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people globally. In her own words, “Africa is the nexus for the future of the world and Mother Earth and I believe that Africans must dare to invent a different future, outside of what is proposed in dominant discourse, based on progressive principles that enable our self-determination and freedom. I firmly believe in the contribution of all Africans in all spheres towards this common vision.

 

Babs Olusamokun

Currently based in New York City, Babs Olusanmokun is an actor on both the stage and screen. A few of his past roles include spots on television shows like Law & Order (SVU & CI) and Blue Bloods. Babs has also starred in Andrew Dosunmu's Restless City as well as Ponies.

 

Having partially grown up in Brazil, Babs is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master and 2nd Degree Black-Belt. Today, Olusamokun is the first African born practitioner to receive the prestigious Black-Belt in the Brazilian art and is eager to bring his love of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to Nigeria and other African nations. The actor also speaks fluent Portuguese and recently these skills to play the character Serrano in the blockbuster video game Max Payne 3.

 

Up next for this multi-talented actor is a role in Andrew Dosunmu's Ma' George. He can also be seen in Yale Repertory Theatre’s A Year with 13 Moons. When asked about his future, Olusamokun says simply: “I intend to keep pursuing my love for the craft of acting. I also want to positively influence Nigerian and African youth with the discipline of the martial arts.”

 

Adiat Disu

Adiat Disu officially hit the scene in 2010 with the establishment of the now notable African Fashion Week in New York (AFWNY), an event honored even by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his declaration that July 12-18 is officially AFWNY. In less than three years Disu, a young entrepreneur, has come a long way from college graduate to head-honcho at her very own company, Adiree, which oversees AFWNY. According to Disu, “the vision and mission for Adiree is to be an international branding agency that creates and uses innovative communication tools to establish mass contemporary or exclusive fashion, beauty, and home decor brands.”

 

Since the creation of African Fashion Week, interest in African fashion has grown quickly across New York and beyond. But the goal is to extend this awareness to various fashion capitals in the world as Disu points out, “We began this concept and branding strategy with the idea that African Fashion Week can be birthed in all of our global fashion capitals thereby creating a strong African Fashion Calendar globally. Our goal is to build a team of partners and investors, without compromising the vision. All of these efforts are to say one thing: ‘Fashion f本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。