#MCM #MotivationMonday … I was surprisingly introduced to the work of Iconic Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor in 2011 while attending an NYU Black Photography Symposium. His image of Marie Hallowi came on the screen and captured my attention then»
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James Barnor : Ever Young -The Long And Steady Road To Recognizing An African Photographic Icon
BEASTS OF NO NATION: The Danger of Africa’s Single Story
A few weeks ago I found myself in a terrible state of mourning my beloved grandmother. A woman who was the matriarch of my original village of Black girls who taught me how to rock. A woman who helped to »
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Before the image of African global chic came in the form of Arise Magazine, there was DRUM Magazine -the most widely read fashion and culture magazine in Africa during the 60′s, and what would become the catalyst to global »
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