A Toast to Fabulous Women!

In honor of International Women's Day I'm introducing you to one of my favorite dolls, Moiyattu Banya. As someone I have looked up to for almost 8 years now, I am constantly amazed by her achievements, her passion and most of all her vision to empower African women. As the founder and CEO of Mbanya Global Enterprise, Moiyattu is a phenomenal public speaker, leveraging organizations in Africa while touching the lives of all those she meets with her powerful story from her beautiful childhood in Sierra Leone to the personal struggles her family encountered during a time of political turmoil.

On the heels of an inspirational homily by Monsignor Greg, I downloaded Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Leymah Gbowee's book; Mighty Be Our Powers to my nook. This novel took me on a journey that no history book (and I love history) could surpass. In addition to this, it helped me connect to Moiyattu's story, so it was great to share this reading experience with her.

Moiyattu recently told me about her opportunity to interview Leymah Gbowee, and I am excited to bring her coverage of this interview to my FAB readers today!

Happy International Women's Day FAB Dolls!

5 Things Every African Woman Must Know: A Conversation with Leymah Gbowee, by Moiyattu Banya


“For women everywhere in the world, if you are looking for a King, Gandhi or Mandela to solve your problems, you have missed the mark we are responsible for changing our own situations” Leymah Gbowee, 2-28-2012

Question: How would you say your childhood shaped who you are today?

Activism 1:
“At a very young age I learned that you should never back down from any issue in your life”

Click here to read the full interview!

Phenomenal women, with phenomenal stories! What's not to love!?!?

Be sure to add Mighty Be Our Powers to your book club's reading list!

Stay FAB,
xoxo

SiSi

#OccupyNigeria

From Occupy "W"ALL STREET"S" to Occupy Nigeria; if you watched CNN, BBC or even opened your eyes at all in 2011 you would be aware of the mass action protests that have been ongoing globally due to existent socioeconomic inequities in Nation's (developed and developing) where the poverty level continues to rise, engulfing the middle class and creating increased disparities between the have's and the have not's.

While many were still recovering from New Year's festivities, Nigerian civilians were in uproar early this week as news spread that gas prices will be subjected to a 120% increase! Although this will not be the first time Nigerians are protesting the decisions made by the government, #OccupyNigeria has already gained international attention as hope spreads for a peaceful, just and economically sound resolution.



For additional information on Occupy Nigeria visit;

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/04/world/africa/nigeria-fuel-protest/index.html

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Nigeria

Follow the story on twitter;

http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23occupynigeria

Stay Safe Everyone!

SiSi

**LIGHTS **ACTION**NOLLYWOOD**

Happy New Year to all of my wonderful FAB readers; new and old! It feels great to be able to continue bringing FABulous news your way! For those of you who are already following me on twitter (@SiSiAbebi) you would know that once in a while I'm guilty of passing up a night out with my FAB dolls so that I can curl up on my couch and watch a good old Nollywood flick......or 2 LOL! It's great to see how far Nollywood has come in the last few years, and I love the comedic dramas!

Ooooh it's the LIGHTS, you blinded by the ACTION, you need that NOLLYWOOD!!!!!!

Well this afternoon after recovering from New Year's festivities, I decided to dig in to another juicy Nollywood film and stumbled upon a new website IROKOtv.com!!! Now, Dolls & Gents, if you love African movies as much as I do, please check them out! They're offering free movies up until June 2012, AND you don't even need to register for an account; simply log on via facebook or twitter!!!

So to my Ini Edo, Jim Iyke, Tonto Dikeh, Van Vicker, Omotola, Osuofia, Mama G, Genevieve and more fans; let me know which movies are your favorite so far! Would love to check them out!!!

Time to go grab some popcorn and soda while I enjoy a relaxing first day of the year! (I'll return to my New Years Resolution of healthy eating in a few hours) Don't you just love days like this!?!?!

Toodles FAB Readers!!

Besitos <3

SiSi