Museums are strange places. They are even stranger to me since watching Black Panther. During my visit to the African Art Museum at the Smithsonian, I couldn’t ... Read More...
It’s for us. It’s for every Black girl that walked into the room and didn’t feel like she belonged. It’s for every Black girl who didn’t think she was Black e... Read More...
Albert Einstein famously said: “Logic will get you from A to Z, but Imagination will take you everywhere.”
The destination, in this case, is the fictional Af... Read More...
The music of Belize is a diverse reflection of the people. Belize is the definition of a proverbial melting pot with a rich blend of Garifuna, Maya, Creole, and... Read More...
It's Black history month, and this month we are blessed that two amazing projects have come to fruition and are available to music lovers everywhere. ... Read More...
Ask any adult what creative outlet they used when the weather did not permit outside activity, and it is certain many will say they indulge in “coloring.” Color... Read More...
Most of what we see in regards to South America is a whitewashed Latin lie. That is what compels me to replicate my journey through art.
Most black people ... Read More...
Many people have always desired to have custom clothing created for our bodies. The look, the feel, and most importantly, the appeal of having something tailore... Read More...
“Adversity is the mother of wisdom.”
For Jenny Do, a woman born from a Vietnamese mother and American father at the height of tension between to the two na... Read More...
There’s one thing a visitor is certain to see when driving through the state of Iowa; corn and lots of it. According to “iowacorn.org,” the state grows abou... Read More...
“I was at my lowest point. I was so broke and just beat up from all the closed doors. My friends took me out to a Chinese restaurant just to get me off the sofa... Read More...
“Opera chose me,” Kristin Lewis, a lirico-spinto operatic soprano, who has graced opera stages around the world, asserts. “It was a discovery versus a choice,” ... Read More...
Picture this: You’re standing on stage, you’ve taken the final bow, the audience is cheering, and when the curtain falls, you leave one continent on the stage a... Read More...
Three weeks ago I landed in London to clear and blue skies. The pilot informed us that the temperature would reach 75 degrees. This was when I knew I had made t... Read More...
“When I’m not there, I long for it, but what I long for is the feeling of being an outsider there and, soon after, the feeling of leaving again so I can conti... Read More...
When speaking about the subject matter of her work, Nina Simone once said, “I choose to reflect the times and the situations in which I find myself… I don’t thi... Read More...
Diego Piñon is a Mexican Butoh artist and the founder of Butoh Mexican Ritual. He delves into the essence of ritual, diving beyond specific cultures to discover... Read More...
International tap star and choreographer Chloé Arnold was discovered at a young age in Washington, DC by the legendary Debbie Allen. A leading lady of tap, Ch... Read More...
Theatre Producer and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of expertise in business development, real estate investment and marketing. She also owned three fra... Read More...
While in Holland gathering content for this issue, the Griots Republic team took the opportunity to attend a screening of Raving Iran with Blade & Beard, th... Read More...
Fado has long been a fascination of mine for several years. The fascination grew while researching my mother’s heritage and culture. As her parents were both ha... Read More...
“Get a job!”
Shawn Alleyne chuckles as he recollects that line which we are confident has come from the mouths of every parent of a child who expressed the des... Read More...
cos·play
ˈkäzˌplā,ˈkäsˌplā
noun
The activity or practice of dressing up as a character from a work of fiction (such as a comic book, video game, or telev... Read More...
When you Google Somali people, images of refugees, starving families, or pirates dominate the search engine. That breaks my heart because we are more than our... Read More...
Michiko to Hatchin is a 22-episode anime series first broadcast in 2008-09 and set in a Hollywood-style fantasy of Brazil’s demimonde. Michiko Malandro is model... Read More...
