Writer Table Talk: 3 TIPS FOR THE URBAN AFRICAN GIRL FROM SEASON 1 "AN AFRICAN CITY"

Hello Queens, its been quite a minute!

Your girl has been mad busy!

So many things happening at this end!

In other news, I am turn 27 tomorrow.

(I am officially in my late twenties)

iPhone 6S Camera selfie.

But enough about me! Its Throwbackthursday!

Let's Throw back to this article I wrote last month

that was published by the

Ankara Magazine in September.

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RECAP OF SEASON 1

AN AFRICAN CITY.

Labeled by French Elle Magazine as the

African “Sex & The City”, “An African City”,

is an exciting web series about five young

women who relocate from the diaspora to the motherland.

The show hit an impressive 1 million views

on Youtube shortly after its release, and was

recently highlighted in Ebony Magazine

for the fashion-forward ankara-print pieces

featured on the show.

Its title depicts its setting; in this

case the “ african city” refers to Accra,

the capital of the Gold Coast (Ghana).

With Actress Esosa (Ngozi), from the show.

Call it what you may, but I am going

with The Urban African Girl Survival

Kit as it blatantly depicts issues that the

metropolitan African girl experiences,

in a world where she is expected to

meet unreasonable cultural standards,

irrespective of the detail that

she is emerging economically, socially,

and yes! Even sexually.

With Actress Nana Yaa and Constance Ejuma.

Here are 3 conversations that need to be

had, based on my favorite episodes in season 1!

Two sentences for you: goodbye fictional expectations!

Hello culture shock!

YOUR VAGINA IS NOT

A BANK, QUEEN.

In Episode 2 of An African City,

Nana Yaa struggles to find an apartment.

In conversation with her girls on the costly

nature of such a venture, her sexually-free

friend Sade aka sugar baby advises her to get

a sugar daddy in order to afford not only a posh place,

but also to enjoy countless trips to Dubai,

expensive purses and the crème de la crème of life.

According to a study done by the BBC,

a quarter of a million students in the

United Kingdom now have sugar daddies.

Popular Sugar daddy app, “Seeking Arrangement”,

boasts of a 40% increase in users in the last year.

While this seems shocking at face value, in practice,

it is becoming the new reality, thanks to high rates of unemployment and insatiable greed.

Zainab in Mina Evans | Episode 11

Problem is, you’re not always “madam at the top”,

to “oga at the top”, aka Aladji sugar uncle.

Most times, he has a wife, or numerous

other sugar babies like you.

When a man is financially responsible

for every single bill of yours, including

your $500,000 / year apartment, like Sade,

you may think you “own him” because

your ‘lady parts’ feel so good, and

he can’t get enough; but you must

realize that in actuality, he sees

you as one juicy ‘bang’ in a sea of

seasoned ‘bangs’; nothing more.

Ngozi in Chemphe Bea

The moment a tighter ‘bang’ comes his way,

your contract is over baby girl! Remember

even Halle Berry, and Jennifer Lopez

have been dumped. What about you?

My advice to you? Work for your own

apartment like Nana Yaa. It might take a

little more time, effort and heartbreak,

but it’s worth it. It would be yours.

No one can take it away from you.

Except death… but we all know that

would happen one day, right? :)

So get it together Queen!

Summary: Your vagina is not a bank. Your brains are. Think wisely. #nosugardaddy.

DRESS TO IMPRESS!
AKA SLAY AND STRIKE:

French designer Yves Saint Laurent

has been quoted to say, “ Fashions fade, style is eternal”.

Your style, indeed speaks before you do.

It is an extension of you and should

be taken more seriously than

following this trend or that.

Be true to you and ahead of the trend!

Makena in Studio 89 Ghana | Episode 8

It’s for this reason that the fashion

on ‘An African City’ is something

not only to write home about, but also to

talk about to your extended cousins

and their goats!

It is the first time an African show

has consciously had the audacity to

glorify ankara porn, and we love it!

Oulala! It’s all about ankara patterns,

gallant cuts, vibrant colors, and distinct shapes!

Lawd! I want to snatch all their clothes.

Nana in Christine Mhando

It is, of course in close collaboration with prolific

African stylists and designers.

Some of my favorite looks include

the hippie caftan by Studio 89 Ghana

that Makena rocks on episode 8.

Zainab’s doll dress by Mina Evans

also stands out in Episode 11.

Ngozi stuns in this Chemphe Bea dress,

and Nana’s Christine Mhando

statement outfit is everything!

On that note, your makeup needs to be on fleek.

A general tip includes keeping the

shade of your foundation close to your skin tone.

Otherwise, you may invite the

shade room into your business.

Summary: Be ahead of the trend. #Wenodeycarrylast.

EVEN ‘CLEAN GIRLS

AND BOYS’ CAN

HAVE STDs AND AIDS! Uh oh:

On Episode 9, Sade, Ngozi and Zainab go on a date with some members of parliament and are shocked that such educated men think some women who look ‘clean’ must be free of STDs, while others who look ‘unclean’ must have STDs.

This is quite laughable, one would think, but sadly it is true.

In a study by Psychology Today,

23.4% of participants had misjudged

people based on their appearance.

Ladies, we’ve all met that

guy who tried to raw dog because you looked ‘clean’.

Of course, you wonder how many

other ‘clean’ girls they say that to. AIDS is real.

STDs are real, and some have no cure.

Some sit on you like a tattoo for life. #Herpes.

So, clean or unclean, use a condom or abstain from sex.

Summary: A person’s STD status can only be known through a test, not witchcraft or imagination! So, use condoms, and abstain. ;) That part. #notestnolove.