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Tracing the Threads: Symbols of AmaHlubi and Xhosa Ancestry
Honouring one's cultural identity is both a personal journey and a collective one. Though culture is perceived as a shared system of thought and practice, choosing to embrace one's culture is a personal decision, one that can reflect a sense of respect, curiosity or admiration for that culture. For me, it's all the above, but mostly curiousity - curiosity about my ancestral lineage, and the stories woven into our history, which interestingly enough traces back to Central Afri


"The Art of Refinement" | Featuring Cape Town Based Fashion Brands
The Art of Refinement is a fashion editorial featuring Cape Town based fashion brands that celebrate & elevate natural fabrications &...


MARU S/S 21 | An Ethical Fashion Brand Based in Botswana, For Women By Women
“Maru” means “clouds” in Setswana and was birthed by Sabine Matsheka in Gaborone, Botswana. Maru is inspired by life beneath the...


'Daremposh' | Honouring Culture and Faith Through Contemporary Wear
Cape Town based multi-disciplinary artist Ya'eesh Dollie , who we first featured for his visual series " Efflorescence In The Cape Flats...


"IQhiya" | A Symbol of Unshakeable Strength and Togetherness
iQhiya is a Xhosa word for a headscarf or ‘doek’. It sits like a crown for a queen, which makes it a potent symbol of unshakeable...


Remembrance of Our Divinity
We are living in times that dictate to us that we aren’t who we have always believed ourselves to be. The media, our communities and even...


"Colour Me Africa"
A gentle flow of movement and carefree energy is unique to my style of shooting. I encourage the models I work with to move to their own...


Maisha Marshall-Ende is Reconciling the Complexities of Culture and Blackness Through Design
Maisha Marshall-Ende is a Toronto-based photographer and videographer, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She was adopted by Canadian...


"FULL CIRCLE" | A Celebration of the Resurgence of Natural Hairstyles
Female collaborations unite women by highlighting the strength in unity. "Full Circle" is a collaborative visual hair story by emerging...


Efflorescence in the Cape Flats
Conceiving visual stories within the Cape Flats has always been a deeply personal concept. Media coverage of what has been happening in...


The Zeitgeist Exhibition | The Present is the Future
The Zeitgeist is an exhibition and showcase currently showing at BKhz gallery and studio curated by the founder and visual artist...


SASH Presents 'Bantu Space Odyssey' Capsule Collection
"Bantu Space Odyssey" is a capsule collection based on the fictional story of "Bantu Bekindlela Mkhonazi," an African space traveler...


FLOW | A Meditative Fashion Story
Flow, a meditation on making, is an invitation for quiet reflection in globally turbulent times. The omnipresence of the ocean and its...


"Ghana Must Go" | A Visual Collaboration by Chioma Obiegbu & Learon Coleman
Chioma Obiegbu is a Nigerian visual artist based in New York and Learon Coleman is a photographer based in New Jersey,...


Hishaam Abrahams Captures the Authenticity of People of Colour in Cape Town
Hishaam Abrahams, a 20-year-old film photographer from Cape Town, South Africa, has a powerful story. Despite facing challenges growing...


Gouled Ahmed is a Visual Artist Reimagining Culture In Addis Ababa
Gouled Ahmed is a Somali visual artist and stylist based in Addis Ababa. Their work explores the concept of Black futures through the...


Introducing Vast Creatives | in Collaboration with Jabu Nadia Newman
Vast Creatives is a collective of stylists and content curators. The collective was created in 2015, the main objective of Vast...


RICH MNISI | NWA-MULAMULA: LOBOLA '19 LOOKBOOK
RICH MNISI Presents NWA-MULAMULA: LOBOLA '19 Lookbook "Mothers are the cornerstone of African family structures. From generation to...


Beautiful, Peaceful Day, A Langa Canvas
In art a canvas is a blank hardened cloth which acts as a surface for painting or photographic printing. It can also be a metaphor for...


Human By Nature Presents Fear and Loathing in Tokyo S/S19
Human By Nature presents their latest collection Fear & Loathing in Tokyo. HBN was founded in 2017 by John Lehman who is currently...


EVANSCULTURE: The Cool Kid Of SA Street Style
Local street style will always be the lifeblood of our country’s distinct look and lifestyle. To honour this, local brand Evans has...
