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"It's a South African Thing": British Woman Discovers SA 'Secret' Locals Have Been Gatekeeping

A British woman sparked debate after questioning South Africa’s December leave culture, opening a discussion about work, rest ...
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African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest... As I pass along a row of mannequins, the sharply ...
NPR

150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music

In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...
Afro

South African soprano to make British coronation history as first African soloist

Pretty Yende will soon go down in history as the first African to be invited to perform a solo at the coronation of a British monarch. The South African soprano will be one of three soloists to ...
The Atlantic

British South Africa

As INTERNATIONAL tension mounts over South Africa’s policy of apartheid, a series of events have, focused attention on the three little-known territories of Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland.
The Atlantic

British East Africa

TAKE a piece of ancient land sparsely inhabited by pastoral and nomadic tribes, mix into it a variety of white men of various intent, let it simmer for fifty years, and serve it hot in 1953. The ...
Monitor

British Council report sizes up future of publishing in Uganda

A new British Council report titled “Publishing Futures” revealed a study of the publishing landscapes of Ghana, Kenya, ...
HELLO BEAUTIFUL

British Vogue Talks Diversity in February Issue Featuring 9 African Models

British Vogue just won the magazine cover game with their latest jaw-dropping issue, which features 9 gorgeous, deeply melanated African models. For the publication’s fashion issue, models Adut Akech, ...
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African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

The blue dashiki (left) is from the Rwandan design studio Moshions and first appeared on a Kigali catwalk 5 years ago. Center: an outfit from womenswear brand IAMISIGO led by Kenya's Bubu Ogisi. Right ...