Shanelle Nyasiase for Purple magazine
Credits | Purple Magazine
Model | Shanelle Nyasiase
Photographer | Suffo Moncloa
Stylist | Naomi Itkes
Hair Stylist | Pawel Solis
MUA | Karin Westerlund
Casting | Emi..
The Rusinga Drip | A fashion story by Kenyan collective Urbanpitchaz
Urbanpitchaz, a rising fashion photography and fashion film collective based in Nairobi presents Fella Suti and Ibaada. Shot at Rusinga Island on Kenya’s Lake Victoria and replet..
Tiziana Manfredi recounts the recovery of Dakar’s newsreel archive
Tiziana Manfredi is a Genoese video artist we met last spring in Senegal during the tour of our contemporary dance and video art project Mirrors in sub-Saharan Africa. After a se..
The representation of Afro-descendants in Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku’s paintings
A few weeks ago the news of the event-piece Salvini Nero (Black Salvini) by Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku, one of the first Afro-descendants Italian artists in the Italian con..
Coronavirus | What is the challenge ahead? We don’t know, but we are ready
Social media gave us the opportunity to be everywhere. GRIOT’s founder, editors and partners are based in Italy, the UK and Germany. But GRIOT was founded in Rome, Italy. Most of..
‘Roots for a Crown’ | “Black hair is the aesthetic marker of ancestral identity”
Born from a carefully crafted blend of poetry, music and visual art, Roots for a Crown is the short film exploring negative perceptions and prejudice surrounding deadlocks in a w..
Ìrìn Journal is the new independent magazine bringing African cities, travel, and culture to print
As an independent print magazine enthusiast, it is often baffling what folks will make mags about. There are indie mags about literally everything, including Rugby, Plantain, Eas..
Trap Bob | Fighting against discrimination through illustration
Tenbeete Solomon, better known as Trap Bob, is a visual artist, graphic artist, and illustrator. Creative director of the collective GIRLAAA, her work is committed to f..
Biennials and Triennials to visit in 2020
It’s time for biennials, triennials and art fairs. Here is our selection of art events to keep an eye on—and to put in your diary.
The Stellenbosch Triennale, 11 February – 30..
An Intimate, Transnational, Black ‘Hairspace’
“Where are you from?” I am often arrested or annoyed by this question. However, I was in Durban, South Africa and since this query was posed by a Black woman, I politely answered..