The editor in chief has taken on a seemingly impossible task: reinventing the glossy magazine for a hyperempathetic generation.
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Start-Up Answers the Call to Bring High-End Designers from the African Diaspora to the Masses | Atlanta Black Star
You would be hard-pressed to find a luxury designer brand like Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren or Calvin Klein that caters to the African diasporic experience.
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#Goals: Teddy Ondo Ella Is the Menswear Designer Bringing Gabonese Culture to the World | OkayAfrica
During the month of August, we’ll be highlighting aspirational folks who are setting major #goals and achieving them, and asking them to share their stories and insight to help motivate us all to “live our best lives.”
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NextGen: Isaiah Wakoli’s Stimulating Art Is Inspired by Color’s Interaction with Human Behavior | OkayAfrica
DIASPORA—Over the course of July we’ll be publishing short profiles, essays and interviews on the theme of “Afrofutures.” Together these stories will be a deep dive into the way African and diaspora thinkers, technologists and artists view a future for Africans in the world and outside of it.
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Internet sensation Nyakim Gatwech from Sudan says she is proud of the colour God has given her – IBT
The 24-year-old Sudanese model is overwhelmed by the immense support from people across the globe.
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Meet the Black Dandies From Shantrelle P. Lewis’ Book Launch – OkayAfrica
DIASPORA—Last week, Shantrelle P. Lewis, the curator and author of the new book Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style, brought out some of the most dapper men in Brooklyn for her book launch at the Brooklyn Museum. There was a critical discussion about the politics of black dandyism, respectability, representation and more.
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In Conversation with Shantrelle P. Lewis on Her New Book Exploring the World of Black Dandyism – Okay Africa
DIASPORA—The world of black dandyism and its continuous challenge of black masculinity through style are now pages you can flip through your fingers.
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Maria Borges Is The First African Model Of The *Century* To Make An Elle U.S. Cover – Huffington Post, Canada
The 24-year-old made history on Tuesday as the first African model of the century to grace the cover of Elle U.S. — rocking her natural hair, of course — and it doesn’t look like the west African beauty has plans to slow down any time soon.
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This New Fashion Editorial From Ikiré Jones Is an Assault on American Hypocrisy – Okay Africa
Ikiré Jones returns with yet another striking approach to storytelling through an editorial presenting their FW17 line, Awake & At Home In America.
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Lina Viktor Paints a Multiverse of Black Womanhood With Her Stunning Visual Art – Okay Africa
This feature is in conjunction with our inaugural list—“OkayAfrica’s 100 Women”—where we take a look at the women making an impact on the African continent and in the diaspora.
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