Cuban men and women who embrace their Afro-descended heritage and hair. La Habanna hosted on late August the island’s first Afro beauty-aesthetics convention. The trend that has been taking place Read More..
Art & Culture
In ‘Record Found Here,’ Lanaire Aderemi unearths Nigeria’s history of female resistance
The 2024 documentary Record Found Here opens with narration, against the image of the sun setting over the Abeokuta landscape. Filmmaker Lanaire Aderemi’s voice tells the audience about her grandmother’s Read More..
Marrakesh festival celebrates Morocco’s poetic and musical traditions
Morocco’s Kasbah Melhoun Art Festival celebrated the kingdom’s poetry and traditional instruments during a 6-day event. All-women troupes notably stood out while the Al Hadhra and Melhoun genres came under Read More..
The All-Encompassing Artistic Legacy of Onyeka Onwenu
Everybody has a memory of their favorite Onyeka Onwenu song. She was one of those rare artists who sang for everyone, whose music shone with warmth and compositional brilliance. And Read More..
Talking Textile, Sustainable Fashion on the Continent
So says Nkwo Onwuka, founder and Creative Director of Nigerian artisanal clothing brand NKWO Official, and a pioneer of sustainable fashion on the continent. On 15 August 2024 at Workshop17 Read More..
Historic night in the Big Apple as Africa United Youth Orchestra debuts at Carnegie Hall
THE anticipation at Carnegie Hall was palpable. As the Africa United Youth Orchestra took to the stage, the venue buzzed with the promise of a historic performance that would echo Read More..