3 Of Africa visual artists you need to know
A great visual artist will give you a visual experience that makes you think or feel differently. Here are three spectacular Of Africa visual artists who are not only changing how we see and …
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The debate on Bruno Mars is valid, but misplaced
This past week a ravenous debate engulfed black twitter. The case at hand? Bruno Mars and cultural appropriation. Though inklings of appropriation accusations have been shadowing Bruno for a …
Top 5 innovative Cape Town female musicians
Cape Town, South Africa, is the tourist capital city of the motherland. With over 4 million foreigners and scenic sites such as table mountain, Bo-Kaap and Robben Island, this beautiful city …
Up and Coming Nigerian American filmmaker Abbesi Akhamie is about to be huge
Abbesi Akhamie is Nigerian-American writer/director currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the New York University Graduate Film Program in May 2017 with an MFA in film. …
Eritrean Canadian Elsa Isaac broke out of the fashion industry to become her own boss
In a small, remote, mountainous village, when she was 4 months old, during the almost 30-year Eritrean war for independence, fashion stylist Elsa Isaac had a near-death experience. Her …
Feminism, Gender Sensitivity and Storytelling all Intertwine in this Egyptian Play
Tackling gender sensitive insights on the lives of Egyptian youth with a zesty twist of comic relief, Untangled is nothing short of an intriguing and entertaining cross between arts and …
Caribbean Writer/Director Ira Kip Re-examines Gender in Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” Through a Queer Lens
Ira Kip was born and raised in Amsterdam with roots in the Caribbean. During her theater studies at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, she realized that her ambition and vision stretched …
On Feminism in Francophone West Africa, ‘So Long a Letter’ – A Book Review
A book review Even though I have read Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter multiple times, first at the age of 12 in middle school in Burkina Faso, then later before completing high school, I only …
Evelyn from the Internets on Youtube, Cultural Identity & Homeland
Evelyn from the Internets, aka “the Internet Cousin You Didn’t Know You Needed” is an online video creator who has created her own platform to consistently deliver her hilarious, …
Exploring Homeland Through Ghanaian Photography: A Story in a Photo
I had to go through numerous pictures to find one that embodied homeland for me in some poetic capacity. Several hours later I came back to this particular one, because of its simplicity and …