00:00Nothing compares to Africa.
00:06It's like none other.
00:09It's nothing like the motherland.
00:12What I love about the country above anything else is the people.
00:16Every time I come here, it's an overabundance of love.
00:30Essence Magazine celebrates African-American women and their accomplishments.
00:35The Essence Festival is the largest gathering of women of color.
00:40Durban, South Africa, the sister city to New Orleans, is now home of the inaugural Essence Festival Durban.
00:47Known for its renowned girls boarding school that has produced some of the finest female leaders in the African continent,
00:54Durban is a community mainly comprised of a Zulu nation.
00:58When you travel to the country, you'll want to experience some of the sights of the Zulu culture.
01:03We are now living in a free South Africa.
01:06We also want to showcase that the Nelson Mandela legacy, it's one of positive attributes of South Africa.
01:13So that alone, it's so strong.
01:16Durban has all of the first world establishments, with a number of venues celebrated and used for concerts and events.
01:24As big projects are hosted here, it has become a city that determines the future, not only for Durban, but for the rest of the world.
01:34We specialize in furniture manufacturing, as well as re-uphorce.
01:39When we're doing the re-uphorce, it's when we do the furniture and give the new look and do our way with the old style.
01:46We won the trip to New Orleans and USA, so we'd like to thank the business support department by giving us the exposure as well as the opportunity to get the contacts.
02:01The first thing for Durban is to market ourselves globally.
02:05Durban, known as the warmest place to be, with beautiful golden beaches and the finest eateries, has been voted as South Africa's best-kept secret by the New York Times and many other international well-respected media outlets.
02:22We want to tell our story through our culture, and Essence is a platform to remind everyone where we came from.
02:31We want to tell our story through our culture, and Essence is a platform to remind everyone where we came from.
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