F2FA Launch in NYC is Best Event of the New Year!

The historic launching of the pan African F2FA magazine on Friday January 11, 2013, at the Empire State Building in New York City is one of the best things celebrating Africans in America and others in the diaspora as Sandra Appiah and Isaac Boateng unveiled the much awaited Face2Face Africa print edition.

The launching of the high-end contemporary pan-African F2FA magazine attracted many dignitaries and media buffs at the awesome Empire State Building in New York City on Friday January 11, 2013.

“F2FA is a dream fulfilled. A dream stemmed from a desire to change the story for someone who is going through what I experienced as a teenager,” the 23-year-old Editor-in-Chief, Sandra Appiah said. The mission is to redefine Africa in the modern world and shape black culture.

“If you believe that our mission is important and you want to continue seeing subsequent issues, you simply have to support and spread the word,” said 28-year-old Publisher Isaac Boateng calling on the global community to support F2FA Magazine.

For more information, contact info@f2fafrica.com.

Photos By: Alex Borghi.

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African Beauty Sandra Appiah Leads Rebranding African Image in America

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Sandra Appiah.

Who are the young Africans in America on a mission to re-brand Africa?

Ghanaian African beauty Sandra Appiah is one of the daring bold and brilliant leaders of a new generation of young Africans uniting to revive the Pan-African Renaissance in the United States of America. Even though she is only a 23-year-old young woman, Miss Appiah is already the Editor-In-Chief and Chief Operations Director of Face2Face Africa (F2FA), the high-end contemporary pan-African magazine.

F2FA is the brain child of Appiah and her business partner Isaac Boateng with a common cause to celebrate the awesome beauty, creativity and leadership of Africans in Africa and Africans in the diaspora; to correct the ambiguous and erroneous reports and stories on Africa and Africans in the mainstream American media and the rest of the world.

"We want to make sure Africa has a voice and is showcased in a positive and progressive light,” Appiah told Kunbi Tinuoye in a recent interview published on January 24, 2013 of the TheGrio, the African American breaking news and opinion online channel of NBC News in America.

Appiah recalled the challenges of confronting racism when her family immigrated to Italy when she was only 8 and had her first encounter with racists in Milan before her parents relocated to New York and she thought America would be a more civilized environment, but she was shocked.
“My experience was terrible, especially in high school.”

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The maiden issue of F2FA highlighted the outstanding three young Ghanaian brothers and actors Kwame Boateng, Kwesi Boakye and Kofi Siriboe who are currently rocking Hollywood and also featured some of the most beautiful African women in the world like the award-winning Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson among others. Also featured is the amazing true love story of a young Nigerian-American couple who finally had a beautiful wedding after being together for almost a decade.

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Read the complete story of Sandra Appiah on TheGrio.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of Nigerians Report.

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The Hottest Black Models On the Runway

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Issa S/S 2013
#Betty Adewole

Nyasha Matonhodze,Jeneil Williams,Betty Adewole, and Leomie Anderson @ Loewe Spring/Summer 2011

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Betty Adewole is Hotter Than Summer

Betty Adewole. This super model has been more active and currently making more buzz than Adaora Akubilo, Oluchi Onweagba or any other Nigerian super model in the world.

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Magdalina Masha, Nigerian Beauty of Month

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Photo: Magdalina Masha, Nigerian actress and model and member of Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project.

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The Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color

Discovered when she was a university student in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1975 by photographer Peter Beard, Iman went on to become an international supermodel. To address the needs of women of color, she launched a line of cosmetics, Iman, in 1994, and with this beautifully illustrated coffee-table book geared to black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern and Asian women, and timed to coincide with the debut of her second cosmetic line, she's poised to become the voice of beauty for this underrepresented group of women. In a conversational tone, Iman shares solutions to basic makeup and skin care quandaries (how to use blush, test foundation and choose tools) and debunks myths (dark skinned women don't need sunblock, ethnicity determines skin color). Other sections show how to "get the look" from "Ghetto Fab" to "So Fresh So Clean." Gorgeous photographs of well-known faces (Salma Hayek, Tyra Banks, Ling) with personal tidbits of advice and real women makeovers, from teens to women over 50, round out the offerings. Fun and flirty, with a confidential, insider feel, this combination of celebrity and self-improvement, capped with artistic portraits of women famous and not, indicate another success for Iman.
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About the Author

Iman, the daughter of an African diplomat, was born in Somalia. She was raised speaking five languages, and was studying political science at the University of Nairobi when she was discovered by photographer Peter Beard, who arranged for her to seek a modeling career in the United States. She quickly became the most successful black model and an international star on runways and in magazines. Iman remained at the top of her field for fourteen years, appearing in countless publications and advertising campaigns. In 1994 she started Iman Cosmetics for skin of color and in 2000 launched a second line, I-Iman Makeup. She is the author of I Am Iman, an autobiographical sketchbook of her working life. The mother of two daughters, she is married to musician/actor David Bowie.









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Epitome of African Beauty

Model: Queen Inih Ebong.

Her dark skin shines in the sunrise
And glows in the moonlight
You can see the glints in her brown eyes as she smiles
Her sparkling white teeth can be seen from miles.

Their heads turn as she walks queenly on the street
They gaze from her crown to the toes of her feet.

Nkiruka!
I have seen her!
The golden maiden of Africa!

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Who Will Win the First Nollywood Diva of the Year Award?

To Vote Text Genevieve Nnaji to 33967

Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) presents the first ever Nollywood Divas Awards. to be unveiled at the 3rd Eko International Film Festival which opens on November 5, 2012, in the coastal mega city of Lagos in south western Nigeria.

WHO IS YOUR DIVA OF THE YEAR?
To vote your favorite diva, text the name of your diva to 33967

You can vote on all the mobile phone networks in Nigeria.

…And the 20 nominees are the following Nollywood divas in no particular order.

• Rita Dominic,
• .Genevieve Nnaji
• Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
• Stephine Okereke Linus.
• Kate Henshaw
• Funke Akindele.
• Monalisa Chinda
• Omoli Oboli,
• Stella Damasus.
• Lillian Bach
• Joke Silva-Jacobs
• Ngozi Ezeonu
• Clarion Chukwura.
•  Ini Edo
•  Uche Jumbo
• Bimbo Akinbola.
• Tonto Dike
• Mercy Johnson
• Nse Ikpe Esim
• Fathia Balogun

       Each text is N50
You stand a chance to win VIP Ticket to the Gala Night of the 3rd Eko International Film Festival/Nollywood Divas Awards Night.

To Vote Text Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde to 33967

To Vote Text Clarion Chukwura to 33967

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Jourdan Dunn On Prada Runway

Jourdan Dunn (born 3 August 1990 in London, England) is a British fashion model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to Storm Management in London shortly thereafter. In 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade.

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