News
29 September 2016
Watch Iman Speak on Her Youth as a Somalian Refugee For Kenzo + H&M's Upcoming Collab
“I am the face of a refugee,” the 61-year-old model-icon says.
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Stories by Erin C.J. Robertson
News
29 September 2016
Yaa Gyasi Makes The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 List for 2016
9 years ago
News
29 September 2016
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Police Brutality: ‘Language Has Failed Me’
The Nigerian novelist says she’s at a loss of words when it comes to the rash killings of black men and women by police in America.
9 years ago
News
28 September 2016
Stream Davido's New Single 'Gbagbe Oshi' and Pre-Order ‘Son of Mercy’ EP
Davido’s five-track EP includes a bonus track and is rumored to feature Young Thug, Trey Songz and Tinashe.
9 years ago
News
28 September 2016
Kenya’s Sporting Nightmare Gets Uglier: Olympic Head Honcho Charged for Allegedly Embezzling $256,000 in Rio
Chef-de-mission Stephen Arap Soi has been slapped with five charges of theft during the Rio Olympic games.
9 years ago
News
28 September 2016
Ugandan Man Has Been Gunned Down By Police After His Sister Called Them for Help
Alfred Olango, 30-years-old, disabled and unarmed, has become the 217th black victim killed by police in 2016.
9 years ago
News
27 September 2016
The Hague Sentences Malian Extremist to 9 Years for Destruction of Timbuktu’s Cultural Sites in Historic Case
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi plead guilty last month to aiding the destruction of Timbuktu’s historic mausoleums and mosques deemed UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2012.
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Events
27 September 2016
Join AfroPop Worldwide For Its Inaugural Icons & Innovators Benefit Party in D.C.
AfroPop Worldwide honors host Georges Collinet, Nigerian visual artist Laolu Senbanjo and Congo-born soukous legend Samba Mapangala in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29.
9 years ago
News
19 September 2016
Gabourey Sidibe’s Mom Has Been Singing in the NYC Subway for 30 Years & Has a Debut Album Coming Out
Alice Tan Ridley’s decades of singing in the NYC subway system will culminate in a performance at the Highline Ballroom on Sept. 24 timed with the release of her first album ‘Never Lost My Way.’
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Photos
19 September 2016
This Nigerian British Photographer Traces the Evolution of the Head Wrap from ‘Moussour to Tignon’
Juliana Kasumu’s centers her latest cultural investigation from behind the camera on the head wrap, tracing its origins from Senegal to New Orleans.
9 years ago
News
16 September 2016
Lupita Nyong’o Finally Learns How to Make Ugali During Her Oct. Vogue Cover Shoot in Kenya
Watch the 'Queen of Katwe' star learn how to make the Kenyan staple dish from her mom, Dorothy, during her visit home to Kenya for Vogue’s Oct. issue.
9 years ago
Arts + Culture
16 September 2016
Award-Winning Haitian Short Film 'Papa Machete' Is Now Streaming Ahead of Third Horizon’s Inaugural Caribbean Film Fest
The Jason FitzRoy Jeffers-written and executive produced documentary sheds light on the veiled history of the machete fighting technique in Haiti.
9 years ago
Arts + Culture
16 September 2016
How The Salooni Project Has Created a Safe Space for African Women to Love Their Hair
Through their pop-up salon art installation, four Ugandan creatives imagine a future where Afro-textured hair is no longer a painful subject for Black women.
News
15 September 2016
Lupita Nyong’o Is a Dewy Autumn Goddess on Her Third Cover for Vogue
The ‘Queen of Katwe” actress kindly invites us to experience her family’s village in Kenya through her eyes in the October issue of Vogue.
Style
14 September 2016
Afropreneurs: Designer Berchell Egerton on Connecting Brooklyn to Africa
Afrooklyn's Berchell Egerton's overarching goal with his custom designs is to bridge the gap between Brooklyn and Africa.
News
14 September 2016
Ugandan Fashion Designer Claims Her Luxury Handbag Design Was Ripped Off—We Compare
Chic luxury handbag designer Sarah Nakintu sees a strong resemblance between her Lady Bag design and Mansur Gavriel's new collection that debuted at NYFW.
Style
13 September 2016
Three Videos that Prove a Natural Hair Renaissance is Happening in Africa and in the Diaspora
"It’s becoming a return of honor to the African woman."
Film + TV
13 September 2016
See Danai Gurira Portray Afeni Shakur In New ‘All Eyez On Me’ Trailer Timed with the 20th Anniversary of Tupac’s Death
Like all Black leaders, you have a bulls-eye on your back.”
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