Duchess Magazine

In spring 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the “elite” TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows – both buddy dramas …

A lot of young people, at interviews, get confused when they’re faced with the‘Tell me about yourself?’ question. It comes as the …

Nobody wants to be poor. No one has a fascination with poverty. There is nothing idyllic or romantic about being poor. I …

Nollywood actress and latest author in town, Omoni Oboli, turned forty yesterday and to celebrate her new age, she spent her day with the …

Oh, the poor girl child. I have just finished the anonymously written “I don’t hide my scars”, and I am shaking. Beauty, the …

If you’ve ever doubted the phrase, Black Don’t Crack, 51 year old musician Janet Jackson is all the proof that you’ll ever need. The music …

Run For a Cure Africa is gearing up for their 6th Annual Big Hat Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 13th, 2018. The …

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was on CNN to discuss the #MeToo movement, feminism, and rights of LGBT people with Christiane Amanpour. The writer who revealed …

19 year old model, actress and show host, Miss Udeh Precious, beat stiff competition from 19 other contestants to emerge winner of the …

Virony Nigeria Limited has appointed ace Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Brand Ambassador, in its bid to further deepen its market presence and share. The leading …

Tina Knowles-Lawson: Beyoncé wants to do “what’s best for the world and not what is most popular.” As Beyoncé herself reminded the …

When I was growing up in a village in Kenya, we kept our hair short. Sometimes my grandmother cut it with scissors, …

Nine years into my research and academic career, one of the most common questions I hear from family and friends is, “uzoqedanini …

The glass ceiling is an idea familiar to many. It refers to the invisible barrier that seems to exist in many fields …

INDIO, Calif. — Let’s just cut to the chase: There’s not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance …

Brazil is still mourning the death of Marielle Franco, a black woman raised in a Rio favela and a sociologist whose academic work …

Ieshia Champs never could have imagined what she would achieve when she grew up, as she bounced around family homes, entered into the …

The board of trustees of Whittier College in California, has chosen Linda Oubré as the educational institution’s fifteenth president. When she takes office on July 1, …

For the first time, the twin island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago has a woman president. After an electoral college win in January, Paula Mae …

Ava DuVernay is stepping into the superhero universe. The filmmaker has come on board to direct “New Gods” at Warner Bros. as part of the studio’s …

It’s National Library Week, and at Spelman College a student is changing lives by improving a community’s literacy. Deanna Hayden, a junior Comparative Women’s Studies major, …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s an unlikely location for a political uprising: A onetime drug rehab center in an office park, where metal …

Patricia Smith, who teaches in the English department at theCollege of Staten Island of the City University of New York System, has been …