“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” We all know there isn’t a singular manner to define physical beauty but in a world that prizes whiteness and Eurocentric features it sometimes feel like there’s only one way to be beautiful. 5 year old Jare […]
It was a monstrous task to create the African-inspired futuristic costumes in “Black Panther,” the highest-grossing superhero movie in U.S. history. Costume designer Ruth Carter led the noble charge like one of the movie’s bald, female warriors. The costumes had to be spellbinding but functional, […]
Drawing in viewers with juicy telenovela-style drama, star-studded casts and curated soundtracks, MTV Shuga has become a favorite among the scandalous and socially-conscious television viewer on the African continent. Over five seasons, Shuga has operated as three self-contained miniseries, each set in a unique country and with a distinct […]
Faraday Okoro’s “Nigerian Prince” is the first winner of AT&T’s Untold Stories program, a “Shark Tank”-like competition in which an underrepresented filmmaker bags a $1 million grant to produce a film. But the money comes with the added pressure of having to premiere the film […]
Liberia’s new government under President George Weah is not having a honeymoon with the media. The one-time soccer star is accused of allowing the press to be muzzled. One Liberian newspaper accused of defamation is facing a $1.8 million penalty and a BBC journalist has […]
The situation between Omarosa Maniagualt-Newman and President Donald Trump is definitely not what it used to be. We know that because she’s no longer a part of his administration. But what’s really telling is her willingness to publicly expose him as saying the infamous “shithole […]
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