December 14, 2011 Iola Williams – Zumba Zumbata founder I have heard of Zumba, but what is Zumba Zumbata? It’s still the same Zumba everyone loves, but with more flavour. African/ Black people always like to add more spice to things (whether it’s an extra ‘oh’ at the end of a word, or hot pepper...Read More
The First Lady Meets Natasha Devon for some Body Gossip! November 15, 2011 Ruth Rogers and Natasha Devon What is body gossip and why did you become involved? Body Gossip is a campaign which promotes healthy and realistic beauty. We invite everyone in the UK to write something about their unique, real body and submit it to...Read More
The First Lady Meets….Afrocenchix! November 22, 2011 Please tell us about the Afrocenchix movement? I say movement as your website does a lot more than sell fabulous hair products. Our movement began with two quests. Mine was to find products that I wasn’t allergic to. Joycelyn’s was to find products that helped her to manage her...Read More
The First Lady Meets…Hot Body Zumba! November 26, 2011 Natalie founder of Girl Fitness Boot Camp and Hot Body Zumba! I understand that you have a health condition that lead you to a career in fitness. Please could you tell us about this? I came up with the idea of Girl Fitness after I was...Read More
The First Lady Meets…Sweet Crumbs Bakery Cynthia and Crystal Ajayi – Free from cake queens! Sweet Crumbs Bakery – ‘Because Everyone Deserves a Treat…or Two™’ Sweet Crumbs is a specialist bakery. What makes you so special and why did you choose this? Sweet Crumbs Bakery produces and creates delightful bakes for special people. We are...Read More
The First Lady Meets…AMAKAI ethical skin care for all! Aisha and Kate the ladies behind AMAKAI How do you pronounce Amakai? ‘AMA-KYE’ Amakai skin care is natural skin care with a conscience, could you tell us how you came up with the idea and why? We wanted to introduce the effectiveness...Read More
The First Lady Meets…Jennifer Williams-Baffoe of Willbaforce and Creative Cornucopia Jennifer Williams-Baffoe CEO of Willbaforce and Creative Cornucopia Photography: Agenda Jennifer has done a lot in her career, so we need to contextualise it first…In summary what is your creative background and how did this lead you into creative business consultancy? Although I trained as a...Read More
The First Lady Meets…Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo of FAB magazine Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo – Editor in chief – Fab Magazine What is your name and business? Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo. FAB Magazine Editor-in-chief. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you got into journalism? Born and raised in Turkey, I attended the prestigious Robert College where I...Read More
