Everyday Froday Blog — ghana
Four Black Heroes!
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Black History Month is often a time where we get to celebrate and educate people on the victories and hardships that our ancestors had to go through in order for us to be where we are today. The list of pioneers and heroes of Black History is endless however today we’ve picked four to highlight for you all! MARCUS GARVEY Born on the 17th August 1887, Jamaican political activist, journalist and entrepreneur Marcus Garvey formed and led the UNIA Pan African movement which aimed to unify people of African descent worldwide. Garvey spent two years in London studying...
The Short Story Behind African Headwraps
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Now you're probably aware of Headwraps, they come in many colours, sizes and patterns and are used for various different occasions. Now, depending on where you grew up you may never have noticed when you actually started seeing or using headwraps yourself however, what you probably don't know is the cultural meaning behind some of these headwraps. Now depending on where you come from the headwrap has different names. For example in Nigeria you'd call it a Gele, in Botswana a Tuki and in Ghana, Malawi and Zimbabwe it's called a Duku. Despite the various names the African headwrap has...
Who we are shopping with this Black Pound Day!
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Oyaaa BPD is back againnnn! August 1st marks the first Saturday of the month which marks the new monthly Black Pound Day here in the UK. Black Pound day is an initiative started by Rapper Swiss to encourage us to spend our pounds in our community for the day. In honour of this we here at the Froday HQ have compiled a list of all the black owned businesses we will be shopping with on this day. We have everything from hair and beauty to candles, diffusers, cakes and Durags!! Check them out below and get your shop on people!! ...
Black Owned Hotels & Apartments
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FREEDOM!! As lock down begins to ease in most places the need to escape this country after 4 months of being tied down to it is REAL!! As the airline and tourism industry scrambles to revive itself and hotels begin to open it’s only right that we here at the Fro Day HQ do what we do best and give you the juice on some black owned businesses baby!!! So, here is a post on black owned Hotels around the world. Heh, we really mean it when we say we are supporting black owned businesses all the way baby!! Africa ...
🇬🇭Ghana was Lit🇬🇭
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The Everyday Froday team kicked off the new decade with a trip to Ghana. Find out what we got up to.