DONE!

Both versions of SLS are done. That means the issue I designed first (the one I'm going to print) and the one I had to design with the proper software. (Honestly, the second one was only for show - I need to get graded on my design skills, so I had to use the right software - but it looks the same as the first one!) I am losing interest now, having been on this project for about six months. So...it's been fun. Maybe I'll get the chance to make it into a real magazine, if I can find someone who understands my vision. Probably not likely in Botswana... Now it's down to the examiners. I'm not expecting too much. It is unconventional, but I'm not changing it. After all, being different was the whole point. Let's hope I get away with it!

Finishing touches

I'm almost done with SLS. One more page of writing to go, then two more adverts. Generally, I suspect it has more text than the typical women's magazine, but it looks all right. I hope!

Superwoman

What do Charlize Theron, Ama Ata Aidoo and the Queen of Sheba have in common? They're all women from Africa who made a name for themselves. SLS celebrates women across the continent - and the world - with an A-Z of famous African superwomen, a Top 10 of Girl Power songs and 5 superpowers that women may not realize they have...

Generation YouTube: teaser

In August 2007, DeAndre Ramone Way posted a video on YouTube showing people how to dance to his self-published song, "Crank That (Souljah Boy)." Soon thousands of people had posted videos of themselves doing the "Soulja Boy" dance. By September the song had reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Approximately 10 hours of video are uploaded to the Web site every minute, according to YouTube, creating celebrities virtually overnight.

The Good Samaritans: teaser

Celebrities have made foreign aid cool. With their themed wristbands, tireless campaigning and regular trips to Africa, people such as Angelina Jolie are among the world's most prominent activists. More and more famous people are signing up to “save” Africa from war, corruption and HIV/AIDS, and they are asking governments across the globe to give more to the cause.

Darwin 101: teaser

There are many questions that women have struggled to answer about the opposite sex. Why do many men struggle with monogamy? Why the obsession with big breasts? Why would a man of fifty cheat on or leave his wife of decades for a girl barely out of her teens? If you believe the Darwinian psychologists, it all comes down to sex. That is, the body’s desire for sex, driven by our genes’ desire to be passed on through reproduction. Everything people do, every aspect of human nature, according to these evolution-based theories, comes down to natural selection. In other words, no matter how many millennia have passed in our evolutionary history, there are some habits that are just too hard to kick.

Martyrs, Mediators and Men in Skirts: teaser

Kassi, Daca, Amina, Aisa, Nzinga, Fatima, Menetewab, Ranavalona, Maqeda and Ileni Hagos. These names may be less familiar than Cleopatra or Hatshepsut, but they are no less significant. Every one of these women was, at one time or another, an African queen.