Africa Rises with ARISE magazine

ARISE Magazine December 2010 (First Issue)

Last January (2011), I stumbled across the first issue of ARISE magazine in a Barnes & Nobles Bookstore. Four stunning African women shared one space on the cover of the magazine. Each represented a different shade of Africa. This magazine is exquisitely packaged and presented like Cosmopolitan, except it is vibrantly full of color because of the hues of Africa on each page. 

ARISE is Africa’s first and leading universal style magazine. It highlights and recognizes the African presence in fashion, art, music, literature, and politics. Each page is  picturesque and gives the reader an explicit interpretation through vivid visuals, literary analysis and personal opinion. This magazine unveils beautiful creations designed by people of African descent. It forces its readers to recognize the importance and huge impact of African culture within creative industries.

The print-version of the magazine is filled with vital and voguish shades of Black Beauties. One is forced to acknowledge Africa outside of the commercialized poverty the media publicizes. It sheds light and gives us, the readers, an in-depth look on the talent which comes not only from the varied origins of Africa, but People of Color from all over the world.

ARISE enlightens, exudes, and motivates people of all walks of life, but primarily those of African descent, to rise and take in equal measure for their presence in art. “ARISE breakdowns, educational and journalistic limitations with its combination of outspoken news and interview coverage while showcasing a superfluity styled story sense told through photojournalism. ARISE has created a new category of culture trend interface. It provides the public access to a world that would more than likely be hidden in the shadows.

  

The website, http://www.arisemagazine.net  provides ARISE with a social outlet to reach a vast audience interested in the unique culture of Africa. The site is plain and simple, with highlights of creative of color. 

It is sectioned off in  NEWS, FASHION & BEAUTY, ARTS & CULTURE, MUSIC, POLITICS, BLOGS, ARISEtv, and MAGAZINE (articles) categories.  The users will find resources to people and places outside of the norm of magazine fashion. Each discovery is unique and worth the exploration.

Overall the production team stated on http://www.arisemagazine.net, “ARISE targets a discerning, Afropolitan readership who share an interest in the cultural and social developments coming out of the continent. The magazine’s mix of fashion, music, sport, film, art and politics appeals to young, educated and affluent readers who demand to be the first to know about what’s hot and what’s important in Africa and around the world. ARISE attracts a 60:40 female/male audience.”

The ARISE community is filled with inventive artists of African origins, whom eagerly wait for their turn to to reveal their essence in everyday style. ARISE magazine uses their fierce creativity to resourcefully produce imaginations into creative images showcased living in color via web and print. The producers provide the people with presentations of Africa, like never seen before. As ARISE continues to highlight the beautiful diversity within the color of darkness… Africa RISEs and is no longer invisible to creative industries.