Stunning HBR News Anchor Joins the ‘Fattening Room’

Reserved for women only – six young ladies from across Africa enter the Efik Fattening Room on an adventure of self-discovery for the every first time.  

The FATTENING ROOM is an authentic experience set in the historically significant city of Calabar, also home to the famous Calabar Cultural Festival.

The Fattening Room is an ancient rite practiced by the Efik culture of Nigeria when young women would enter a house of seclusion to learn everything a woman needs to know about running a household, raising children and keeping her future husband happy at home. 

Beautiful singer, actress and HBR News Anchor, Patricia Kihoro is among the six ladies.

In old Efik tradition voluptuous women with wide childbearing hips were more than desirable. Tended hand and foot with large meals, they would fill out fast in the fattening room. 

Add to it a modern twist and these women will embark on a journey of self-discovery as they experience an age-old tradition and learn the art of true womanhood and the secret of finding and keeping true love

The ladies start the series in the strict Efik tradition and journey towards modern invention while always honouring their African roots.

Patricia joins Stephanie Unachukwu (designer and fashionista from Nigeria), Roselyn Ashkar (a fashion model from Ghana), Sally Berold (an adventurer and skateboarder from South Africa), Tshepo Maphanyanye (publicity and public relations executive from Botswana) and Limpo Funjika (a business development manager from Zambia).