Ajanku has been an artist for her entire life. “I sat at the knees of my quilt-making grandmother,” Ajanku said. “My other grandmother was a crochet hobbyist. Those are the hands that formed ...

African masquerade ensembles are recognizably carnivalesque, yet not aligned with Carnival as we know it. The exquisite, ...

Historically, African identity has been epitomised by natural hair that often portrayed African women in short hair. However, colonial intervention has eroded this African understanding of beauty ...