The director, the emcee and the racer: a check in
Of Africa is coming up on our second birthday soon and we can’t help but be nostalgic. In January 2017, we launched an idea for a series of essays, interviews and art pieces that centered …
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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 …
Rewriting Africans Back into Dutch History
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’ …
Lawyer by Day and Lifestyle Blogger by Night: How the Cameroonian American Remains ‘Still Simply Cyn’
“Know you, then be you.” Somewhere between laughter, fangirling over Issa Rae, black girl magic, and sisterhood, attorney and blogger Simply Cyn said these words to me. Simple, profound and …