Dr. Rose Mutiso is proud to be a scientist. She is the co-founder and CEO of the Mawazo Institute, a nonprofit research institute based in Nairobi, Kenya that supports the next generation of …
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. …
I am very suspicious of crochet braids. Not the faux dreadlocks, I love those! I’m a huge fan of dreadlocks but I can’t commit to real ones because I love changing hairstyles and letting go …
‘In Response To’ is a series with commentary from our readers As a Caribbean girl of African descent, the article, ‘Does being from the Caribbean make me ‘Of Africa’? immediately …
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 …
In the United States, one cannot be here and simply be African. One must also be black, and being black and being African in America are completely distinct identities. With blackness in …
With art by Laylie Frazier Homeland brings to my mind ‘belonging’, specifically having a physical space to call home. While the idea of having physical roots, to a country or a city that …
The Curator series re-examines historical depictions of Africa and the Diaspora If I was asked four years ago, when I came to the Netherlands as an exchange student, what does ‘Homeland’ …