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Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba via The Metropolitan Museum

Culture

#Goals: Re-Imagining an Africa Where Gender and Sexuality Is Fluid

Before foreign invasion. Before cultural imperialism. Before the internalisation of Western values and ideals- there was a time of a tolerant and nuanced Africa- well much of it anyway.

by okayafrica

Video

This South African Queer Love Video Will Make Your Day

Andy Mkosi’s latest video is about not boxing queer intimacy according to heterosexual norms.

by Sabelo Mkhabela

News

South African Artist Assaulted In Netherlands Airbnb Race-Motivated Incident

South African artist Sibahle Nkumbi got violently pushed down a flight of stairs by a man following an Airbnb dispute in the Netherlands.

by Sabelo Mkhabela

Photo courtesy of WTYSL

Culture

Video Premiere: A 360° Look At the Work of Somalia’s First Female Mechanic

Meet Nasra Haji Hussain Ibrahim—Somalia’s first female mechanic—in this stunning 360° video and interview.

by okayafrica

Photo by Albert Urso. Courtesy of TELFAR.

Style

TELFAR’s FW/17 Collection Is the Definition of Gender Fluid Fashion

Take a look at images of our favorite unisex styles from the FW/17 collection by dynamic Liberian designer, TELFAR.

by Antoinette Isama

Photo by Andrea Moroni via Flickr/Creative Commons.

Culture

African Women Speak On Their Experiences of Gender Stereotypes at Work and How To Fight It

A deep look at ways African women combat gender stereotyping in their professional environments—especially sexist assignments.

by Adebisi Adewusi

Photo by Dani waKyengo O’Neill.

Photos

Our Tongues Still Move While We Sleep: A Dedication to Spiritual Remembrance and Erotic Existence

A photo essay by a South African visual artist and photographer on the spiritual significance of la bruja.

by Dani waKyengo O’Neill

Photo courtesy of Amarachi Nwosu.

Photos

This Week In Photos: Amarachi Nwosu

OkayAfrica contributor Amarachi Nwosu shares photos from an editorial that reshapes the notion of gender norms through imagery.

by Antoinette Isama

'Rituals of Becoming.' crazinist artisT. Photo by Dennis Akuoku-Frimpong. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery 1957.

Art

This Performance Artist Examines Gender Roles and Boundaries in ‘Rituals of Becoming’

Ghanaian-Togolese artist crazinisT artisT explores the politics of the bodies of gender non-conformists with his new peformance art in Ghana.

by Hakeem Adam

#Goals: Re-Imagining an Africa Where Gender and Sexuality Is Fluid

This South African Queer Love Video Will Make Your Day

South African Artist Assaulted In Netherlands Airbnb Race-Motivated Incident

Video Premiere: A 360° Look At the Work of Somalia’s First Female Mechanic

TELFAR’s FW/17 Collection Is the Definition of Gender Fluid Fashion

African Women Speak On Their Experiences of Gender Stereotypes at Work and How To Fight It

Our Tongues Still Move While We Sleep: A Dedication to Spiritual Remembrance and Erotic Existence

This Week In Photos: Amarachi Nwosu

This Performance Artist Examines Gender Roles and Boundaries in ‘Rituals of Becoming’

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