HAWKING IN THE MARKET

***Oliha has returned from Nigeria, raring to go! His office on Saminaka will be accessible directly from the beachside, beside the new shrine, or through the Adire store. Be on the lookout! Hope to have it open this week

***VENDORS! CALLING ALL AFRICAN MERCHANTS! Saminaka will be holding SL’s first African Festival from the evening of Oct. 1 through Oct. 4. Its many events will include appearances by masqueraders, stiltwalkers and acrobats, as well as a decorated canoe regatta, a durbar with a display of finely attired horses, an African fashion conest, two (or three!) djed parties, a live musical performance, cultural lectures, readings, displays about Nupe culture, the horse in Africa, and Nigerian plants, a sim-wide treasure hunt, the launching of Ananse, an SL group devoted to African and Diaspora scholarship and more! During our last treasure hunt, our numbers were in the thousands. And what’s a festival without a special festival market? The big boat is coming down, and in its place we will have festival stalls, ready for stocking with African merchandise. Do you sell African clothes? Jewelry? Drums? Hair? Skins? Come and take a booth and sit back for a willing audience of strollers! Our prices are low because we really want your participation to add to the atmosphere: 125L a day for 25 prims worth of display, or 300L for the three and a half day period. Contact Tamsin Barzane for details; there will be a limited number of spots available, and we have about five already.

***Thursday, Sept. 10, 6 pm SLT. ADIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE! Adire has been a rather moribund store, but no longer! This Thursday, come and see the impact of Yoruba culture on the diaspora and the world, as Adire premieres its line of orisha ritual dress in African, Brazilian, and Cuban traditions. Visit our Olokun shrine as well, and be on the lookout for expansion in this area.

***Plans afoot in September. Tamsin is in a consolidation and new direction phase. Some aspects are still hush, hush, but be on the lookout for a new superstore on Saminaka, the cacao main store! Some of Tamsin's brands will be folded into this store, but that doesn't mean her off-sim stores will vanish. Kiko Life's cacao store will remain the jewel box it is, and will only carry the latest cacao collection, but Tropicality will change directions somewhat, becoming what its name implies--THE spot of African-inspired beachwear! Most of Pangolin Dreams' African art works will move into Seven Cowries, but Pangolin Dreams will continue to carry some art and artifacts while changing direction somewhat. As for the promised cacao superstore....wait and see! Its exterior will be a spectacular piece of Hausa architecture, filled with products you'll be eager to stock up on! Keep looking here for the grand opening date!

Hawking in the Market

***Last week Tamsin had no Internet, which meant a delay in everything--the publication of the Compass, the erection of the new shrine, the revamping of Adire into a fully orisha products store, etc. But it's back! So look for changes by the weekend!

***Oliha has returned from Nigeria, raring to go! His office on Saminaka will be accessible directly from the beachside, beside the new shrine, or through the Adire store. Be on the lookout!

***VENDORS! See the ad above for news of temporary stalls for your African goods on Saminaka during the African Festival, Oct. 1-4.

HAWKING IN THE MARKET--SAMINAKA COMMERCIAL NEWS

***Rebranding is occuring bit by bit in all Tamsin Barzane's stores. While they will keep their individual African-inspired directions (cacao as a couture boutique, Cinnamon Brigade for traditional African wear, Tropicality for more casual, sexy outfits), they are all coming under the cacao umbrella, part of the cacao group of companies. This means not only a photography update, but the addition of new prim attachments at skirt and trouser bottoms, etc. Keep checking back! Sales are on with some old items now, and after all the upgrading takes place, new items will be introduced, too!

***A head's up--Adire has never fully been developed as a store--it contains some Yoruba and Yoruba Diaspora items, but not a full range. The art will go back to the art stores. By next week, Adire will be a specialized clothing store catering to followers of the orisha. Everyday devotional dress? We'll have it? Full ritual attire in your orisha's colors, with accessories included? Look no further! And you'll be able to walk through the back of the store into Oliha Yiwama's office, and from there into our Olokun shrine, also in place by next week!

***Keep that head up!!! With Oliha and his entrepreneurial spirit due back, things will be hopping! Expect to hear of all kinds of new ventures at Saminaka!