Glo

Two female arts enthusiasts feature on African Voices

529

Two outstanding young women who are making waves on the world stage will this week feature on African Voices Changemakers, the CNN magazine programme powered by Globacom, the grand masters of data.

They are Yvonne Anuli Orji, a Nigerian-American actress reputed for her role as Molly in the Home Box Office  series Insecure, and Congo’s Anifa Mvuemba, creator of  fashion label, Hanifa, whose 3D runway fashion show recently took the world by storm.

Born on December 2,  1983, in Port HarcourtRivers State, Nigeria, Orji  relocated with her family to Maryland in the  United States of America when she was six years old.  Her  parents, like most Africans nursed the dream of their daughter becoming a medical doctor, lawyer, pharmacist, or engineer, but  she was drawn to  comedy as a graduate student when she performed stand-up in the talent portion of a beauty pageant. She subsequently decided to pursue a career in comedy after graduating from George Washington University with multiple degrees including a Masters in Public Health to the delight of her parents.

She was at TEDx Wilmington Salon in 2017 to talk about “The wait is sexy”  where she explained  her reasons for abstaining from sex before marriage. Her works include Love that Girl, 2011 Sex (Therapy) With the Jones (2013), Jane the Virgin, 2017 and the soar-away television series Insecure which has aired since 2016.

29-year-old Anifa Mvuemba, who created the fashion label Hanifa also moved with her family to America from the Democratic Republic of Congo when she was a toddler.  Her current fashion line dubbed Pink Label Congo was inspired by her homeland.

Her fashion career got a boost this year when she braved the challenge of Covid-19  by holding a virtual fashion show streamed over Instagram Live, during which each garment appeared in 3D against a black backdrop as if worn by invisible models strutting the podium in catwalks. First of its kind, the show caught the attention of  thousands of Hanifa’s 250,000 followers who tuned in to watch and share the video.

African Voices Changemakers will be on DSTV on Friday at 9.30 a.m. and on Saturday at 12.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.  Other repeat broadcasts come up on Sunday at 5.00 a.m., 9.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m., with more repeats on Monday and Tuesday at 5.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. respectively.

 

Kindly support the growth of journalism in Nigeria

Reactions to stories published can be sent to us at [email protected]


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *