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Art Truly is Adanma

Many “strangers” have asked me, where have you been Chi-Chi? Why have you been gone? I hope you haven’t stopped creating? I love seeing your posts. As if I was creating my artwork for double taps on...

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Spring Cleaning

We are shaped and molded by our mind and how we view things. The things we say and the decisions we make are all filtered by our daily perspective. Ultimately, whichever way you allow your mind to view...

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New Season New Adventures

Happy First Week of May Ya’ll! With every new season brings new adventures. My sister and I are so excited to see the adventures and new opportunities that summer sixteen will bring. As one half of...

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Our First Bridal Shower #ThinkPoppyEdition

It is a surreal feeling when your friends begin to get married. This past weekend a good friend of ours celebrated her engagement to her fiancé with all of her “girls”. The theme for her bridal shower...

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Chapter 27, Page 1

Wow! Look at God! Woke up in Califionria for my 27th birthday! I kept telling everyone that all I wanted to do for my birthday this year was travel to a city I had never been before, wearing a 2 piece...

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Black Girls Graduate Too

Still on a high from President Barrack Obama speech at Howard University for thier 2016 graduation ceremony this past weekend, my sister and I began to reflect on the image of black professionalism and...

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#NkemLifeTravels California

Our trip to California was so much fun for my sister and I. We are so excited to share the random adventures we got into and share a few gems you might not have thought of going to see! We found a slew...

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Voices & Shades of Color: Colorism

Colorism refers to discrimination based on skin color. In black America, upper crust blacks routinely administered the brown paper bag test to determine if fellow blacks were light enough to socialize...

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#NkemLifeTravels Malibu

When we first envisioned our trip to L.A, all we could think of was tanning, taking our sandals off and getting our feet wet. Yet the hustle and bustle of Downtown L.A did not provide those little...

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#DanceAfrica 2016 ( BAM)

After getting several requests this year on our travel adventures we decided to share some of the low cost, culturally rich places that we travel to; introducing our new blog feature,...

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#TheAmIExperience

Last Thursday June 2, 2016 we were invited as tastemakers/facilitators at #TheAmIExperience Event to share our perspective on how growing up African in America has shaped your narrative and the story...

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Margaret Dureke

From Jail House to the White House, Ambassador Doctor Margaret Dureke has used her life’s work to show that we are all empowered to achieve the impossible. After facing unforeseen obstacles, the...

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Myliek Teele

Most millennial women would refer to her as our Oprah Winfrey.  A girls guide to how to be and become a successful #GirlBoss in the world of self made bloggers, creatives, artists and entrepreneurs....

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Lucy’s Cantina Royale Restaurant

On our way back from Illinois, we stopped by New York and headed to Lucy’s Cantina Royale restaurant for lunch. We ordered the mouthwatering market grilled fish burritos that were filled with soft...

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Sarpino’s Pizzeria

While in Illinois we had to make sure we ordered a good deep dish pizza. We simply couldn’t visit without eating at least one slice.  We ordered a Pesto Lovers gourmet pizza from Sarpino’s Pizzeria....

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24 years in 24 hours

My 24th Birthday reminded me to always keep my spirit open to God’s limitless Blessings. If you happen to read Mama Said Don’t Talk To Strangers then you know how God blessed my sister and I during our...

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Day Two: #UIU2016

It being our first time every attending UIU, we were pleasantly surprised by how massive the block party was. To the naked eye, the picnic probably looked like just a bunch of black people hanging out...

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Top 10 funny things to expect from UIU Conventions

Distinct paraphernalia with labels like Harvard, Yale, Howard ,Dr. , PH.D, Imo State, Anambra State, AKA, KAPsi, APhiA People randomly breaking into Igbo Christian gospel songs A plethora of...

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UiU NkemLife Style

Here is a quick overview of what we wore to the 12th Annual UiU Convention in Chicago, Illinois this past weekend. ]

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Day Three: #UIU2016

Saturday morning we got up early to worked out at the Igbo fitness boot camp, which was grand. The Afternoon was filled with a lot of Igbo grown knowledge. The Nzuko Ndi be anyi: Gathering of the Minds...

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