Paid a visit to this a week back. I particularly liked the angle of showcasing the individuals as agents of change rather than victims.
Castles – House Shoes & Jimetta Rose
Probably one of the sweetest sounds I often hear
The Kink
I’m sharing this at the risk of being yet another notch in the sudden resurgence of the hair debate debacle’s belt. These are simply some thoughts that made their rounds in my mind space a few years ago and of which most became the bulk of my honor’s thesis titled The Kink: Straight talk, which was in ‘academic terms’ explained itself as an exploration of advertised black hairstyles and hair products, and how mainstream media feeds Africa’s Westernized perception of beauty.
In August 2010 at the age of 22, I decided to stop putting my hair through the grueling process of relaxing my hair, for good. Up till that day I had always held with me my mother’s approval of having relaxed hair. She said it was easier to manage and maintain that way, and that was all it took. My decision to go “natural” didn’t fail to come with…
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Shipepe & I at the 9th Wonder and Phapsody gig at Zula Bar, CT – August 2012
Definitely one of my most favourite gigs I’ve been to
Black Vulkanite
My appreciation for Fresh Nam Talent. Thank you for the music
Aesop Rock Daylight
Where has this been all my life ❤
food4thought
No nation can slave a race of people for hundreds of years, set them free bedraggled and penniless, pit them, without assistance in a hostile environment, against privileged victimizers, and then reasonably expect the gap between the heirs of the groups to narrow. Lines, begun parallel and left alone, can never touch.
Randall Robinson (via fernandoacoello)
Iconic “black hair moments” in advertising
Beauty supreme
Namibia Wins Bid to Host the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit
Kudos!!
knappyroots ♡ 