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14 WARIS DIRIE – “ FGM is cruel” An exclusive interview with one of the Africa’s most inspiring former supermodels. As a victim of Female Genital Mutilation herself, Waris strongly believes that FGM is “a cruel and pointless attempt to suppress the strength of women” and vehemently campaigns to raise awareness about its dangers as well as calling for a ban where it is practised.

3 Editor’s note 6 Your Views 8 Hot Issue – Readers’ reactions 10 Hot Issue – Storm-proof your marriage

COVER STORY 14 Waris Dirie: The Survivor, on perils of FGM

CELEBRITY INTERVIEW 20 Alicia Keys: “I am a child of Africa. I truly believe that.”

FASHION 26 Africa Fashion Week and Awards (SA) – The Real McCoy? 34 Africa Fashion Week (New York) – Empire State of Mind 38 Fashion Fix: Essential accessories

HAIR & BEAUTY 40 Get the look – pop starlet style 42 Groom your man – right way! 44 Nail it! Perfect and trendy manicures 46 A fringe affair – the celeb hairdo of choice 48 Calamity Jane’s hair and beauty limbo

AFRICAN FASHION:

26 AFRICAN FASHION: Scoring high While spectacular goal-scoring by African football teams at the World Cup proved rather elusive, African fashion designers were scoring high at the Africa Fashion Week and Awards in Johannesburg.

While spectacular goal-scoring by While spectacular goal-scoring by African football teams at the World Cup proved rather elusive, African fashion designers were scoring high at the Africa Fashion Week and Awards in Johannesburg.

WOMEN OF INFLUENCE

WOMEN OF INFLUENCE 50 Ghana’s attorney general –

Ghana’s attorney general –

Betty Mould-Iddrisu

Betty Mould-Iddrisu 52 Wendy Luhabe – South Africa’s leading woman

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South Africa’s leading woman

South Africa’s leading woman

SPECIAL FOCUS: BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH

SPECIAL FOCUS: BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH

De-stigimatising tuberculosis

De-stigimatising tuberculosis

– an all-rounder

Doctor’s Orders – an all-rounder expert ‘consultation’

Health supplements for women of a certain age

Health supplements for women of a certain age

SPECIAL FOCUS: BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH 56 Gerry Elsdon: De-stigimatising tuberculosis 58 Doctor’s Orders – an all-rounder expert ‘consultation’ 62 Health supplements for women of a certain age 64 A world without cancer 66 Types of cancer 68 Make sense of your world – how to deal with self-sabotage behaviour

A world without cancer

Make sense of your world deal with self-sabotage behaviour

Make sense of your world – how to deal with self-sabotage behaviour

FAMILY & PARENTING

FAMILY & PARENTING 70 Parental dilemma? “Mummy, Black dolls aren’t pretty!”

Parental dilemma? “Mummy, Black dolls aren’t pretty!”

“Mummy, Black dolls aren’t pretty!”

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70 Family and Parenting In this increasingly “globalised” world, is instilling the values of being proud to be an African in young the values of being proud to be an African in young children one of the hardest jobs for Black parents? One mum laments how dejected she felt upon realising that “being proud to be Black and African is not automatically transferred the DNA”.

70 Family and Parenting In this increasingly “globalised” world, is instilling the values of being proud to be an African in young children one of the hardest jobs for Black parents? One mum laments how dejected she felt upon realising that “being proud to be Black and African is not automatically transferred the DNA”.

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WOMAN & HOME 72 Monochrome Madness for your home

Monochrome Madness for your home

FOOD & DRINK 74 Chef Ola – Can Cook, Will Cook! 76 Artistically delicious recipes 78 Irresistible Lolita cup cakes 80 Let’s Cook with Yetunde Taiwo 82 Liquid gold – the essential olive oil

ARTS & CULTURE 84 Music: Rafiya’s Afro soul 86 Stroke of Genius – art by Adelaide Damoah 90 Fancy Stitchers – beyond embroidery

TRAVEL & DESTINATIONS 92 Malawi – more than just a beautiful lake

BOOKS 96 Selection of top must-reads

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