Sneak Peek: Kenga Mag Issue VI Out This Weekend 🎉

👋🏽 EDITOR’S NOTE

TGIF! 🎉 

[NB: Find a sneak peek of one of the covers of Issue VI below]

It’s been an insanely busy week for us at Kenga as we’ve been dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s on the 6th issue of the magazine that comes out this weekend! This upcoming issue contains some really powerful cover stories, features the second installation of our fashion curation for the season, spotlights innovative African fintech companies, and includes artworks by world-class artists making their editorial debut on Kenga. There’s a lot to look forward to in Issue 6!

The opening piece in Issue VI, which laments on the system of capitalism that we inherited provides a view into the deeper reason Gen Zs are rebelling against oppressive structures in the world of work. Gen Zs are the generation struggling the most with detaching from work while away from work (see hot topics ⬇️), having known only the WFH culture that makes work and life inseparable. Beyond this, very real harm is being done by the corporate systems that Gen Zs are navigating as they transition into the world of work, and it’s high time the world actually started paying attention.

The 6th issue of Kenga Magazine is dedicated to all the young people coming of wage in the 2020s, learning the ropes of adulting, striving to build generational wealth, and working towards a better financial futures for themselves and the next generation.

Stay tuned for it this weekend!

• Arinze Obiezue, Publisher at Kenga

🥳 Z BRAND OF THE WEEK

Tribe of God is a Ghanaian fashion and lifestyle brand established in 2013. Inspired by Christian youth culture in Accra, TOG brings contemporary designs to life with one collection a year, focusing on both men and womenswear. With a range of products from tees to puffer bags, Tribe of God offers designs across accessories and clothing merchandise.

✍️ NEW ON KENGA

Here’s a sneak peek of one of our covers for Kenga Mazine Issue VI 🫣

Follow us on Instagram to be among the first to see the full cover and the rest of Issue VI later this weekend.

🔥 HOT TOPICS

• Rema’s debut album, Rave & Roses, is the longest-charting African album on the Billboard 200, clocking its 30th streak last week

• 62% of employed Gen Zs who say they’re loyal to their employers are still actively job-seeking

• This group of 16 Gen Zs won a climate lawsuit against their state for violating their constitutional right to a clean, healthy environment

• Living on their own terms is more important to Gen Z than financial security in feeling ‘wealthy’

• This Haters Anthem on TikTok is part of Gen Z’s reclamation of what it means to be a hater

• As digital natives, Gen Z workers (ages 18-26) are integrating data into their jobs more than any other generation.

• Flipkart launches Gen Z fashion app-in-app platform SPOYL to offer unisex product navigation, gender-neutral apparel, Korean-inspired designs and more

• Vacation guilt is most common among Gen Z professionals who are struggling more than any other generation to fully disconnect from work

💡 ZLANG

IJBOL — “I just burst out laughing,” the apparently funnier Gen Z version of millennials’ LMAO

😮‍💨 WEEKENDA

‘African Masquerade: Telling Stories About The Past, Present and Future’, Untamed Empire, Accra

Bright Lamptey traces African society painting similarities between human expression and traditional spirit world legends.

‘Riba’, The African Arts Trust, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi

This exhibition bridges language, design, architecture, technology and public spaces through dynamic digital mediums.

Outside And Beyond Festival, Cedar Centre, Lagos

The out-of-this-world summer festival to see out of the eventful season.

Dark Tourist

Travel journalist David Farrier visits spooky tourist spots worldwide, including nuclear lakes, haunted forests and the likes

‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang

Lose track of time with this captivating novel about a young chef whose exploration of pleasure changes her life and the world in unexpected ways.

‘Bright Young Women’ by Jessica Knoll

This novel inspired by a real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity serial killer will turn your weekend reading into a thrilling feat.

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