Through digital art, Aisha Mohamed creates rich portraits of black women placed among ethereal, starry backdrops that highlight the elegance of blackness. As part of her new I Am Not My Hair series, the South London-based artist is showcasing the beauty of baldness in black women, which sends out an empowering message about self-love in […]
I want to preface this review with the declaration that I always enjoy seeing Black women shine. But if I am being honest, which is something I always aspire to be, I am not a fan of the podcast turned HBO special 2 Dope Queens. The show is the creation of writers and funny-women Jessica Williams and […]
If you haven’t read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, here’s a rare opportunity to see the Award-winning novel brought to life at the Apollo: Angela Bassett, Common, and This is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson will lead the first-ever staged reading of Between the World and Me at Harlem’s Apollo theater on April […]