About

AfricanistaFab

Africanista Fab is a platform where we are embracing our African Roots and attesting that, as much as, we are living the modern life we can still clinch who we are and nothing about our heritage is tedious. We are a generation that distinguishes everything technology. Therefore, we have shied away from being original.

Some may ask “why African Food, Fashion and Lifestyle? Well the answer is simple “Why Not, what do I know more than my own roots?”

I am and will forever be a lover of food, fashion, art and whatsoever that touches my soul. You can call me Sugar and Spices if you like…

I have to admit that I have certainly not been much of a cook or a domestic person to begin with, however, being a first born of 5 children, you are obligated to step up to the plate “no pun intended” and visiting my grandparents during school holidays didn’t help either. For instance, cooking for everyone in our household, 20 people to be exact, since all the grandchildren will always go to the South Coast to visit Granz “that is what I call her”. Funny how life is hey…for the longest time I detested traditional food, cooking and the entire experience of going to the engraining fields with Granz; but years later there I was studying to become a Chef and In love with cooking “Thank you Granz”, and then fast forward to now… here I am “Blogging” about food.

•     Food is art and my own expression of love.  So whenever I serve you a plate, I am simply serving you my heart. You will find African Soul Food, African Food with a “Modern Take”, from using African Ingredients and cooking them in a modern way to establish recipes and Restaurant reviews.

•     Fashion is communicating one's self and to me it is not what is trending right now, but what works for you as an individual. You can expect to find “Street Style / Mix and Match Fashion, Traditional Wear and African Glam and everything in between.”

•     Lifestyle is countless things from the way one live their life and the manner of which they choose to live. Under this Category you will find Art, which is a big part of our Heritage from the Ndebele Art, Tribal Face Painting to San Rock Painting and everything in-between. You can also anticipate to see how our nowadays Youth embraces being African with a “Modern Take” of course. You can likewise expect a snick pick at my personal Lifestyle from exceptional occasions with my heart held friends and family to everything in between.

 All in all though this is a Platform where the old meets the new and the African Tradition/ Heritage meets Modern. It’s all about having fun, but not forgetting who you are and where you are coming from.We want our young generation to know their true African origins.

Thank you for dropping by

Sugar and Spices 

Samke

xoxo