Hair is an art form that has and continues to be an important part of self adornment throughout Africa. In fact, it is even bling at times when used to show social status, wealth and power in a particular society. The intricacies of this world and its techniques include everything from threading, braiding, twisting, cutting to shavin
April 29, 2010
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Think Masai warrior doing the Adumu, jump dance x androgynous lean black silhouettes. Lest I say any more, we will let these pictures tell their thousand words.
April 29, 2010
Farm, a photographic series by Jackie Nickerson produced during a three year sojourn in Southern Africa that began in 1997. The portrait and landscape photographic series documents the lives of migrant farm workers throughout South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi
April 28, 2010
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Italian born and Paris based photographer, Marco Barbon has made the book that I dreamt about after first visiting Asmara.
April 27, 2010
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South African contemporary artist, Xander Ferreira has been described as Pieter Hugo meets Monty Python. Ferreira's artwork The Status Of Greatness uses wit and satire through the artifice of the fictional character Gazelle to reveal the mechanics of political and cultural celebrity common to numerous post-independence African states. Pray tell who could be his stylistic inspiration, none other than one former Zairean President perhaps....
April 26, 2010
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Why not immortalize your own glory? African leaders in the 60's and onwards were apparently quick to adopt the tradition of regional chiefs and important members of the community distributing cloth to their local followers.
April 25, 2010
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The legendary father of Ethio Jazz, Mulatu Astatke has just released his latest studio album and first solo work in over two decades, Mulatu Steps Ahead.
April 24, 2010
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Vogue Italia has launched Vogue Black, a channel exclusively for content featuring all things black and fashionable. It seems like it has received mixed results, with people wondering why Vogue has decided to make a separate channel for Black content. Perhaps it a question of economies of scale, if Vogue Black can be a credible… [Read more…]
April 23, 2010
Having lived in Japan for more than ten years as well as being born in Ethiopia, makes for an exotic and rare profile. In all my wanderings, I have hardly met any Ethiopians or Eritreans, Habesha people, in Japan. So, when I read about a project that was recycling architecture between Ethiopia and Japan, to say that my curiosity was peaked would be down playing it.
April 22, 2010
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After only recently discovering Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen, I am doubling over to see the Februrary 2010 Numéro fashion spread, Terre de Sienne, with Senegelese model and stunner Kinée Diouf. It is not surprising that Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz has been championing her since the Spring 2007 collections
April 30, 2010
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