afrodrops: a Black-owned shop for Afro hair care [*]
afrodrops founder Luke Carthy set up the brand after a poignant message from his 5-year-old son.
Month: October 2020
A UK Black History Month Post (2020) [*]
2020 has been a lot for Black people in Britain. Here's a post celebrating Black History Month for October this year.
La California: Italy's home of unofficial US polling stations [*]
La California (not LA, California) is home to over 1,000 people and unauthorised polling stations for US elections every four years.
Conflict in Literature (with Daffy Duck) [*]
Grant Snider's 'Conflicts in Literature' comic strip turned into a meme back in the 2010s and one involved Daffy Duck.
Jenn Nkiru on her work and Afro-surrealism [*]
British-Nigerian artist and filmmaker Jenn Nkiru talked about her 2019 film Black To Techno, her style of work, and the histories of Black music.
Love from a Black perspective [*]
What is love? Here are some quotes from some of the most famous Black writers and thinkers of our time.
Sir David Adjaye’s best projects [*]
The Spaces looked at some of Adjaye's landmark projects including Elektra House & the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The Uganda Skateboard Union [*]
Check out this awesome music video featuring The Uganda Skateboard Union.
The photography of Kennedi Carter [*]
Explore the expressions of Blackness and Black love with Kennedi Carter's recent works.
What if Batman was Black? [*]
It's been 19 years since the release of Stan Lee's "Just Imagine..." Batman comic, the first time the former Marvel editor-in-chief worked with DC.
Albert Murray on race, jazz, and modernism [*]
The late jazz critic's life and career spanned a century and his book, The Omni-Americans, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
The super realistic art of Arinze Stanley [*]
Enjoy the hyperrealism of Nigerian artist and photographer Arinze Stanley.
Toni Morrison on "Jazz" (1993) [*]
Novelist Toni Morrison looked back on her youth, family and her newest book, "Jazz" in a 1993 interview with Charlie Rose.