MAMA BENZ

Mama Benz Magazine is an modern magazine focused on the promotion and empowerement of women, African and afro-descendant women.

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EDITOR’S Letter 2022 opportunities to seize!

INSPIRATION: They said… • Each month, our magazine Mama Benz Africa highlights women with incredible backgrounds. Each word, utterance, and sentence by these successful professionals is a source of huge inspiration for millions of girls and young women across the African continent.

Society: 5 FIRST LADIES at the heart of GIGANTIC SOCIAL PROJECTS • IF THEY ARE GENERALLY RENOWNED AS THE WIVES OF PRESIDENTS FROM VARIOUS REPUBLICS, SEVERAL AFRICAN FIRST LADIES ARE ALSO STARTING TO BE KNOWN FOR THEIR SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS. AS A RESULT, THEY OCCUPY AN INCREASING PLACE IN AFRICAN PUBLIC LIFE. HERE ARE 5 AFRICAN FIRST LADIES INVOLVED IN GIGANTIC SOCIAL PROJECTS.

Portrait: Loraine Doumbouya ex cop and first lady of Guinea Conakry • WHILE EMPLOYED BY THE FRENCH MILITARY POLICE, LORAINE ENCOUNTERED THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF GUINEA CONAKRY, MAMADY DOUMBOUYA. VERY QUICKLY, THE TWO LOVEBIRDS GET MARRIED. A QUITE ATYPICAL COUPLE OF SECURITY AGENTS MADE THEIR WAY TO THE HEART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. SPOTLIGHTS ON A FORMER COP, NOW FIRST LADY OF GUINEA CONAKRY..

5 BLACK FEMALE MUSICAL ARTISTS to definitely follow in 2022 • THEY ARE IN A GREAT NUMBER EVERY YEAR TO MAKE YOU DANCE AND DREAM! 2022 WILL NOT ESCAPE THAT RULE AND WITH NEW, FORMER NATIONAL AND IN-TERNATIONAL ARTISTS, ALL THESE STYLES WILL MAKE YOU MOVE… MAMA BENZ LOOKED AT THOSE WHO INNOVATE IN TERMS OF STYLE AND SOUND, WHO EXPLORE NEW GENRES. HERE IS OUR LIST OF THE 5 BLACK FEMALE MUSICAL ARTISTS TO DEFINITELY FOLLOW IN 2022!

5 FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT AYA NAKAMURA • SHE IS THE MOST POPULAR FRENCH-SPEAKING SINGER IN 2021. AYA NAKAMURA IS A REAL SUPERSTAR IN FRANCE, BUT ABOVE ALL A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR THE ENTIRE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF HER AFRICAN ORIGINS. WHILE SOME OF THE SMALLEST FACTS ABOUT HER CAREER HAVE BEEN REVEALED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS, THERE ARE FACTS ABOUT HER LIFE THAT REMAIN ALMOST UNKNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW ANA NAKAMURA? HERE ARE 5 FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT HER…

3 Tourism: incredible tourist sites in Africa to visit in 2022 • WE TALK ABOUT VISITING AFRICA, WE IMMEDIATELY THINK OF ALL THESE UNUSUAL NOT TO BE MISSED PLACES THAT WE FIND IN COUNTRIES LIKE EGYPT, TANZANIA, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA … INDEED, AFRICA AS THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY ABOUNDS IN NATURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS. ACCORDING TO OUR SELECTION, WE OFFER YOU 3 INCREDIBLE AFRICAN TOURIST SITES TO VISIT IN 2022.

3 FIRST AFRICAN LADIES with exceptional ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS! • IF GENERALLY, WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THEIR SPARKLES AND GLITTER, ANOTHER ASPECT OF THEM IS STILL INTERESTING: THEIR LEVEL OF STUDY. YOU HAVE NO DOUBT ALREADY WONDERED ABOUT THE ACADEMIC CAREER OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENTS AND WHAT THEIR LEVEL OF STUDY IS, AND HERE ARE THE FIRST THREE AFRICAN LADIES WITH EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS!

Portrait: Olivia Yacé Miss Ivory Coast, beauty queen of the world! • CROWNED MISS IVORY COAST ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2021, OLIVIA YACÉ CURRENTLY REPRESENTS THE COUNTRY OF ELEPHANTS AT THE 70TH EDITION OF THE MISS WORLD COMPETITION. BEAUTIFUL, COURAGEOUS, INTELLIGENT AND ELOQUENT, MAMA BENZ WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF THE WORLD!

Sport: Caster SEMENYA An androgynous BLACK WOMAN with an exceptional journey! • A TABOO PHENOMENON IN AFRICA, HYPER ANDROGENISM MEANS, IN A WOMAN, HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF MALE HORMONES. CASTER SEMENYA, SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETE, THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION AND TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN HER 800-METER DISCIPLINE HAS IT. HER PERFORMANCES ARE ON A REGULAR BASIS CONTROVERSIAL. HOWEVER, WHAT IS THE BLAME AGAINST CASTER...