Photo by Sinai Fleary Article by Sinai Fleary, via HuffPost UK Dreadlocks have existed for centuries and are worn by many groups around the world, including the Turkana people in Kenya and the Ngagpas of Tibet. But the group most associated with dreadlocks are members of the Rastafarian...
Photo by Daria Shevtsova via Pexels (Creative Commons, CC0) Article by Amy X Wang, via Rolling Stone Teenage boys trying to be Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix are, it turns out, only half the picture when it comes to amateur shredders. A new study released Tuesday by...
Article by Bridget Ugwe, via Africa News In African culture, hairbraiding is almost like a ritual, before an important event like back to school time, a wedding, or a christening … no wonder why Barbershops are still, till today, solidly anchored in our pop culture! The purpose...
Article by Lindsey Parker, via Yahoo Music Ever since his days with Rage Against the Machine, who were just nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, guitarist Tom Morello has mixed the political and the personal like few other modern-day rockers. “I believe I was...
Article via The Art Newspaper On the eve of the 1-54 fair for contemporary African art, we talk to an artist, a curator, an art fair founder, a gallerist and an auctioneer about the long overdue recognition of the diverse art of a continent. Produced in...
Article via South China Morning Post The seven young men of the Korean pop group BTS stepped up to a single microphone on Monday, looking familiar but not immediately recognisable. They had traded in their flashier stage outfits for dark, fitted suits. And when the leader...
Article by Jerry Bambi, via Africa News Art project in South Africa showcases what has been described as a series of bold and expressive paintings to the glory of female beauty. We take you to meet with the painter Nelson Makamo, a young 36-year-old South African. [embedyt]...
Photo: EPA-EFE/Ralph Lauren Article by Agence France-Presse, via South China Morning Post American fashion’s elder statesman Ralph Lauren headlined New York Fashion Week on Monday with a dose of escapism inspired by Jamaica for his 2018 spring collection, as his brand struggles to reverse falling revenue. If the...
Photo: Marina Burnel for The New York Times Article by Guy Trebay, via The New York Times PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica — His machete blade a blur, Tevin Steele whacks the top off a fresh green coconut. Deftly knifing a window through the tender pith, he inserts a...
Photo by Turgo Bastien through Wikimedia Commons Article by Chika Okeke-Agulu, via The New York Times Sotheby’s held its first auction of modern and contemporary African art on Tuesday, where 83 pieces by artists from Cameroon to South Africa sold for a total of nearly $4 million....