RegalStone·Oct 26African Beauty, Reimagined: Where Heritage Meets InnovationIn 1994, Somali-born supermodel Iman launched Iman Cosmetics after struggling to find makeup that matched her skin tone. Nearly three…
ESTHER·Sep 14Grandma’s KitchenHer kitchen was a small, detached structure with an earthen floor and the traditional three-stone fireplace. If you grew up in an African…A response icon1A response icon1
ESTHER·Sep 4FERMENTED PORRIDGEI remember being in Class Two, getting off that old school bus after a long, hot afternoon. We would be cramped together, children packed…A response icon1A response icon1
Turyahikayoeverest·Aug 7How to Turn an Embarrassing Tongue Slip into a Moment of Respect“Thank you for your commitment and decoration,” a chief executive at the farewell party said. He meant to say, “commitment and dedication.”
InKalahari ReviewbyThe Kalahari Review·Aug 4“As You Have Burned My Kids, May You Too Burn.” What We Lose When We Soften Old StoriesA compassionate softening of the ending of a tale may be a misreading of what the original was doing. This essay explores who a story is…A response icon1A response icon1
Simons Law·Jun 24QUEEN NZINGA, WARRIOR, EMPRESS, WOMAN, THAT MAKES A COLONIAL EMPIRE BLEEDSIn a century when African kingdoms fell one after another to European gunpowder and European diseases, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba —…
