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e brand, was clearly a natural fit for its creator: “I grew up with a passion for fashion, and would tell everyone that I would become a fashion designer. I simply never saw

 

myself doing anything else...BOCOUM is a brand that caters to women who dare to wear unconventional pieces, but glamorous. The BOCOUM woman has confidence, is sophisticated and has a taste for luxury.”

 

As a young designer, and avid cook, Bocoum is sure to note that her being African has never been a detriment to her work: “I do not live my life thinking about the fact that I am African and that it might be harder for me. I try to do what I have to do in the best way possible, and try to overcome obstacles.”

 

The Best of the Bez

“I still see myself touring when I’m forty,” says Bez, a refreshing and original musical voice in a pop-driven African entertainment market, “[I want] to add value to people through music.”

 

Nurturing a trademark croon from his days as a high school student in northern Nigeria through his university days at Covenant University, in southwestern Nigeria, Bez – who describes his musical persona as “a result of his experiences” – refers to the death of his father in 1997, as one of the major catalysts that propelled him to create an outlet of expression through his music.

 

As an artist who believes in pushing past stereotypes and the status quo the self-characterized ‘experimental musician,’ has been hailed by many in the music industry as ‘the African John Legend.’

 

However, Bez, who believes that the comparisons to John Legend are generous but not very accurate, thinks that his music is too diverse to be locked into any specific genre or compared with any one artist. “I wouldn’t pick out a single artist and say this is what my music sounds like,” he says with a laugh, when asked about the John Legend comparisons, “I can’t really pinpoint it, but I’ve done a lot of listening, and I think it falls within the ‘soulish’ terrain.”

 

Mentioning entertainers like Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse, Corrine Bailey Rae and John Mayer as influences, Bez, now a superstar in his own right quickly mentions that he would one day love to do a song with Jason Mraz, to match his skills on the guitar up against Mraz’s to bring about what he believes would be an “amazing collaboration.” For his own part, Bez received a good amount of attention for his 2011 Super Sun album – which will be re-released territorially in South Africa in early 2013.

 

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