Kyemah McEntyre ( @mindofkye ) ndi wazaka 24 wojambula zovala ndi zodzikongoletsera, wojambula, ndi wodzitcha yekha wosokoneza yemwe ntchito yake yolimba mtima ndi yowala imaposa mafashoni. Kuposa ntchito zowoneka bwino, McEntyre amagwiritsa ntchito luso lake pangani zokambirana kuzungulira chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi kubweretsa kuwonekera kwa zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo zake monga Mkazi waku Africa waku America .
McEntyre anakulira ku East Orange, New Jersey, komwe kuli anthu ambiri ochokera ku Africa diaspora, wojambulayo akuuza In The Know. Tili ndi chizolowezi chodzilekanitsa tokha. 'Chabwino, munthu uyu ndi Jamaican. Munthu uyu waku Nigeria. Munthu ameneyu ndi wa ku America wa ku America.’ Ndipo ndinaona kuti tinali ndi zokumbukira kuchita.
Pomvetsetsa mphamvu zomwe zowonera zili nazo, McEntyre adagwiritsa ntchito luso lake kuti athandizire kulumikizana kwachikhalidwe mdera lawo. Anapezerapo mwayi wophunzira ku sekondale Gara kuti awonetse East Orange mtundu wosiyana wa kukongola ndi chovala chodzipangira yekha chomwe adadzimva kuti chikuyimilira chomwe iye anali.
Sikuti kavalidwe ka McEntyre kadangowoneka kumudzi kwawo, koma zithunzi zake zidapita ma virus pa intaneti . Sindimadziwa kuti dziko likumva chimodzimodzi, adavomereza. Chifukwa chokha chomwe mavalidwe anga a prom, komanso mawu omwe adabwera ndi diresiyo adafalikira ndichifukwa choti anthu amafunikira. Zinapanga funde lomwe limakhalapo komanso lalikulu kwambiri kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera.
Chovala cha McEntyre chidakopa chidwi cha woyimba, wolemba nyimbo, komanso wochita zisudzo, Naturi Naughton yemwe adafikira mwana wazaka 17 ndikumufunsa ngati atha kupanga kavalidwe kakapeti kofiyira. Ndidakhala ndi kukakamizidwa nthawi yomweyo komanso mwayi wanthawi yomweyo, adatero McEntyre za mphindi yayikulu. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wopangayo wachinyamata wapanga zidutswa zodziwika bwino za anthu otchuka monga Janet Jackson ndi Mabanki a Tyra .
M'makampani odzaza ngati mafashoni, McEntyre akuwona kuti akubweretsa china chatsopano patebulo: kusintha. Ndikunena nkhani zenizeni, ndipo izi zikupanga kusintha m'dziko lomwe muli malingaliro osasunthika komanso osasunthika, McEntyre akuuza In The Know. Ndimalowetsa zinthu zatsopano m'malo akale, ndikusandutsa zinthu zakale kukhala zatsopano.
Ngakhale adawona zovala zake panjira zothamangira ndege, makapeti ofiira, komanso chophimba chachikulu, McEntyre amavomereza kuti malo omwe amawakonda kwambiri kuti awone zovala zake ndi dziko lapansi. Ndikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti mauthenga amapita patsogolo pamene munthu wotchuka wavala kapena wotchuka akunena chinachake za izo, koma tisaiwale za mphamvu za anthu ammudzi, akutero wopanga. Ndikaona anthu wamba atavala [zovala zanga], zimafika kunyumba kwenikweni komanso mwakuthupi. Izi zikutanthauza kuti zokambirana zikuchitika pansi komanso mu nthawi yeniyeni.
