As the time to AFRO QUEEN CONTEST 2014, Austria draws closer, anxiety builds up, the pressure begins to mount and time starts to run out counting down to the BIG DAY!. Our motivation has not been stunted but continues to grow with the support from our contestants, sponsors and our wonderful team.

Asha French pens a letter to her delightfully disheveled daughter about the importance of packing light.

Dear Daughter, For days now, we’ve been putting our shoes where they belong as soon as we walk into our home. It’s a tiny step toward the life I want for us both: a life of clean, free space. Neatness will become our habit, then our lifestyle.  For now, it’s just an annoyance that makes you huff like a teenage me. It’s ok. We’re both learning that it’s not just about stuff.

Having to deal with thick, rebellious and extremely curly hair is very challenging. It is not like you have the patience to style your hair in a different manner every single morning. However, if you had the right haircut, then it would not be that hard to style it however you find fit.

You know how it flows …or rather how it doesn’t! Black women all over the world have all been victims of tress stress – years spent suffering with relaxer damage, scalp problems, hair loss, let alone the amount of cash we keep putting into our hair! Enough is enough!

In 2013, we’ve read and enjoyed a clutch of new faces as well as some fascinating not-so-new ones. Here’s our breakdown of the best in African literature 2013. So for something inspiring and hard to put down try one of these reads. A selection of books available on Amazon.com. Enjoy!

With a string of events lined up around Vienna, on this particular day, my calling was to the Kenyans in Diaspora Austria Launch in Commemoration of Kenya's 50 Celebration. This being the first inaugural KIDA Celebration, there definitely  was a good turn out, as many attended the event, honoring the KIDA Award Winners in support of the organization.

Mr. Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, has passed away on Thursday, 5 December 2013.

It's that time of the year and the cold is really starting to creap in, there are aasy ways to boost your immunity and avoid colds and flu this season.

Das Afro-Asiatische Institut in Wien wurde 1959 von Kardinal König als ein Haus der Kulturen und Religionen ins Leben gerufen. Der Grundgedanke des Hauses ist, den interkulturellen und interreligiösen Dialog zu fördern.

Miriam Makeba, nick named Mama Africa was born on the 4 March 1932 deceasedon 9 November 2008. Was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist in her time.