People talk about Africa as if it were a unitary thing, one culture, one mind, which it’s not.
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Black Iris Project Soars Into Its Debut Season With a Plan to Buck Ballet’s Traditions
The two dancers belong to a ballet collaborative called Black Iris Project, which aims to create and perform pieces that tell stories about black history and culture.
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Detroit’s First Black Tattoo Art & Music Expo Comes to Eastern Market
Tattoo art is a cultural practice that can be traced back through human history for thousands of years.
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Art That Lifts The Lid on Today’s Black America
Artist Sanford Biggers goes head-to-head on issues like Black Lives Matter, race visibility, and history with poet and friend Saul Williams.
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Simone Leigh’s The Waiting Room: Art That Tries to Heal Black Women’s Pain
The artist’s new exhibition pays tribute to Esmin Elizabeth Green, who died on the floor of a New York City hospital, by presenting an alternative vision of the US healthcare system
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When Black Power Set Racist America On Fire: A Fifty-Year Retrospective
Fifty years ago, the term “Black power” fired into the American vocabulary. In celebration of the fifty-year anniversary of the call for Black power this week, I present this exclusive excerpt from my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
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This Nigerian Artist Is Using Afro Combs to Revere Righteous African Activists
Design Inaba brings to our attention Nigerian visual artist Fred Martins’ latest collection of conscious art work.
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African-American Woman Named as Head of Teen Vogue
Elaine Welteroth, who made headlines when she became Teen Vogue’s first African-American beauty director, has been made the title’s new editor-in-chief.
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The Beauty of Blackness at Northwest African American Museum Photo Exhibit
In “Posing Beauty,” an exhibit of photos between the 1890s and now, curator — and NYU professor — Deborah Willis poses questions about beauty, authenticity and who gets to decide how African Americans are depicted.
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