Got a new Good Stuff piece for afiiveland today. Came across the site for the fab magazine Pop’Africana. Loving what it is and represents: A magazine dedicated to delivering a rejuvenated image of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora and a robust and educative guide documenting the endeavors and achievements of Africans, home and abroad.”

It’s been a whole year since his passing so of course we had to commemorate MJ with something special, afriStyle. Started looking around and found a fab vignette of the man himself on his 1992 trip to Africa. His first stop was Gabon, where he was met by 100,000 people! And while in the Ivory Coast, he was made a king. Love it..some continents give people pens for coming to visit, Africa gives you a crown. Click to check the footage:

In case you missed it, fear not. Before closing out 09, Jamati pulled some of the continent’s finest eyecandy together to form the lists – Africa’s top Ten Sexiest Men & Africa’s Top 10 Sexiest Women.  A sampling of the sexy when you click.

As you know, last month, the highly anticipated Wharton Business Conference went down in Pennsylvania.  Though I ended up not being able to make it, thankfully, a good friend, colleague and afiive reader, Kyle Newell, was in the building for the event festivities.  We meet up afterward so he could fill us out on what we missed.
Here’s is the audio of the whole interview but I should warn you – it’s super raw.

Hello, hello, hello people, welcome to this week’s episode of Wahala Wednesdays brought to you right here on afiive.com!
Today, we have some SERIOUS wahala to discuss. We’re talking about thieves, reputation and how/if it all affects us, both directly and indirectly. Let the wahala commence!
Wahala Wednesdays – Volume 5

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As promised, click here the ring bust coverage on SaharaReporters.com & a picture of a few from the ring below:

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Just heard about Sahara Reporters over this past weekend when aunts were gisting about the recent bust of the large Nigerian ID Theft Ring in New York. (crazy stuff – check out the coverage here). Upon visiting the site, (and yelling about how the men and women involved have disgraced Naijas all over the world with their behavior) we were delightfully surprised at the provocative and engaging style the different articles were written in. Based on it’s unique organization, “comprising of ordinary people with an overriding commitment to seeking the …

ahhh, yes. Another installment of Wahala Wednesdays. Brought to you right here on afiive.com!
Today, we are going to talk a topic close to our hearts. Money.  More specifically, How to have some and be financially independent. Let the wahala commence!
Wahala Wednesdays – Volume 4

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Did you like the Mase throw back? lol love that song!
Step 1. Make a Commitment to save.
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Music has a powerful quality about it.  A good song can make hundreds of party goers put down their drinks and get to their feet.  A bad song…well, a bad song can ruin the whole damn night.
Thankfully, Green October: The Mixtape Vol 1, is a collection of feel good music you can groove to at the club and at home.  Created by Tribe X Entertainment and DJ Manixx of Naija DJs, the mixtape brings you Naija’s hottest hits from D’Banj, Olu Maintain, Timaya and 2face, to name a few.
afiivé.com had …

Online interview with Nigerian artists Amplifyd and TNT…

Hey people, welcome to another Wahala Wednesdays Podcast right here at Africannect.com.
Today, we’ll be discussing the Chris Brown/Rihanna case and how it relates to African communities and African culture.  Without giving away some of the the show’s highlights, let’s just say maybe what has gone on is closer to home than we think.  
That said, listen to the podcast and lets discuss. Leave your thoughts on the topic down below in the comments section.  Speak up, Be heard. Feel free to be open, to disagree, to agree or to agree to …