New Logo

Great Greetings ALL

Welcome Back to My Slice of the Internet

Well Everyone, How are You? I have been busy with Life, just like you. So much in my Life has changed since I originally started The Akua Projects.

For those of you who are new to following me, I will give a quick herstory lesson.

The Akua Projects started as group on BlackPlanet.Com. Yeah, that long ago. I remember being among the first 500 thousand. Yes, that meant something back then. I was a member before the site was sold to a Non-Black Owned Governor. Some of you may not have even heard of BlackPlanet.Com. In the beginning, my group was for people like myself. The was a long list of attributes. I later moved the group to Yahoo Groups and then transformed it into the E-Zine, TheAkuaProjects.Com. No that wasn't the original groups' names, but I am thinking of using that as a trivia question for a later blog event.

I focused my showcase on BBWs (Big Beautiful Women) or the otherwise non-conventual Black Woman. When I say 'Big', it was not as much as about physical size as it was size of personality. I shared my interviews with people I found and met via the internet. In places like:

BlackPlanet
MySpace
Yahoo Groups
and pretty much anywhere else.

I still have some of the early articles available in this blog.

I also attached a podcast to the e-zine of The Akua Projects as well as a design store.

I went through a major ruff patch in my Life and needed to 'fall back' for awhile.

WELL 'BABY I AM BACK'!

I am not sure when that phrase was coined first. I will look it up and post it later.

Now, I only took a break from the online presence. So I have plenty to share. Some will ask why not use the other platforms, I still like Blogger and I want to keep it simple. Yet, I know the importance of and/or convenience for others to be able to use the other platforms, so I have links to find me there as well.

As a part of the Revitalization of The Akua Projects, it will still be the umbrella for what I do but streamlined. The Akua Projects will consist of the following:

Designs By ASH (some of you may remember, if you were a patron of mine before);
Adorned By Rakia Ari (something new that I developed will on my revamp).
aside from being my Blog.

Some of you may remember originally, The Akua Projects was an umbrella for not only the e-zine, podcast and designs:

there was publishing (mostly myself);
events and catering;
even a social media site.

How is it said, 'you doin too much!' I was. I learned for what happened and took time to revamp and downsize to a more manageable bite.

So, I am coming back. I have a new logo, soon a new address but the same positive energy.

Speaking of new logo, how do you all like the new logo captioned above? I decided since my revitalization was about simplification, I wanted to tone down the logo.

As I rebuild my activity here, I hope you would visit often.