Ka-Ima
26 Nov 2009
2 Nov 2009
Ka-Ima Is Pulling The Cat Out Of The Hat...
Greetings Beloved People, I hope you are well!!
Get ready Because, we are ending 2009 beautifully! For the past few weeks,I've been working on my new designing project. If you've been following me on Facebook,you know I've been to Paris a couple of weeks ago for a photo-shoot session... 2009 is about to end and fulfilling my mission to empower you, I am revealing today what's been preciously guarded for those last few weeks: "The Pre-Launch of Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ "
fashion by Ka-Ima. Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ will be presented to the public at The African Market Day -@Woolwich Town Hall-Market Street,London SE16 8PW, on Saturday 7th november, 11am-5pm. Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ reveals the diversity of our afrikanity through modern clothing. It a raw diversity of elegant styles and fabrics... A few close friends have already seen the designs and we are getting a very positive feed back.Some orders have even been placed! Needless to say that these beautiful garments are a selection of unique pieces pieces and limited editions for men and women Now that the cat's been pulled out of the bag,you will benefit from a special pre-launch price on the day. Bring your friends and family along as the African Market Day will without the shadow of a doubt,be a success! Thank you again for your support! Hotep(Peace) and Love! PS:Mark your calendar for the 7th (next saturday) and be part of the pre-launch of Ka-Ima's Rootikal Clothing™. See you there! Ka-Ima www.locsjewels.com
The African Market Day
11.00am-5.00pm Saturday 7th November 2009 Free Admission Woolwich Town Hall • Market Street • London SE18 6PW Showcasing
Jewellery • Food • Arts & Crafts • Live Music • Fashion
For more information & exhibitor opportunities: www.amdnetworks.com enquiries@amdnetworks.com Tel 020 33935735 Mob 07908 144 311
Get ready Because, we are ending 2009 beautifully! For the past few weeks,I've been working on my new designing project. If you've been following me on Facebook,you know I've been to Paris a couple of weeks ago for a photo-shoot session... 2009 is about to end and fulfilling my mission to empower you, I am revealing today what's been preciously guarded for those last few weeks: "The Pre-Launch of Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ "
fashion by Ka-Ima. Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ will be presented to the public at The African Market Day -@Woolwich Town Hall-Market Street,London SE16 8PW, on Saturday 7th november, 11am-5pm. Ka-Ima Rootikal Clothing™ reveals the diversity of our afrikanity through modern clothing. It a raw diversity of elegant styles and fabrics... A few close friends have already seen the designs and we are getting a very positive feed back.Some orders have even been placed! Needless to say that these beautiful garments are a selection of unique pieces pieces and limited editions for men and women Now that the cat's been pulled out of the bag,you will benefit from a special pre-launch price on the day. Bring your friends and family along as the African Market Day will without the shadow of a doubt,be a success! Thank you again for your support! Hotep(Peace) and Love! PS:Mark your calendar for the 7th (next saturday) and be part of the pre-launch of Ka-Ima's Rootikal Clothing™. See you there! Ka-Ima www.locsjewels.com
The African Market Day
11.00am-5.00pm Saturday 7th November 2009 Free Admission Woolwich Town Hall • Market Street • London SE18 6PW Showcasing
Jewellery • Food • Arts & Crafts • Live Music • Fashion
For more information & exhibitor opportunities: www.amdnetworks.com enquiries@amdnetworks.com Tel 020 33935735 Mob 07908 144 311
25 Oct 2009
20 Aug 2009
World's Fashion Week
Venez decouvrir la nouvelle collection Ka-Ima B.Joux durant le salon"World's Fashion Week" le 26 et 27 Septembre 2009 a l'espace Kiron
16 Jul 2009
Ka-Ima B.Joux Website
Apologies to all of you ho have been trying to get on Kaimabijoux.com, we are currently having difficulties with the website, which results in you having the warning message from Google.
We are aware of the problem and are seeking to solve this matter as soon as possible, thank you for your patience,
Regards,
Ka-Ima
Veuillez nous excuser, si vous avez tenter de visiter le site Kaimabijoux.com, nous rencontrons des difficultés avec le site en ce moment, ce qui résulte à un message de mise en garde de la part de Google.
Nous sommes conscients du problème et tentons de le régler dans les plus brefs délais, merci de votre patience,
Amicalement,
Ka-Ima
We are aware of the problem and are seeking to solve this matter as soon as possible, thank you for your patience,
Regards,
Ka-Ima
Veuillez nous excuser, si vous avez tenter de visiter le site Kaimabijoux.com, nous rencontrons des difficultés avec le site en ce moment, ce qui résulte à un message de mise en garde de la part de Google.
Nous sommes conscients du problème et tentons de le régler dans les plus brefs délais, merci de votre patience,
Amicalement,
Ka-Ima
10 Jun 2009
Ka-Ima expose aux Rencontres Éphémères ce weekend!
Bonjour a tous,
Notez tous dans vos agendas
Nous revoila pour la 8eme Edition des Rencontres Ephemeres
Le Salon de la Creation Multi-culturelle!
Ka-Ima y exposera ses creations, des nouveautes et des soldes: 20% de remise sur les anciennes Collections!!!
A ne pas manquer!!!!!
Venez decouvrir aussi les nouveautes Ka-Ima et profitez d'une remise sur les nouveautes de 10% avec le mot de passe "Esprit"
10 rue La Vacquerie - paris 11ème (Plan d'accès)
Métro Philippe Auguste (ligne 2) - Voltaire (ligne 9)
Samedi : 11h - 20h / Dimanche : 11h - 20h
Entrée gratuite
www.rencontres-ephemeres.com
Métro Philippe Auguste (ligne 2) - Voltaire (ligne 9)
Samedi : 11h - 20h / Dimanche : 11h - 20h
Entrée gratuite
www.rencontres-ephemeres.com
A bientot,
Cordialement,
Ka-Ima
22 Feb 2009
Ka-Ima expose aux Rencontres Éphémères
Bonjour à Toutes et à Tous,
Marquez dès maintenant ce rendez-vous dans vos agendas!
Ka-Ima B.joux y exposera sa nouvelle collection tant attendue et vous permettra de bénéficier de soldes:
- 20% de remise sur les collections précédentes
- et une offre exceptionnelle:
un bijou de locs acheté, un gratuit!!!!!!!!!!
En effet,nous revoilà pour une 7ème édition des Rencontres Éphémères, le salon de la création multi-culturelle.
Les Rencontres Éphémères, ce sont deux journées fantastiques accueillant une vingtaines de créateurs, qui vous feront découvrir leurs talents.
Venez vous joindre à nous dans une ambiance conviviale et chaleureuse où vous trouverez l'objet votre bonheur : écolo, urbain, unique, romantique...
22 Créateurs seront présent rien que pour vous:- Mode, accessoire : Akoma Aya, Absolutly Precieux, Tengoku, DiviNéa, Ignacio Mejia, Ka Ima B.joux, UrbanSkin, AOAVA, Cécilecrea, June Shop, Debaz …
- Beauté, bien être : Mosiah B, Oanisha, kanyjah, …
- Restauration : La fille du sympathique, …
- Artisanat, design : Sébastien Maquin, Platipuce, Adeline Klam …
- Art, Culture : Arno, Berken, ...
www.kaimabijoux.com
www.myspace.com/kaimabijoux
www.locsjewels.com
Les Rencontres Éphémères: 10 rue La Vacquerie - paris 11ème Métro Philippe Auguste (ligne 2) - Voltaire (ligne 9) Samedi : 11h - 20h / Dimanche : 11h - 20h Entrée gratuite!
Pour plus d'info,
visitez: www.rencontres-ephemeres.com
6 Feb 2009
A bit of historical Facts on Cowrie Shell....
Cowrie Shell
Click to EnlargeMonticello Cowrie Shell (actual width is 2.5 cm)
Monticello's archaeological collection contains hundreds of thousands of artifacts that systematically document the changing lifeways of Monticello's residents. Among the most intriguing objects in the collection is a money cowrie shell found in excavations along Mulberry Row, the street of slave houses and craft shops adjacent to Jefferson's mansion. The shell attests to the persistence of African cultural traditions at Monticello in the late 18th century.
Money cowries (Cypraea moneta) are small snail-like creatures that live in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Their beautiful shells have been featured in ritual practices and incorporated into clothing and jewelry for thousands of years in African and South Asian cultures. Symbolically they were often associated with notions of womanhood, fertility, birth and wealth. For centuries before European expansion in the 1500's, cowries were also used as a form of currency in some areas - hence the name "money cowry." With the advent of the slave trade to the New World, cowries were among the items that Europeans exchanged with coastal West African groups for slaves. By the early 18th century, hundreds of thousands of pounds of cowrie shells were being exported from South Asia to Europe, often as "packing peanuts" in the China trade, and then re-exported from Europe to Africa. Evidence for their use in the slave trade comes from Yorktown, an important 18th-century Virginia port, where archaeologists recently found hundreds of cowries in a trash dump dating to about 1760. The dump was on the property of Phillip Lightfoot II, a merchant who was heavily involved in slave importation.
Unlike the many unmodified cowries in the Yorktown dump, the single Monticello cowrie appears to have been valued for reasons other than it's potential monetary worth. The shell was found during the excavation of a subfloor pit or storage cellar beneath a building that Jefferson called 'the Negro Quarter.' The Negro Quarter was a slave house occupied from the early 1770's to the mid 1790's. A hole made in the back of the shell and two grooves, caused by the abrasions of a thread that passed through it, indicate that the shell was worn as jewelry or attached to clothing. It was probably transported to Virginia as adornment on clothing of a newly enslaved African.
While we cannot be sure of the precise significance the Monticello cowrie shell had for the person who wore it at Monticello during the late 18th century, today it provides tangible evidence that enslaved people carried some part of their African lives and identity with them across the Atlantic and onto the plantations of southeastern America.
Monticello ArchaeologyAugust 2003
Click to EnlargeMonticello Cowrie Shell (actual width is 2.5 cm)
Monticello's archaeological collection contains hundreds of thousands of artifacts that systematically document the changing lifeways of Monticello's residents. Among the most intriguing objects in the collection is a money cowrie shell found in excavations along Mulberry Row, the street of slave houses and craft shops adjacent to Jefferson's mansion. The shell attests to the persistence of African cultural traditions at Monticello in the late 18th century.
Money cowries (Cypraea moneta) are small snail-like creatures that live in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Their beautiful shells have been featured in ritual practices and incorporated into clothing and jewelry for thousands of years in African and South Asian cultures. Symbolically they were often associated with notions of womanhood, fertility, birth and wealth. For centuries before European expansion in the 1500's, cowries were also used as a form of currency in some areas - hence the name "money cowry." With the advent of the slave trade to the New World, cowries were among the items that Europeans exchanged with coastal West African groups for slaves. By the early 18th century, hundreds of thousands of pounds of cowrie shells were being exported from South Asia to Europe, often as "packing peanuts" in the China trade, and then re-exported from Europe to Africa. Evidence for their use in the slave trade comes from Yorktown, an important 18th-century Virginia port, where archaeologists recently found hundreds of cowries in a trash dump dating to about 1760. The dump was on the property of Phillip Lightfoot II, a merchant who was heavily involved in slave importation.
Unlike the many unmodified cowries in the Yorktown dump, the single Monticello cowrie appears to have been valued for reasons other than it's potential monetary worth. The shell was found during the excavation of a subfloor pit or storage cellar beneath a building that Jefferson called 'the Negro Quarter.' The Negro Quarter was a slave house occupied from the early 1770's to the mid 1790's. A hole made in the back of the shell and two grooves, caused by the abrasions of a thread that passed through it, indicate that the shell was worn as jewelry or attached to clothing. It was probably transported to Virginia as adornment on clothing of a newly enslaved African.
While we cannot be sure of the precise significance the Monticello cowrie shell had for the person who wore it at Monticello during the late 18th century, today it provides tangible evidence that enslaved people carried some part of their African lives and identity with them across the Atlantic and onto the plantations of southeastern America.
Monticello ArchaeologyAugust 2003
For the featured Hair jewellery visit: www.locsjewels.com
2 Jan 2009
Sunday's Brixton Market cancelled!
Dear Everyone,
I have just been told by the Management Team, that This Sunday's Market in Brixton has been cancelled!!
Meanwhile, you are more than welcome to call and book for an appointment and make the most of the 20% discount off orders and sales.
Ka-Ima
I have just been told by the Management Team, that This Sunday's Market in Brixton has been cancelled!!
Meanwhile, you are more than welcome to call and book for an appointment and make the most of the 20% discount off orders and sales.
Ka-Ima
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