Runway Duchess Magazine

runway duchess ISSUE 01 / 1ST APRIL 2014

ARRIVING IN STYLE WITH THE

Beautiful & talented

WEZA SOLANGE The african print takeover dress like an african queen in the best ankara clothes

Youth Empowerment and civic education in Malawi with TSOGOLO LATHU RHYTHM

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Editor's letter

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to RUNWAY DUCHESS online Magazine. It has been a journey and the magazine is finally here. Each week, Runway Duchess will feature African women with great beauty, style and powerful voices.

Each issue will showcase the beauty of African style, the talent and success of black women and the men we love while giving styling tips and sharing the latest trends.

Themed “the arrival issue� as it marks our arrival on the Magazine scene, the first issue features Angolan television personality, model and actress WEZA SOLANGE whose beauty, style and hard work is an inspiration to many young women across Africa.

Beautiful, smart and stylish women always arrive in style. I hereby ask you to celebrate with us as Runway Duchess arrives in style with Weza Solange.

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CONTENTS Spurge on the trendy fashion items of the editor's choice EDITOR'S LIST SIKA FLORAFOUNA collection sPREAD Rock an African Print top

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Empowering the youth and civic education in Malawi

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Iconic Invanity spring 2014 show review STRAIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY Fruit is fast food CUISINE Arriving in style with the beautiful and talented Weza Solange cover story Get styling ideas from Being mary Jane and Suits WATCH AND WEAR Carmen Alexandra BLOGGER STYLE Best dressed at the 2014 Africa magic viewer's choice awards AFRICA'S FINEST Dukes of Style

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HOW TO ROCK AN AFRICAN PRINT TOP If you follow former Big brother contestant Pokello Nare's instagram page then you know very well her fashion sense is on point.

She is seen in this beautiful get up rocking one of fashions favourite trends right now, the African print.

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Hidden gem Phaless Jeremiah founder of tsogolo Lathu Rhythm

It has been said that education is the key to success and in many developing African countries, it poses as the only wait out of poverty for many youths. However even though this is so, there are thousands of young people who are meet various obstacles in their pursuit of education.

This is where Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm, the brain child of Malawian Chancellor College student Phaless Jeremiah comes in. Established by a student for students Runway Duchess sat down with this inspiring and hardworking young lady for an interview so she could shed more light on Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm.

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"I chose to study economics because I I know of Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm wanted to be able to understand how the but I want to hear from you, what is economy works so I could be able to it all about? help fix it" Well Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm is an outreach program that is geared at Secondary schools located in the Zomba area for now.

How did it come into being?

I have always had a strong passion for kids and my country so I always planned to do something that involved the both of them.

When I heard about the Chancellor College Students with dreams Grant I thought it would be a perfect way to get started sooner and I could interlink the two. So I applied with my dream, tsogolo lathu to help empower secondary school kids, and I was fortunate enough to be one of the dreams that got picked.

You mentioned that you have because I believe any form of charity always had a passion for kids, begins at home. I chose to study what more about yourself can you economics because I wanted to be share? able to understand how the economy Well there is so much, but for works so I could be able to help fix it. starters, I'm a lover of people. I Basically I'm the type of person who have always felt ever since I was likes to offer help wherever I can. little that I was destined to do something that helped people on aBeing in college, doesn't the project large scale. So I live my life affect your studies in any way? according to that standard. I love (Laughs) that's a very good question. my family unconditionally To put it simply I'm a very

busy person, like my friends even say things to our group members. Like that to me all the time. I guess I am right now, I'm writing end of one of those peole that being busy semester exams so we've put all and having things to do is what keeps activities on break because them going. School on its own is a getting a degree is everybody's challenge and also running the top priority right now. As soon as project can be super hectic. So I I'm done I'll be back on my feet somehow find a balance between getting ready for the next set of the two. Usually in periods where I'm things for the project. So basically not having exams is the time I devote just try to balance. If it means to the project putting that first, but three hours of sleep at night then when ever the issue of school comes pkay, as long as I'm giving in, for example an assignment or everything a hundred and fiften test, I make sure thats my main percent. priority at the time and I can delegate certain other

"I have always had a strong passion for kids and my country so I always planned to do something that involved the both of them".

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What challenges has Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm met along the way?

When you first begun to share I think one of the major challenges your idea to others, what was the was getting everybody on board with reception like? what our true vision was, because at Well people were very receptive the start there were slight actually. I think at first they might misunderstandings with that. Once we not have taken me seriously but worked with the kids, it was truly clear when we actually started doing to everyone that we are doing tangible things that people could something that's bigger than us so from there everything was resolved.

see, that's when we really caught peoples attention. Word was What's the plan for Tsogolo Lathu buzzing around campus about Rhythm? Where do you want to take it?

Well we are currently just working the project, people were asking me if they could be apart of it, so Iwith secondary schools in Zomba but I think people generally received want to spread it across the whole of Malawi. I want to take Tsogolo Lathu the whole thing in a positive way.

Rhythm to rural villages in Mangochi, Rumphi, Dedza all across Malawi and What has been the highlight of it also have them own the fact that all for you as an individual?

Tsogolo ndi lathu. This holiday I am Well we conducted a fundraiser working so that Tsogolo Lathu Rhythm can work with local orphanages as well that we called 100 kwacha for change where we went around as primary school children in the village.

asking people to donate 100 kwacha's in hopes of purchasing As an African youth yourself what sort a notebook for a child in one of of encouraging words or advice would the schools. We were able to you offer to a fellw African youth who raise about K60000.00 and have is in persuit of their dreams?

I think the most important thing to custom made notebooks done for each of the kids. The joy the realise is that, first as Africans we also are allwed to have dreams. We are kids showed when we handed allowed to have aspirations and them each a notebook made passions in life and we are allowed to everything worthwhile. That we follow them. We should never be could instill so much hope, love limited by our social or economic and joy by such a small gesture. Itsituation, but rather see something we was absoulutely the best feeling want and chase after it with everything we got. Always remember in the world.

that something big once started off as something small. So go for it!

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"The joy the kids showed when we handed them each a notebook made everything worthwhile. That we could instill so much hope, love and joy by such a small gesture. It was absoulutely the best feeling in the world."

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A E : D O O F T S A F S FRUIT I Fruits are the best fast food you can ever find on the market that is healthy and delicious. There are so many ways you can enjoy fruit on a daily basis without thinking of a STEERS KING burger and that deep-fried chips that would make you two times your current weight in a few weeks.

Think about the Banana and how it can perform a lot of wonderful things in your body. Bananas are wonderfully made to enrich your body with all the necessary vitamins.

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EZA SOLANGE has had quite an impressive run since she debuted on our screens a few years ago as a host on Channel O's music program Top Mais before contesting on Big Brother Africa in 2011. Young, successful, ambitious and inspiring all wrapped in a beautiful African woman, Weza has achieved what many young women aspire to achieve. A source of encouragement, she shared with us about her journey to success, her career, life and motivation

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"growing up I admired a lot of political figures, for me being famous meant making a difference in someone else's life"

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one of your jobs would you say you enjoy Your resume is very impressive, you haveWhich a the most, modeling, hosting or acting? marketing degree, a business diploma, you It's hard to say, they all present different are a television presenter, a model, an challenges; which I love, in their own way. Right actress and you are a former bba housemate, how does it feel to have now acting is my favorite because I'm achieved that much success at a young rediscovering myself through it. age?

I feel extremely Blessed. Especially There are some young girls out there who say because I achieved all that in South Africa,“when A I grow up I want to be an actress or I wa country I call my second home. to be famous”, were you like that growing up?

No, growing up I admired a lot of political figures, for me being famous meant making a difference in someone else's life. I always thought I was going to be involved in politics somehow. For me, that was more than enough.

You’re an Angolan girl in South Africa, what was behind the move to SA? Well because Angola had a civil war for so man years, the education system was lacking a lot, my initial reason for coming to SA was to get a better education.

So you have a marketing degree and yet you are a television host, a model, an actress. How did that happen?

By chance or by Fate. I'm not quite sure which yet. In my last year of college I was introduced t Television, I fell in love with it, it felt natural and right, from there I found myself doing modeling, and next thing I knew, a passion for acting emerged... And the rest as they say is history.

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Were you also doing some acting and modeling while you were in college?

The closest I came to modeling in colle was a Beauty Pageant I entered. I hated I wasn't comfortable in my own skin yet, I told myself that wasn't for me, closed that chapter and went back to focusing on my books. I did no acting in college.

How has your journey towards showbiz been like? What challenges did you mee along the way?

It has been a rough journey, with a lot ups and downs... My main challenges we having an accent, not being South African, not really knowing the right people in the entertainment industry, bu that all worked itself out, with God’s gra and a lot of hard work I believe one can anything they set their mind to.

What moments can you say have been your career highlights so far?

Career highlight for me was acting in Inkaba, because once the passion for acting emerged, there's nothing more I wanted than the escape and satisfactio acting gave me. Personal highlight thou was doing big brother. I believe anyone that can live in that house and come ou sane is victorious already.

"Hard work and determination beats talent and laziness."

What has been the most challenging pa of being a public figure?

Having people want to constantly know every aspect of my life. I know it comes with the territory but it's not easy choos what to share with the world and then keeping private what you don't want anyone to know.

How do you manage to keep your personal life away from the public eye?

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I just don't share with the public what I Who would you say are your fashion icons? don't want them to know. I keep a very I don't have any fashion Icons, there are people though whose fashion style ege tight circle of trust worthy friends so I truly admire. For example, Sheikha Mozah First Lady of Qatar and Carla nothing gets leaked and I stay away from d it, Bruni Sarkosi 1st lady of France. They both have very elegant and timeless , so"Celebrity social places" unless I need to fashion styles. be there for something specific g I do what I do because I love it, it brings me joy, it What lessons have you learned in the years you have worked in the showbiz comes with hardships as with everything else in life, but industry? it's worth it!'m not the "easy way out" kind of girl.

Hard work and determination beats et talent and laziness. The fewer friends of you have the better, I've learned to keep eremy opinions about others to myself and not try to compete with anyone. I run my own race, at my own pace. ut aceDo you ever feel like just leaving all this n dobehind and live a normal life back in Angola?

I've thought about it many times, especially when things weren't going the way I wanted, wished or expected. But that would mean quitting, which is something I refuse to ever do in my life. I do what I do because I love it, it brings me on joy, it comes with hardships as with ugh everything else in life, but it's worth it! i'm e not the "easy way out" kind of girl. ut Aside from family and friends, what else about Angola do you miss living in art Johannesburg?

The Ocean and the food! w You have been known to be quite the singfashionista? Is fashion something that you have always loved or did you pick it up in line with your work?

I picked it up with my line of work. In my teens I was a sneakers and jeans kind of girl, I thought I had fashion sense but ? looking back at some pictures I see it was a total fail every time. (laughs)

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There are many celebrities out there who refuse to be labeled as role models? What is your take on this? Would you receive that label without any complaints?

It’s complicated, there's this idea that role Describe a day in your life. How does it start and models are supposed to be perfect, that's end? why no person in their right mind wants that Depends on what I'm working on. Right now because I just started a new project, my day starts title, because it comes with such unrealistic between 5 and 6 am. I start with a prayer, followed expectations. We are humans, we fail, we by checking my schedule for the day, followed by commit mistakes, we exercise bad a shower, breakfast, work work work, Lunch, judgment at times, it is part of life. If work work, squeeze in a workout if I have time, anyone were to label me as a role model I home, dinner, catch up on my pvr'd shows or if I'm would only accept the title if people too exhausted I'll just have tea,pray, sleep. It's not understand that I too have flaws. So take in as exciting as people think. (laughs) my victories, learn from my mistakes so you don't need to repeat them and don't put me Your work usually keeps you busy, how do you relax? on a pedestal just to crucify me if I fail your I take loooooong vacations whenever possible! expectations. Remember I am only human, Anywhere warm, where there's peace and only God is perfect.

What is that 1 item that you always end up buying when you go shopping?

Shoes. I just can't quite control myself when it comes to shoes.

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What sort of impact do you want to make in Africa? What do you want to be Growing up, what life experiences did you remembered for? encounter or lessons you learned that have shaped you as a young woman today?

I want to be able to erase the invisible My father’s death and my mother’s stroke were barriers that Africans constantly put up experiences that made me grow up very quickly. against each other. I want to bring nations Becoming a born again, working on my together, to help Africans look at each relationship with God turned me into a whole other as brothers and sisters and not round better person I believe... All these things Impostors. Somehow Africans have been have shaped me up to the woman I'm today. conditioned into thinking either that they If you were to plan out your life, where would you are superior to other Africans or inferior to want to be five years from now? the rest of the world, I want to be part of a Here is the thing about me, I like the surprises movement that wipes away such ridiculous that life has to offer. I like living in the now, to the mindsets. I want to be remembered as fullest! My life is planning itself in such a perfect someone that always fought for her way that I think that if I were to plan myself I'd just believes, that spread joy, that helped mess it up. (Laughs) others without expecting anything in There many young African girls out there hoping return. I want to be remembered as an to make it into the entertainment industry, what African woman that rose above all types of advice would you have for them? oppression and made a difference.

Get an education first, fill yourself with information, set realistic goals so you don't compromise who you are to "get to the top". Know that in this industry, not all that glitters is gold, so stay grounded, work hard and compete with yourself and no one else!

Most important be original, be unique, be YOU! You may admire someone in the entertainment industry but don't try to be them, that's the fastest way to losing sight of who you are.

What’s next for Weza?

Quite a lot, I usually share my projects with the world, this time though I think I'll try something different " Work in Silence and allow the results to do all the noise" (smile)

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Being Mary Jane premeired with a record setting record of viewership. It was also refreshing to see the beautiful Mary Jane's stylish wardrobe accompany the intruguing storyline.

Her style is simple,chic and professional. In Episode 4 she is seen wearing this beautiful yet simple maxi dress styled with a statement chunky necklace and hoop earlings.

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BLOGGER Carmen Alexandra car "I started recycling fashion as a hobby, but I grew a huge love for it! I love to take something that costs $3 and make it look like it look like it costs $30 or even $300. I really have a passion for this and learn something new with every new project. For those of you giving it a try, do not give up and do not be discouraged!" - Carmen Alexandra

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Carmen Alexandra has a fresh, chic look upon her that is both stylish and laid back. I love how she mixes up high end items with thrift merchandise to create her gorgeous style.

STYLE rmenalexandra.com She loves colours and prints including leopard print. Which is good as many people move with the trends and feel the leopard print phase is over. I say if you like it wear it regardless of the current trends

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10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT IDRIS ELBA

Idris Elba is having quite a successful career

with his movies reaching box office acclaim He is also very much praised by most (all) women for his charming good looks.

Recently his good looks blew up twitter with the trending topic “I’m sorry I’m not Idris Elba” which was basically about men complaining about black (all?) women's obsession with Idris.

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His full name is Idrissa Akuna Elba.

His father was from Sierra Leone and his mother was from Ghana.

Idris co-produced and performed on the intro to Jay-Z’s 2007 album American Gangster.

Idris released He worked as a his EP High Class nightclub DJ in Problems Vol. 1 in the United 1991 under the Kingdom in nickname Big February 2010.

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In 1995, Idris Elba landed his first role on a series called Bramwell, a medical drama set in 1890s England. He played the lead character in an episode of the first season, an African petty thief named Charlie Carter, who lost his white wife to childbirth and had to figure out how to support his newborn daughter.

He splits between his homes in London and Atlanta. .

Idris Elba started his own DJ Company He portrayed one of the with some of his He has a daughter greatest men to have friends after from his previous lived on this earth; the marriage and is former South African helping out an uncle expecting President Nelson Mandela with his wedding DJanother child with in the film based on the his current business in 1986. autobiography, Long Walk girlfriend. to Freedom.

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Xosha Roquemore looked pretty in teal Oliver Tolentino

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Looking divine in white, Naomi Harris showed just the right amount of skin in this Wes Gordon dress.

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Danai Gurira was a vision in red in her Reem Acra number.

Lupita Nyong'o looked stunning in a white crop top and matching pencil skirt from Giambattista Valli‘s Spring 2014 collection

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Sleepy Hollow cutie Nicole Beharie looked sexy in a Suno floral print dress with a cut-out midriff.

Proving that a Herve Lerger dress can do a woman's curves no wrong, Rochelle Aytes kept it sexy yet classy in this deep sea coral number.

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Not one to bother with designer labels, Tatyana was also on the crop top train in an outfit from an LA Boutique.

Tika Sumpter looked undeniably gorgeous in a flowerly Bibhu Mohapatra dress.

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Divergent is on the box o making it th ranking film Yawa dey might have been released a couple of months ago but its still making waves

Currently number 1 on the billboard singles charts, happy is that song right now

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Kevin Hart is everywhere these da and hilarious as usual. About last night won't be a disappointment if you are looking for a good laugh.

If you loved Steve Harvey's think like a man, you will love Lala's book on love and relationships from a woman's point of view.

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fashionTHROWBACK HALLE BERRY at the 2002 oscars Halle Berry made history back in 2002 when she won an academy award for best actress in a leading role for her performance in Monster's Ball.

She became the first AfricanAmerican woman to win in that category and remains the only one to do so as of 2014

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For the event, Halle was exquisitely styled. She wore an Elie Saab dress th showed off her amazing body. The burgundy gown featured a sheer bodice and a full skirt.

As of 2014 this dress remains one of the best-known Oscar dresses of all time. The strategic embroidering that still left something to the imaginatio while still highlighting one of Halle's best assest was one of the highlights this impeccable design. The material on the bottom gave her hips and leg great shape.

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"This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me - Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened. " HALLE BERRY

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