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28 Oct

In pictures: Black women rewrite the trauma of college

What are your memories of college picture day? Was it a day that inspired excitement? A keenly anticipated likelihood to decorate up nice and express your identity? Or was it a day of dread, a source of hysteria? For a lot of Black and mixed-race women, the apprehension was so strong they missed it altogether; almost one-third – 28 per cent – of ladies with afro or textured hair skipped school picture day due to anxiousness around race-based hair discrimination. The information comes from recent research by Dove, who polled over 1,000 Black and mixed-race women within the UK to seek out out their experiences around their hair while at college. The outcomes were overwhelmingly negative: nearly half (42 per cent)...
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17 Oct

In pictures: Hairstyles and heritage in Mali’s capital, Bamako

Photographer Nybé Ponzio celebrates the sweetness and cultural importance of Black hairstyles in his series ‘Afrohair’ “A straightforward example,” begins Paris-born, Mali-based photographer Nybé Ponzio. “Being gap-toothed in Europe is contrary to the sweetness standards. In Africa it is an indication of elegance to the purpose where some people go thus far as to create this gap between their teeth.”  Ponzio is talking concerning the cultural differences he experienced while growing up in Bailly-Romainvilliers, a small town within the suburbs of Paris, and Bamako, Mali – his home country and where he has been living since 2021. The divergence of thought had a heavy impact on him. “There have been things inside me that...
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22 Sep

Gone Too Soon: Actor Chadwick Boseman’s Life In Pictures

(Photo by Matt McClain for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Black Hollywood is in mourning on the sudden lack of award-winning actor and producer Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday after succumbing to a four-year battle with colon cancer. Boseman died at his home surrounded by his family members. “He died in his home, together with his wife and family by his side,” said an Instagram statement from his representatives. “The family thanks you to your love and prayers, and asks that you simply proceed to respect their privacy during this difficult time.” The beloved actor became a world superstar after playing the titular role in Marvel’s Black Panther, but his most die-hard fans knew his work well long before he became...
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