Author Archives: Nikki Billie Jean

Dance: Amaku “queenteddy” Ikpeme Breaks The Internet With Her Coupe Decale Dance Moves To Beat De Chez Beat

Amaku Ikpeme better known as @queenteddy on Instagram is currently breaking the internet with her dance moves. In a bdazzaled black and yellow ankara print top and infectious personality, she does a few Couple Decale dances to a popular Ivorian beat called “Beat The Chaz Beat”. Watch the video below:  

Magazine: Nollywood Actress Meg Otanwa for Zen Magazine November 2016

Zen Magazine’s November cover star is a very talented Nollywood actress who hails from the Idoma speaking area of Benue State in Nigeria. A lover of languages, she speaks and writes English, French, Hausa, Idoma, Spanish and Yoruba, fluently.

Fashion Show: Ankara Streets & Genesislevel Tackle the Mannequin Challenge at the CFC Fashion Show

Out of all the internet challenges from the ice bucket challenge to the cinnamon challenge, the mannequin challenge is by far my favorite one. The mannequin challenge is a short video that shows people standing completely motionless for about a minute. Somebody films the whole scene, winding a camera through the area and sometimes showing […]

Magazine: Chimamanda Adichie for British Vogue April 2015

Award-winning novelist and Beyoncé’s favorite feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had many stories to tell in British Vogue’s April 2015 issue. Erica Wagner meets the TED-talk sensation to chat about her throughts on Beyonce, being black, the movie Selma, her dislike for garri and more.

Music Video: Yemi Alade -Tumbum

Fresh from her MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 “Best Female” win, Yemi Alade releases a humorous music video for the Selebobo produced “Tumbum”, off her acclaimed sophomore album “Mama Africa: The Diary of an African Woman”.

Magazine: Issa Rae for Fast Company Magazine November 2016

Issa Rae’s gawky-yet-relatable humor won her a throng of fans on YouTube and a place on best-seller lists for her memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. In Fast Company Magazine’s latest issue, she talks about her new HBO show, Insecure, why she loves Seinfeld, and the movement to diversify media.

Fashion Week: Ankara Street Style at Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2016

Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) is a multiday fashion event platform that aims to drive the Nigerian and ultimately, the African fashion industry; by bringing together buyers, consumers and the media to view the current collections of African designers in the fashion capital of Lagos, Nigeria. LFDW 2016 took place at Federal Palace Hotel, […]

Editorial: “Felabration” by Dudu Images x Chantle White

As of October 15th, Fela Kuti would have been 78-years-old and in Felabration, photographer Dudu Images collaborated with wardrobe stylist Chantle White for a Nigerian themed photoshoot. The models are wearing mixed ankara print iro and buba outfits with headwraps and face paint similar to Fela Kuti’s dancers. The background for the editorial was shot on […]