Black tells you how you look, but it doesn’t tell you who you are” -John Henrik Clarke.
It seems there are some Black Publication who are riding this quote without getting its intended message.…
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WHO DEFINES UR BLACKNESS? More black publications hire white fashion directors & we are still asking why young black children still choose the white doll over the black doll.
Project Woodhaven: Rally To Save The Woodhaven Library
I am really starting to lose hope in politicians in general. It seems no matter how much they champion change for the betterment of the people whether it be in cities, towns or nations it…
more »Yinka Shonibare:British-Nigerian Artist’s New Commissioned Artwork at Trafalgar Square Opens Up The Debate of Multiculturalism in England
Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who calls himself a “post-colonial hybrid”. This is reflected in his new exhibit, the latest in a rolling program of contemporary art commissions for the plinth in London’s famed Trafalgar…
more »American Indian Skate Board Culture
Featured Exhibit :Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America -NMAI on the National Mall, Washington, DC
I do not find it surprising that the skate board culture has found its way into the…
more »DD172/Dash Gallery -Tribeca NYC- Nude Photography Exhibit
The founding father of Roc-A-Fella Records, Damon Dash has opened an art gallery in the Tribeca neighborhood where he lived long before Jay Z made it his own & declared himself the King of New…
more »Premiere Photographer Malick Sidibé -The Eye of Bamako- A Look at African Art Beyond Wood Carvings
Africa continues to WOW the world in a new renaissance that dips into the past to taste the future! African art is finding its global voice & redefining the genre with modern & futuristic elements…
more »Lyle Ashton Harris showcases “Ghana” African Art comes to the Contemporary World at CRG Gallery in Chelsea, New York City!
African Art is more than just wooden sculptures & NYU-Ghana professor & artist, Lyle Ashton Harris showcases how African art is moving & evolving in the contemporary world. My Alma mater, NYU, continues…
more »Why Blame Vogue- A GLobal Double Standard?
I was just reading a post on Jezebel.com about how Vogue constantly uses White models on the covers of their International editions in countries that are not predominately White, i.e. Turkey, China,…
more »VOGUE Italia introduces Vogue Black & Vogue Curvy
As I praise Vogue Italia’s launch of the Vogue Black & Vogue Curvy websites as a step in the right direction, I also SMH that the global fashion industry still just doesn’t get it.…
more »African football: It’s More Than Just A Game: Kehinde Wiley Puts Football on Canvas with Puma!
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Femi Bankole Osunla- Nigerian Photographer -The M.O.P & Fela’s Inside Man
“The photographs of Femi Bankole Osunla has introduced countless people to the beauty of Afro Beat as an art. His ability to capture performances and intimate moments of the maverick Fela Anikulapo Kuti during the golden age of Afro Beat,…
