Ariana Oluwole
Ariana Oluwole is an executive coach, holistic educator, and Multipotentialite Entrepreneur. Her flagship coaching program 'Live and Lead Your Best Life' provides holistic strategies for Africans, the diaspora, and professionals navigating multiple cultures and teams. When she is not Empowering People, Teams & Systems to Thrive. Queen A can be found speaking to plants with a nice cup of tea.
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ASMAA JAMES ON HER LIFE AS A JOURNALIST, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR , PHILANTHROPIST, WIFE & MOTHER
Asmaa James is an award-winning female radio broadcaster with over 18 years of radio broadcast experience in post conflict Sierra Leone. Her passion and interests include upholding and promoting independent media platforms, creating safe spaces for diverse voices, positions and interests with the aim of promoting an active citizenry, whilst strengthening democratic governance. Due to the numerous violations of rights, gender-based violence and inherent structural and cultural issues of representation facing women and girls she is constantly faced with in her radio programs she founded the ASMAA JAMES FOUNDATION (AJF) to promote teenage sexual reproductive health and rights, with the objective of raising awareness, mobilizing women and girls to advocate…
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FANTACEE WIZ ON EMBRACING CULTURE AND LIVING HER TRUTH
Fanta Kamara aka Fantacee Wiz is a Sierra Leonean multiple award winning traditional folk singer born in Kabala and raised in Freetown . She has a background in ICT(IT) with a passion for the performing arts . Fantacee is the only traditional folk singer among the new school of recording artists in Sierra Leone. An actor, dancer, designer, poet, radio presenter, children, civic and women ambassador, philanthropist, activist and a model. The first singer to perform for inmates at both the Pademba Road and Special Court female prisons in Freetown. The CEO and founder of Sierra Unity Playas(Theatre Company), Badenya Foundation and Fantacee Wiz Kollection. She loves reading, watching crime…
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BE LIKE EUNICE NAFFIE MUSTAPHA- SIERRA LEONE’S ASPIRING THOUGHT LEADER
Eunice Naffie Mustapha is a 21-year-old female Sierra Leonean that has been championing kids and youth issues in her country since she was a teenager. Eunice started her advocacy in 2015 after the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, as she was motivated by the desire to promote the empowerment of kids and youth in her country. In 2015, she was awarded an Orange Belt in her school for excellent performance and she was made the President of Children’s Forum Network-The Annie Walsh Memorial School branch (A Child Led Organization). A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE During her days as President, she championed the weekly engagement of girls at her school…
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ZAINAB KARGBO: GLAMOURISING FURNITURE MAKING IN SIERRA LEONE
Zainab Kargbo graduated from the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM)- Sierra Leone; with a degree in business administration and an intent to hammer her way into the future by designing and making state of the art furniture. This story is unusual for a country that glorifies white- collared jobs with very low interests in technical-vocational fields . The youth grow up with a general disregard for certain professions, as they have been conditioned by their environment to undervalue them. Generally people in these professions are viewed as illiterate or semi- literate. Zainab is determined to change the narrative, She hails from very humble beginnings- Tombo , a popular…
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ATTENTION PARENTS: THESE TWO THINGS WILL MAKE YOU MASTER PARENTING
My childhood was exciting, I had parents who were middle-aged and were liberal for the most part. Nonetheless been in a nuclear family setting gave me a guided view, with set intentions and a narrow perspective on life. Everything was pretty much black and white. I relied heavily on emotional support from family, teachers and friends. Words of affirmation, triggered the best in me. The good thing was I found great escape in reading about different worlds, cultures and philosophies. At a young age, I learnt about other children from different backgrounds, orphans, children living in deprived communities and those from dysfunctional families. This opened up my eyes to another…
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I COUNT IT ALL JOY
I toddled down, hurrying off to the sweet aroma from the boiling pot in the kitchen, for a second I felt a sweet breeze, the next minute I was at the bottom of the stairs. An excruciating pain hit me, all I could hear was a gentle hum, a child’s laughter and then the sun rays caressed my skin. I was lying on the floor, face down. Something protruded from my enlarged belly. I could feel something sharp- a bone, I think it was his foot. I was close to term with my most precious bundle of joy and I had fallen off a flight of stairs. It was over…
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LAMBO FRAGRANCES: YOUR LUXURY FASHION BRAND 2019
Africa is the future, this is an affirmation that is truly manifesting. Many entrepreneurs are thinking outside of the box into creating solutions for the worldwide market. The competition is tense but the fruits leave us increasingly excited! We caught up with a brand who is intent on optimizing luxury and style. Take a deep breath in and inhale the sweet scents of Africa with Scent Design Nigeria. The founder Abayomi Lambo, started small and has now evolved into two companies- Scent Design Nigeria- a fragrance creator and supplier and the flagship Perfumes called Lambo . Scent Design Nigeria’s main purpose is to create memorable fragrances. We have a flair…
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MEET ‘ THE QUEENS’ OF FOOTBALL IN SIERRA LEONE
Since 2004, The Mogbwemo Queens Football Club (the “Queens”) has attracted girls who dare to be different. This growing female football club made of 33 players is based in Imperi Chiefdom, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone. The girls draw their history from a unique background and like to think of themselves as a resilient bunch of girls regardless of background, who are supportive of each other; on and off pitch. Women and girls from all around the world are fighting for equal rights and opportunities. Sierra Leone is not any different. The challenge of education, teenage insecurities, and the need for mentoring lurks in every community. In their case it…
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A Day With A Feminist
Many individuals describe their stance on human rights in regards to gender & what most of them come up with is feminism, but they refuse to [self]-identify as such due to their [warped] misconception/perception on what feminism entails or who a feminist is. In my own words a feminist is anyone. That’s right anyone. Anyone who advocates &/or lobbies for gender parity & equity in society. Individuals who identify the gender gaps in society; whether that be in public life, socio-economically, culturally, religiously, in academia etc & make strides in their own way to call society out on it. Whether that’s sponsoring an adolescent girl to continue her schooling because…
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AJARA MARIE’S SECRETS TO BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE BRAND
Ajara Marie is marketing executive and a rising business mogul with an in depth experience in Community & Youth Development, Events Management & PR, Communications and Marketing, Training and Capacity building, Clinical Services and Partnership development in Sierra Leone and abroad. She has successfully created her own brand and managed for the past nine (9) years. She is the CEO of Women Mean Business, a company that provides branding, marketing and PR to entrepreneurs as well as workshops and event for females who want to start or grow their brands and businesses. At Ariana Diaries we know that 2019 has been crowned as the year of collaborations. Forward thinking entrepreneurs…
