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Jun 21, 2021

Wole Lagunju — Nigerian Artist Creates Cultural Hybrids To Tackle Sociopolitical Issues

Artist Wole Lagunju, who now lives and works in the United States (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), was born in Oshogbo, Nigeria, in 1966. He studied graphic design during his time at the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly known as University of Ife. In his colour-intense figurative work the painter merges various cultural…

African Art

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Wole Lagunju — Nigerian Artist Creates Cultural Hybrids To Tackle Sociopolitical Issues
Wole Lagunju — Nigerian Artist Creates Cultural Hybrids To Tackle Sociopolitical Issues
African Art

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Feb 22, 2021

Joséphine Sagna — German-Senegalese Artist Sends Message Of Positive Empowerment

Joséphine Sagna is a German-Senegalese artist and designer, born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1989, who is now based in Hamburg. She incorporates her multi-ethnic identity deep within her artistic creations, centring her work especially around the multi-cultural, Black and female experience in a predominantly White society. On her website the…

Black Artists

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Joséphine Sagna — German-Senegalese Artist Sends Message Of Positive Empowerment
Joséphine Sagna — German-Senegalese Artist Sends Message Of Positive Empowerment
Black Artists

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Feb 22, 2021

Interview With German-Senegalese Artist Joséphine Sagna

German-Senegalese artist and designer, Joséphine Sagna, has joined me for a written interview about her work and her experience as a mixed-ethnic woman in a predominantly White society. Sagna studied art and fashion design at the HAW Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and gained her Bachelor of Arts in…

Interview

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Interview With German-Senegalese Artist Joséphine Sagna
Interview With German-Senegalese Artist Joséphine Sagna
Interview

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Feb 10, 2021

Saïdou Dicko — Artist From Burkina Faso Is The Catcher Of Shadows

The artist Saïdou Dicko was born in Burkina Faso in 1979 and grew up in the Sahel zone. His creative work is still inspired and shaped by early experiences from his childhood as a Fulani shepherd. From an early age, drawing has been the foundation of his creative path, ever…

Black Artists

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Saïdou Dicko — Artist From Burkina Faso Is The Catcher Of Shadows
Saïdou Dicko — Artist From Burkina Faso Is The Catcher Of Shadows
Black Artists

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Jan 15, 2021

Cameroonian Artist ANJEL Sends A Powerful Message Of Pride In The Beautiful Black Body

Boris Anje Tabufor (*1993), whose artist name is Anjel, is an artist based in Duala, Cameroon. In his work he is dedicated to shaping multifaceted, beautiful black bodies, as empowered and confident individuals. His use of radiant colours, overall patterns and highlighted consumer and popular culture makes his Neo-Pop pieces…

Art

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Cameroonian Artist ANJEL Sends A Powerful Message Of Pride In The Beautiful Black Body
Cameroonian Artist ANJEL Sends A Powerful Message Of Pride In The Beautiful Black Body
Art

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Dec 12, 2020

Hair Love — Academy Award Winner Matthew A. Cherry’s Call To Love Natural Curls

Kinky curly hair “has a mind of its own”. The protagonist Zuri of Matthew A. Cherry’s children’s book “Hair Love” says this about her own hair. All those, who have kinky curls or coils, know that this is true. …

Childrens Books

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Hair Love — Academy Award Winner Matthew A. Cherry’s Call To Love Natural Curls
Hair Love — Academy Award Winner Matthew A. Cherry’s Call To Love Natural Curls
Childrens Books

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Nov 21, 2020

Sungi Mlengeya — Tanzanian Artist Creates Aesthetic Through Omission

Sungi Mlengeya is a Tanzanian self-taught artist, who has chosen, only recently in 2018, to follow her life-long passion of creating art, leaving her career in finance in the past in order to pursue her artistic career. …

Black Creatives

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Sungi Mlengeya — Tanzanian Artist Creates Aesthetic Through Omission
Sungi Mlengeya — Tanzanian Artist Creates Aesthetic Through Omission
Black Creatives

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Oct 26, 2020

Statement Dresses By Nigerian Fashion Label “Imad Eduso” — Elegant, Sophisticated, Sexy and Playful

The Nigerian fashion label Imad Eduso is a women’s wear brand based in the country’s metropole, Lagos. The brand name is the creators given name, Dami Osude, spelled backwards — a twist that seems to herald the exceptionality of her designs. …

Fashion

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Statement Dresses By Nigerian Fashion Label “Imad Eduso” — Elegant, Sophisticated, Sexy and Playful
Statement Dresses By Nigerian Fashion Label “Imad Eduso” — Elegant, Sophisticated, Sexy and Playful
Fashion

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Oct 11, 2020

“Homegoing” By Yaa Gyasi — The Far-Reaching Impact Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade On Family Into Present Day

Yaa Gyasi’s first novel “Homegoing” is an incredibly gripping, complex novel, revolving around the characters of a family tree that reaches back from present day to roughly 250 years in the past. Gyasi tells the story of these family members over several generations, while depicting the impact of the transatlantic…

Family

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“Homegoing” By Yaa Gyasi — The Far-Reaching Impact Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade On Family
“Homegoing” By Yaa Gyasi — The Far-Reaching Impact Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade On Family
Family

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Sep 20, 2020

Children’s Book “Sulwe” By Lupita Nyong’o — Empowering Dark Skinned Girls

The Hollywood actress, Lupita Nyong’o, published her first children’s book last year in cooperation with illustrator Vashti Harrison. The decision to embark on this journey was a deeply personal one as she states in the author’s notes at the back of the book. The story is based on her own…

Childrens Books

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Children’s Book “Sulwe” By Lupita Nyong’o — Empowering Dark Skinned Girls
Children’s Book “Sulwe” By Lupita Nyong’o — Empowering Dark Skinned Girls
Childrens Books

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