February 10, 2010
Tweet In the sea of new music that is on the horizon this winter/spring (Sade, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj are all skedded to drop) comes the Afro-beat/hip-hop/soulfulness of Nneka. Since Lauren Hill is still AWOL we’ve had a few activist-musicians step into the void, Nigerian-German singer-songwriter Nneka is the freshest face. Her music — to ...
August 24, 2009
Tweet When you think of the phrase “going natural,” it is common to assume that one means growing a ‘fro. But natural doesn’t have to mean a fro, it could mean braids, it could mean corn rolls, it could mind many things. Read: Mighty Afrodites (PHOTOS) Imagine if “getting a perm” meant that your hair ...
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October 21, 2008
Tweet It would be surprisingly simple: In mid-2009, If Barack or Michelle Obama as the First Couple chose to discard his tightly-cropped fade and she ditched the permed coif and went au naturale, would the world follow? Would the top celebrities – what if Beyonce rocked a ‘fro? – Rihanna, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Bono, Sting ...
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