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I heard there’s a debate going on… 🤓💪🏿 And sending much love to EVERYONE who is doing their best in their job/career, regardless of the circumstances !!! Keep your head up!! I see you, boo! #RHOBH #CMO #BlackWomenInBusiness

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You’ve all shown us so much love this week 🥰❤️ so come a little closer… if you’ve never experienced a traditional Ghanaian marriage, let me take you inside ours. We originally made this @mintedweddings program for our wedding guests who traveled to Ghana from the US and UK, many of whom had never experienced a traditional Ghanaian marriage. Now that the whole internet seems to have joined the wedding 😅, I realize some of y’all need the program too. It mattered deeply to us that our marriage ceremony be deeply and intentionally Ghanaian; staying true to the traditions that have been carried for millennia. The knocking. The gifts. The negotiations. The groom’s family coming to ask for the “flower” in the house. The families agreeing. And finally, the bride being brought before them to answer the only question that really matters: Should we accept this family’s offer? Well… you know what I said. YES!!!! AKWAABA. Let me show you how we marry. #BozAndKeely Credits: Planning/Production: @innorvationseventswbm @whitofmiracles @queennad_5b Kente: @mimmyyeboah, woven in Bonwire, Kumasi Styling/accessories: @kumasifunerals @rubeadzgh Fan: @sss_sankksspecialservices Makeup: @mzl4wson Nails: @heyquisa Video: @prempixel_ @sparkseventsglobal

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@laelafiba told me that senior year is like one long goodbye. Whew. Then I watched her answer the same questions on her first day of 1st grade and her first day of 12th, and thought about everything that happened in between. The games I cheered through, the scraped knees I kissed, the playdates, the friend drama, the late-night advice, the growing up. I’d take any one of those days back, but I wouldn’t trade a single one for who she is today. Maybe that’s what makes this long goodbye so tender. She’s still here. And I already miss her. How am I going to get through this???!!!

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Why stop at the wedding dress when you can kente EVERYTHING? Kente woven in Bonwire. 300 hours of hand-beaded couture by @mimmyyeboah. Custom kente heels made at @christianlouboutin’s Paris atelier. A beaded kente @anima.iris bag. Kente hand painted nails by @heyquisa. And an @evebyboz crown by @reigntheceo and a beat fit for a Ghanaian queen by @mzl4wson 👑 Made for me. Made by hand. Made with Ghana all over it. #BozAndKeely #GhanaianWedding #ReceptionLook

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Call me by my name. Bozoma Afiba Mamekyi Arthur Saint John-Watson. QUEEN for short. I am descended from royalty on both sides of my family. My father is Nzema. On his side, the royal stool belonged to Awulae Blay VI, Paramount King of the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area in Atuabo. My mother is Ahanta. Through her, I descend from the Obrempong Royal Stool in Mpintsin and the Ntwia Ebusua. We are matrilineal, and generations of my family are buried in the royal mausoleum in Mpintsin. So when I stood to be married, I wore my history. My kente was woven by hand in Bonwire, Kumasi over FOUR MONTHS. WOVEN, thread by thread, with Adinkra symbols carrying the wisdom of our people. And then there was the GOLD. Ohhhhh the gold! Around my neck, chest, wrists, ankles and in my hair. Gold has adorned Akan royalty for generations as inheritance and power. I wanted to feel its weight. My hair was sculpted into the traditional Tekua and adorned with gold. On my feet were Ahenema, “the children of kings.” Even my feet knew where I came from! Across my waist, red, black and yellow represented sacrifice, our ancestors, preciousness and beauty. Among the Adinkra symbols in my kente and jewelry was GYE NYAME: “Except God.” After all the talk of kings and queens, there is still only One above us all. My greatest inheritance stood beside me: my mother Mama Aba; my daughter Lael, who carries it forward; and my sisters by blood and choice: Ahoba, Alua, Aba, Tina, Dorien, Justina, Luvvie, Erika, Cari, Leander and Amina. I hope Ghanaians see home. I hope the diaspora remembers that slavery is not the beginning of our story. Before the ships and chains, we had names, families, kingdoms and traditions worthy of awe. AKWAABA. This is where I come from, and this is how I came to my marriage: fully myself… to marry my king @keelywatson. Credits: Planning/Production: @innorvationseventswbm @whitofmiracles @queennad_5b Kente: @mimmyyeboah woven in Bonwire Styling/accessories: @kumasifunerals @rubeadzgh Fan: @sss_sankksspecialservices Makeup: @mzl4wson Nails: @heyquisa Photo: @dmichmultimedia @cash_pixelsgh @focusandblur Video: @prempixel_ @felixanamanfilms @focusandblur #BozAndKeely

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