Tiring.

I can't lie, i'm pretty exhausted. Burned out even. Every day i have to try to do some yoga and pilates, then try to overcome my three year long writer's block and write some songs, then I have to do some dancing, then some vocal exercises. Then I have to design some clothes, go to the market, chase after my tailor, practice my keyboard, chase after the various artists i collaborate with. Go look at some tiles for my boutique. Plan the whole thing in my head. Make some sketches. Go to the studio to attempt to produce these songs I am trying to write. Oh shit, is that dress still at the embroiders? I have a headache.

Oops! Almost forgot!

The amazing picture above of the topless, beaded Queen is by photojournalist Ophori Israel.

Yoga!

I love yoga and have been practicing on and off for ten years now. I should be a lot more flexible than I am, considering! I avoid Ashtanga or power yoga like the plague. I don't wanna look like Madonna (no offense)! Nice, gentle yoga and pilates can give you a strong, feminine hourglass figure if practiced right. Even a simple forward bend done every day is great for shaping the waist.

Style Icons.

Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull were two original gangsta's of seventies style. They were the rock-chick girlfriends of members of the Rolling Stones. They laid the blueprint for Kate Moss and Sienna Miller. Highly influential, sexy in their kaftans, leather pants and boho chic.

Centre of the World: Africa

Fela Anikulapo Kuti composed a piece called Africa Centre of the World. I would say this is the inspiration behind everything I do as an African woman and Pan-Africanist. African women and their descendents in the diaspora are the most neglected, downtrodden and underestimated in the world and that's the truth. Free Africa!! Buy African!!

Missing tailor...

I can't make any dresses at the moment because my one tailor seems to have disappeared into thin air. It's incredibly hard trying to establish a fashion house in Lagos, Nigeria. I need an assistant.

Back at Last!

After a long sabbatical! Just about to begin work on the new Makeda boutique in Lagos! So excited and quite scared!