Chic African Culture is the brainchild of Ivy Newton, a graduate of Florida A and M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Mrs. Newton’s family history has tentacles on two different continents, Africa and America. The African country of Mozambique in Southeast Africa is her country of origin, specifically from the tourist and fishing port town of Porto Amelia, now known as Pemba. Her family's occupation is fishing; fishing in the Mozambique Channel is the family's lifeblood.

Many of The African Gourmet cooking and recipe division of Chic African Culture recipes derive from Mozambique with limitless seafood recipes. Many recipes from The African Gourmet are gleam directly from family and friends still living in Mozambique and every African country.

Africa is home to more unknown history than known. A map of Africa does not begin to show the vastness of people, culture, food, the living and ancient history of the African continent. Established in 2007, Chic African Culture is a learning tool to meet the demand for better education about the entire continent of Africa.