.

Event

The first year Birthday of babies Hassan and HussainaAbdurrahman, children of Mr Abdurrahman and Hauwa YusufFuntua of Nigerian Television Authority (Europe), wascelebrated in London in grand style.

The event was attended by a number of high calibrepersonalities. There was the presence of His Excellency, theHigh Commissioner of Nigeria to the UK, Dr Dalhat Tafida.There were also one of the most popular Bisi Olatilo of BisconCommunications, Alastair Soyode among others.

All the celebrating family, Abdurrahman,father,Hauwa Yusuf Funtua, Mother, Hassan andHussaina. Some of the guests in the background.

1st Year

twins Hassanand Hussaina

birthday for

in London

Hauwa Yusuf, Mother of thecelebrant twins holdingHussaina who is one.

Mr Abdurrahman,Father of thecelebrant twinsholding Hassan whois one.

His Excellency TheNigerian HighCommissioner to theUK, Dr Dalhat Tafida,delivering a speech atthe event.

twins Hassan

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