Happy International Women's Day!!! Today, March 8 shines a light on women all over the world.  This light includes showing the work that women do in all corners of the globe.  Here are some incredible women artists from various African countries who are using art in different mediums to promote inclusion and cultural awareness. I am sure that there are many more women across the world who have amazing talent, so let us all make the time to advocate and support them! 

Sunga Mwila works with clay and plastic bags to create her art which speaks to how outside societal influences shape us. Sunga also makes time to mentor young girls in the art space, for more on Sunga on Facebook

Yande Yombwe uses her mixed medium art to amplify women’s voices to find their space in the art world as they journey through life: a woman’s safari.  She is constantly working on the question to explore who we are at the core and how we can contribute to make the world a better place, more on Instagram

Agnes Buya Yombwe created Wayiwayi Art Studio and Gallery in partnership with her husband Lawrence in 2004 where they are mentoring young people to become the next generation of artists.  Later, she founded Wayi Wayi Creatives Village as an NGO. The Wayi Wayi Creatives Village brings together a community of local artists.  These artists create their works using sustainable material. Links to works: Facebook, Instagram, Facebook

Mulenga J Mulenga is a female visual artist from Lusaka, Zambia. Through painting, sculpture, installation and performance, with soft & deep markings, contours and threads she stitches together personal archives from the past, connecting with the present and the future. Her work focuses on self, selfhood and origin by visiting and reimagining old and new narratives that connect themes of gender and female ethnic discourse. She uses stories passed down by her grandmothers, her mother, family portraiture and memories to question the current social structures within which a female black body is set. More on Mulenga on Instagram. Facebook

Serah Chibombwe transitioned from film and now views people through the lens of multidisciplinary art.  She believes that before anything else we are all human and for that fact, loves to bring out the beauty from the broken. Because of how she has struggled to find herself and her artistic language, her work seeks to bring out the beauty in who we are as a people. Everything we need is inside of the self. Her work investigates self-identify through talking, painting, performance or the use of text on various materials and spaces. How can a conversation with self-add value that will live a mark on the world, and that will create a legacy? Those are the questions running through her mind. Her favorite words this season are "self-identify, value and legacy". More on Serah: Facebook, Instagram

Liz Ogumbo is a multidisciplinary creative who is in music, fashion media and more, her Website  

Jacinta Kioko works primarily with soapstone and in partnership with local artisans creating contemporary pieces in bright vibrant colors. More on Jacinta; Website

Houria Sammari designs and creates refined home decor and personal accessories that showcase the best of West African savoir-faire with a touch of global flair under the brand Tisserand Dakar. Houria and her partner Nawal work with a dozen West African artisans to develop high end home interior products with a view to preserve, among other things, the secular art of Manjac weaving from West Africa. More on Instagram

Njoki Muhoho, from Kenya, is a creative Film Production and Scriptwriting.  She is also immediate former Academy Director for MultiChoice Talent Factory, she is the Executive Producer for Zebra Productions Kenya. She has keen interest in growing the film industry in East Africa:  Facebook Njoki Muhoho; Instagram Njoki Muhoho