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11/18/2025
Wodaabe boy of the wodaabe tribe in Chad. 🇹🇩 Wodaabe men adorn themselves with a variety of facial paint colors. It is particularly important to consider the colour of the teeth and the whites of the eyes. They also wear brightly colored outfits embellished with beads, buttons, and baubles.
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11/17/2025
Good vibes from Ghana 🇬🇭 Happiness is FREE! 😍😍👏👏😆😆
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11/17/2025
Surma warrior with AK-47 near Turgit - Ethiopia || Surma is a collective term for three ethnic groups — Chai, Timaga, and Suri Baale — living in southwestern Ethiopia. During the slave trade, the Surma started using the lip disks to disfigure themselves so that the Arab slave traders would not take them away. Over time, the practise became a sign of beauty and hence it remaining in their culture. The valley is really hot and so clothing is really optional. so instead of beautifying themselves with the latest fashion brands, the children especially, beautify themselves with clay and chalk paintings which they apply at the riverside.
This is their fashion statement, their independence and also their expression to others.
The Himba, semi-nomadic people of northern Namibia and southern Angola, thrive in one of the world’s harshest landscapes. 🌍
Water is precious here, so daily rituals rely on smoke and aromatic herbs instead of baths, and women often travel to nearby streams to carry life-sustaining water back to the village. Every drop is treasured, shaping a culture of resilience, resourcefulness, and connection to the land. ✨
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11/16/2025
Which of these African countries have you visited?
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One of the most fascinating aspects of Cameroon’s cultural landscape is the Mbororo people — a nomadic Fulani subgroup known for their rich traditions, striking appearance, and deep connection to cattle herding. 🐄
During the Gerewol festival, Mbororo men adorn themselves with elaborate hairstyles, colorful attire, and symbolic scarification to celebrate beauty, identity, and heritage. The festival is a time of joy, dance, and courtship — where men showcase their charm through expressive rituals and elegance. ✨
Every detail — from the facial markings to the vibrant beads — tells a story of pride, resilience, and belonging within one of Africa’s most visually captivating cultures. 🌍
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11/15/2025
Are you confident that you could walk with lions without feeling frightened?😆😍 😁
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11/15/2025
The crystal clear water of Lake Malawi! 🥰😍😍 | Tag a friend who would love to kayak here!
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11/15/2025
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong."
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The attitudes of many people in the world is greatly influenced by the media. How Africa, Africans and African Immigrants are portrayed in these mediums often stereotypes and reinforces perceptions of aid, disease and war.
When Belle Niba first came to the United States as a teenager, she struggled with the story that was being told about where she was from. Africa was always this dark place with endless wars, disease, poverty and strife. Her country of origin, Cameroon didn’t stray too far from the stereotype but the mainstream narrative was one sided and omitted stories of resilience, hard work, determination and success. The stories of ordinary Africans doing extraordinary things.
That’s when she decided to take matters into her own hands and fill the void. She created African Vibes, a general interest lifestyle publication, to counter the negative stereotypes about Africa and Africans perpetrated by mainstream media.
The publication reaches across the borders of national origin to engage bi-cultural individuals who have a desire to stay connected to Africa through stories that are hopeful, inspiring, educational and motivating.
The internet has opened up an information superhighway where information is can be shared more liberally across the globe. Despite all that, stories of Africa in mainstream media have not strayed too far from old patterns. If it’s about fashion then Safaris are the theme; if it is about today’s Africa then desperation, war, disease and poverty are the highlights. African Vibes does its part to add more color and perspective to the the beautiful fabric of Africa’s story so its diversity can be more fully expressed.
There are so many stories to tell and so much more to discover. With every story we are reminded of how much light and beauty rests in a continent that was once coined ‘the dark continent’.
