Capital City Magazine: June 2016

My name is Nanfe Jemimah Kefas..

5.8ft. Tall
Brown eyes
Black hair
Chocolate skin

Am from Plateau state Nigeria
Taroh by tribe

Born to the family of the late Kefas Audu Bingab. I studied accounting in Plateau state polytechnic Jos, where my modeling career started 4 years ago. I love posing for pictures,and that was what made me develop interest In modeling. Before moving to Abuja, I was crowned the queen of culture and tourism Plateau state 2013/2014.

It wasn't easy for me in the beginning, waiting to be discovered by an agency was really hard.
But I endured, never stopped searching Internet for an agency. Just last year, I was fortunate enough to get signed with a modelling agency in Abuja called ZAHARA MODELS, marking the beginning of my professional modeling career.

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I was face of Abuja fashion week, also face of Zaron cosmetics, which is today my greatest achievement in the hole of my modeling year.

I have worked with several celebrity photographers.,makeup artist, hair stylist, designers, actress and a host of other exciting people. Here are some of the big names:

Photographers:
Kelechi Amadi OBI
Emmanuel oyeleke
Ahamibeleme
BigH
Imagio photography
Ejikemanny
Romeo Shagba
Thatsthroneguy
Gasmadu
Fabulous Banji
Iyke Ibeh
Lex ash
Dominic brown
E.t.c

Makeup artist:
Zaron cosmetics
Bimpe anakoya
JideOfStola
Solange
Makeup 360
Mascoteda
Makeup by jaru
Cass concept
Etc

Designers:
Gey
Ejiro Amos tafari
Bland2glam
Orange culture
Iteun basi
Fia factory
Kimokini
Aimas and grey velvet
DZYN
Autumn leaves
Isi brown
Frankie and co
Etc

Professional modeling is Nigeria is very challenging and stressful. But the fact that I love what I do keeps me going. Also, the support I have from my family and the amazing people around me. All thanks to God almighty, for he has been the pillar of my strength all this while.

Synopsis:
"Nameless is many things. It is the present we loathe. It is the past that haunts us. It is the future we want. Nameless is what we own, the things we are ashamed of, the hurt that binds us, the leaders who stain our present. Nameless is the clarity we have. It is the knowledge that things cannot remain the same. The hope that our children will only know our tears as history. It is all we must do to move us from the things that cage us to being able to fly free to a place beyond where nothing can stop us."

The book NAMELESS was written in a five-day Book sprint in November 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria.

IN THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there were eight writers with a deadline.

And their ideas were without form and void.

And the displeasure moved upon every brow

And out of the crucible of pain

Through quarrels and laughter and many drinks

They said: Let there be a book!

They articulated their pain, isolated the issues

gave themselves freedom to dream, to create

And on the fifth day,

Nameless was born.

BIOGRAPHY - WRITERS

Azeenarh Mohammed wears many hats. A project manager most of the time, a digital security trainer, queer advocate, feminist, brooding activist, wannabe hacker the rest of the time. She has found the sports that she loves and is trying very hard to let those sports kill her. When not arguing that the future will be made of bikes, trains and teleportation, she can be found walking on the wrong side of the street while explaining for the umpteenth time why she does not answer phone calls.

Chioma Agwuegbo is a social media strategist. Her background is in radio drama production, first for Aso radio and television services, and then for the BBC media action, both in Abuja. She set up CC consulting services after obtaining a Masters degree in Social Media from Birmingham City University, and has a growing portfolio of clients including the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), MTV Staing Alive Foundation (SHUGA), etc. She is also Editor of YNaija2015, a site strictly dedicated to the political news and analysis in a language young people understand.

Elnathan John is a full time writer who trained as a lawyer in Nigeria. His writing has been published in per Contra, ZAM Magazine, Evergreen Review, Sentinel Nigeria, Chimurenga's The Chronic and The Caine prize for African writing anthology 2013 and 2014. He writes political satire for which he hopes to someday get arrested and famous. He also teaches writing. Although he has tried very hard, he has never won anything. He doesn't like mentioning it, but in 2013, he was shortlisted for the Caine Prize For African Writing, for a story many people did not like. He still wonders if it was accidental but likes the acclaim this has given him globally. He loves Twitter. One day, he will quit drinking. He is unmarried and currently attempting to lose weight. He is planning his mid-life crisis to include contemplating a tattoo and a vasectomy.

Fola Lawal is a project coordinator, environmental enthusiast, charity worker, and a social media brand-integrator for companies and individuals. Quite often, she helps writers write more profitably. These days, Fola divides her energy between managing her book-publishing business and encouraging her social media fans to save the world, one tweet at a time.

Kalu A. Aja is husband to Oma, son, father to 'the boys', and financial planner during the day. Kalu describes himself as a fiscal conservative with a strong belief in limited governments. Kalu writes part time on issues to do with governance, fiscal federalism and the efficacy of the Nigerian Federation. He also acts a life coach to many. An alumni of the Lagos Business School and the New York institute of Finance. He is a firm believer that Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Nigeria is the best football club in the world.

Pearl Osibu is a feminist, humanist, Facebook trouble maker, blog warrior, saint of peace. Pearl writes by night - fiction, nonfiction, social commentary,TV and film. You can read her work on http//pearlosibu.wordpress.com/ (Fifty Shades Of Me), http://www.sabinews.com/category/columnist/pearls-of-wisdom-with-pearl/ and Mnet/Multichoice Tinsel. By day, she designs and sews clothes. Yeah, she's multi-talented like that. You want to be on her good side. On twitter she is @pearlosibu.

Rafeeat Aliyu likes to call herself a writer. She blogs and tweets as Eccentric Yoruba and more recently Cosmic Yoruba. Under that handle, she writes for ThisDayAfrica.me and HOLAAfrica. She is also a contributor to Muslimah Media Watch and Afrimind. She is a big fan of speculative fiction, suspense and horror. And her short story Ofe! is published in the AfroSF anthology. She promises to have more speculative fiction available in the near future. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading about gender and sexuality in West African histories, listening to Kizomba, folk metal and Afro-House music. Also watching Japanese drama and enjoying African cuisine. Few things makes Rafeeat as happy as reading well-written and researched African historical fiction.

Yas Niger is a writer and a poet of Hausa origins, with strong progressive traditional views, also has a Masters Degree in Education. An activist and social Media commentator. Yas writes on contemporary Northern Nigerian and African issues, as they reflect civilized virtues. He has a preference for simple poetry and unconventional literary prose, in a removed, assertive manner. Yas reflects on secular relationships, as they relate to everyday living.

See also: https://ng.boell.org/2014/11/26/nameless

Capital City Magazine

MODEL PROFILE: JEMIMAH NANFE (MIMZBEE)

MUSIC: Drip Drop - Peerayce

TRIBUTE: Muhammad Ali - Funny Speeches, Interviews, Trash Talk

Book Summary: NAMELESS [Edited By Khalifa Baba-Ahmed for CCM]