With every advancement, there are usually people and companies who take it upon themselves to push the envelope and create novel ways of doing old things. Now the fashion industry for all its innovations and astonishing designs has largely remained very traditional. Fashion powerhouses along with their clothes and designs may undergo modifications in various...
The US presidential election is barely a month away (Tuesday November 3) and as usual, the anticipation of who the masses elect as their leader has become the single biggest news item across the globe. With just weeks to go and with results of numerous election polls flooding in, the actions, inactions and every little utterance...
Fashion is an expression of art because we live it out daily as a form of expressing ourselves and our various cultures. Some argue that the origins of fashion can be traced back to the day Adam and Eve decided to wrap leaves around themselves; while others believe it began with cavemen making loincloths from...
The hashtag #CancelNetflix recently trended on Twitter, and the reactions it has elicited from individuals across the globe is a clear indication that Netflix may have crossed the line. This public outcry for the cancellation of Netflix was in reaction to the release of the movie ‘Cuties’, and far from being another baseless example of...
Cooking is a fundamental aspect of human life and an activity we can all identify with, irrespective of our nationalities. Not only is cooking pivotal to the preservation of humankind, it is also with immense cultural and social significance around the world. It helps us understand world customs better and more often than not, provides...
One of the best features of capitalism is the fact that it promotes the culture of work across all human societies by actively and steadily rewarding innovations. This enforces efficiency while increasing competition, all of which is great for economic growth. Economic freedom helps political freedom and so capitalism if more often than not, is...
The first time I became aware of the various unpleasant nuances associated with the issue of race and racism in modern America was when I was about 10 years old. Right about that time was when I read James Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man along with The Ways of the White Folks by Langston Hughes, both...
If I had to guess, the question on the lips of anyone who has come across the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter on Twitter would be: what is happening in Zimbabwe? And the answer is, well, a lot; but for everyone’s benefit, let’s start with the basics. Zimbabwe is a landlocked African nation with a population of about 15.6...
Owning and running a business is not easy and if you are a black entrepreneur, the challenge of funding can be downright overwhelming. In a perfect world, free from racial biases, a black–owned business might be able to acquire the capital it needs by merely selling its services or products for profit. The reality though...
London office workers are hardly the people you would picture as the founders of an outdoor travel bag company but that is precisely the case at Stubble & Co, a British direct-to-consumer brand that builds multifunctional bags and backpacks. After years of searching for the perfect bag –you know that one versatile bag that can...
We have come a long way from the first men who lived in caves but as affluent as we grow in the mastery of many languages, somehow we often forget why certain words are profoundly offensive to our friends (and foes) of other races. Since the wrongful killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna...
The impact of the current slowdown in economic activities worldwide has been generally negative and depressing. The world economy has fallen into a recession, practically every sector of the global economy has been affected and the ripple effects of this impact can neither be overstated nor ignored. At the onset of all this, early estimates...