Mani In Da Cut

Actress MaameYaa Boafo  x  Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu

The years 2013 and 2014 simultaneously ended and began with a New Years trip by me. It was an adventure to the northernmost part of Ghana, Bolgatanga, a place dotted with crocodile ponds, and the objective of which was to do a photo shoot. I did not share in this experience alone, especially as it was all happening on the eve of my 30th birthday.

With my retinue of friends, the actress, MaameYaa, two creatives from Design233, Kwame Edwin Otu and the photographer Charles Lawson, and the Australian bloke Matthew Keks, the experience was super-magical. Together with MaameYaa, I positioned myself in front of the camera for a wonderful photo shoot by Charles Lawson.

These shots indeed tell a story, one which is both compelling and instructive. This is one about friendship revival, trust and dedication, and the re-bridging of relationships separated by the Atlantic.

Sisterhood is, indeed, forever.

- Akosua Adoma Owusu

Ian Connor on the Bloc(Fairfax)

+Homies

be whatever the fuck you want. today and forever.

be as carefree as you want

be as sexy with that booty as you want

be as incendiary as you want

be as much like a princess as you want

be as revolutionary as you want

be as natural as you want

be as fearless as you want

be as unapologetically excellent as you want

be as angry as you want

be as loved as you want

Happy international women’s day to all the black women out there struggling, mothering, loving, breathing, praying, dancing, resisting, laughing and BEING.