Hello and welcome to our summer edition of Konnections. We have had a spanking new makeover and hope you like it as much as we do.

As always we have lots of interesting features for you as well as a two Declaring His Love CDs by Muyiwa to give away.

Be inspired by award winning Chinwe Roy who survived the Biafran war and can boast of having one of the most famous people in the world as her ‘subject' HRH Queen Elizabeth II and Beatrice Hamza-Bassey who has gone down in history as only the second black person to be made partner at US law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed in 120 years!

Adebayo Jones shares his memoirs of Katoucha, fashion icon often referred to as “ the Peul Princess, ” who tragically drowned earlier this year, leaving us with much to ponder about what she achieved and challenging us as to what legacy we will leave behind when we pass on. Pius Ekpei, sheds some insight on what it involves to be a photojournalist living on the edge of breaking news and Yomi Segun and Tolu Yusuf give us an idea of what it is like to be self employed. Read the kids section and our new youth corner to find out what our teenagers think, you might gain some insight as to how you might understand yours better!

In the words of Turtle in Kung Fu Panda:

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift which is why it is called “the present!”

Live your best life now, peace, love and happiness…

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