Models stepped on to a Paris runway in mid-July wearing sculptural gowns in African textiles by Imane Ayissi – the first and still the only designer from sub-Saharan Africa to take part in Paris’s haute couture shows. ALISON HIRD Ayissi’s Autumn/Winter 2026-2027 collection “fused sculptural elegance, artisanal mastery and cultural storytelling into a personal vision […]
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KOFI AYIM Indubitably, Delta Airline’s Delta One Lounge, with its 39,000-square-foot area at John F. Kennedy’s International Airport Terminal 4 located near Gate B20 in New York City, opened in June 2024 and is among the best. It has taken the shine out of the Sky Club opened in 2013, also at Terminal 4, near […]
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Germany’s 2026 World Cup squad has leaders with African heritage. The diversity of the team is a strength. JONATHAN HARDING Most of the news about Germany’s World Cup squad was around the return of Manuel Neuer. But beyond the headlines lies another story. Eight of the 26 players representing Germany this summer have roots in […]
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Senegal heads to the FIFA World Cup 2026 as one of Africa’s strongest contenders, with the Lions of Teranga aiming to build on a proud recent history at the global finals. The West Africans have become one of the continent’s most consistent teams over the last two decades, reaching the World Cup quarter-finals on debut […]
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The Colombian pop star previously performed the official song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Colombian singer Shakira unveiled the official song for the 2026 World Cup, “Dai Dai”, on Thursday, May 7. The 49-year-old posted a video on Instagram on Thursday, May 7 from Brazil’s Maracana stadium to tease the track, which […]
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Resisting mechanization, Nigerian artisans uphold the authenticity of aso-oke, now a staple in global fashion markets. In Iseyin, a sleepy town in southwestern Nigeria, shaded spaces under trees, makeshift sheds, and narrow alleys serve as production hubs for aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba people. Demand for this fabric has surged both domestically […]
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A pioneering rapper and D.J. from the Bronx, Mr. Bambaataa was accused of child sexual abuse later in his career. JONATHAN ABRAMS & HANNAH ZIEGLER Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering Bronx D.J. credited with shaping and defining hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s, whose legacy was later tarnished by widespread accusations of sexual abuse, has died. […]
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Off the coast of Sierra Leone, the actor and model are fighting against tourists traps with their own vision: a tropical “eco-city” of the future. DEVIN GORDON Sherbro Island, a tropical outpost of farmers and fishermen nestled in the crook of Sierra Leone’s arcing Atlantic coastline, is about the size of Chicago, but its population […]
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The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. MARINA ESCOLANO-POVEDA The beginnings of hieroglyphic writing date back to the birth of ancient Egypt at the end of the fourth millennium B.C. It was in this period […]
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