Hard to believe it's time to usher in a new year. 2015 went by fast! Since we're here we might as well go out with a shiny, shimmery bang...or bun!...
Habari Ghani! Yesterday marked the start of Kwanzaa and we wanted to highlight stories we covered this year that fall under the first principle of Umoja/Unity. To strive for and...
Holiday season is in full effect. Sure, we see a lot of hype around holiday wear but now we've uncovered several holiday lines by black designers that really set it...
Getting one's "nails did" has been a tradition for centuries, dating back to ancient China and Egypt. Like the black hair industry, the nail industry is BIG business. In 2014,...
As of December 14, 2015, the U.S. Marine corps allows "entwined" hair styles. Braids, twists and locs are considered entwined styles and were previously met with much resistance by existing...
Así somos: Afro Identities in the Coast is the work of student director Andy Amaya who traveled throughout Costa Chica to document the stories of Afro-Mexicans. From Amaya's website: This documentary was...
In 2007, 43-year-old Taofick Okoya created a doll with his niece in mind after a shopping trip for a doll left him empty-handed: I came up with the idea when...
