Tag: Africa
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Afrobeats is for All of Us
When I first met my wife, I asked what’s her favorite genre of music. “Afrobeat. Have you heard of it?” I took her to see Fela! for her birthday right before we got engaged. After we were married, I took her to The Shrine in Harlem for her birthday. Years later on Twitter I saw…
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Covid – still a global pandemic
Covid-19 is still raging and killing, and disrupting stuff in Africa, Asia, and around the world.
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African Inspired, Modern Fits with D’IYANU
Love the story behind D’IYANU – an immigrant girl came to America as a child, reconnected with her African roots as an adult, and started a fashion line for families who are going through the same journey.
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The Kingdom of Dahomey
The new Viola Davis movie is about an all-woman army from the Kingdom of Dahomey. You can learn more about Dahomey and how it participated in modernizing the world in “Born in Blackness” by Howard French
