♫ Music : Alsarah and The Nubatones “Soukura”

Alsarah is a sudanese singer/songwriter with a powerful voice and eclectic mix of north and east African tunes with Arabic influence. Sudanese born Alsarah was recently pegged by the Guardian newspaper as ‘The New Star of Nubian Pop‘ and has built a reputation...

A Vintage-Style Revolution Brewing in Namibia, Africa

Namibia, a country in South West Africa is distinguished by the Namib desert along the Atlantic Ocean Coast. The country is home to diverse wildlife, a significant cheetah population including a popular fashionista by the name Lourens Loux Gebhardt. Lourens...

A Photographic Series By Kiripi Katembo Siku

Kiripi Katembo Siku is a Congolese Photographer, initially a painter. He made the change to photography and video when he was 27, using a pocket camera to shoot his first experimental film during a workshop jointly organised by the Académie des Beaux-...

POP Art. Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas is a New York-based artist. She is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common defiitions of beauty. Her work...

Art : Gordon Parks Photography. Segregation Story

Gordon Parks was born in Kansas in 1912 and later raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He bought a camera at a young age and taught himself how to use it, eventually leading to a position with the Farm Security Administration (F.S.A.). Following its closure...

Design for Love “Pop Art” Collection

Design for love (DFL) started in 2004 by Wunmi Olufeko, and it was borne out of her desire to infuse her love for arts into designing classy outfits for women. DFL’s brand philosophy is classy-elegance; the DFL woman is an understated beauty, who does...

The Journey Through Female Circumcision

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. Typically carried out by a traditional circumciser with a blade or razor, with or without...

In Pictures : Head Wraps, African Headwraps, Hats & Turban Handmade By Kiyana Wraps.

Kiyana Wraps are statement hats, headwraps, hats and turbans handmade in London. Kiyana wraps aims to revolutionise the way African head wraps are worn by adding avant-garde designs and modern day touches for a high-fashion finish. Kiyana Wraps offers...

John Moore PHOTOGRAPHY. Liberia’s Ebola Crisis

As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread in West Africa, a photographer’s chronicles the country’s bid to contain the outbreak. The pictures by John Moore, from Getty Images, capture the harrowing scenes of families torn apart by the deadly disease,...