Good Reads. Did the Miniskirt Originate in Tanzania? Pharrell is Writing 4 Children’s Books. And More.

Tanzania Miniskirts The Root


“The oral history of fashion in East Africa lay claim to the origins of the miniskirt as the continent sought to authenticate its growing fashion industry.”


Was It Tanzania, Not Britain, Where the Miniskirt Was Invented?

Pharrell To Publish Four Children’s Books


Pharrell To Publish Four Children’s Books

50 Essential African-American Independent Films


50 Essential African-American Independent Films

Black To The Future


Black to the Future – Saint Heron

Meet Farai Simoyi, the Zimbabwean Designer Behind Nicki Minaj’s Fashion Line


Zimbabwean Designer Behind Nicki Minaj’s Fashion Line; Farai Simoyi

Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke Ground With Marriage to a Woman in 1931


Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke Ground With Marriage to a Woman in 1931

Pussy Riot – I Can’t Breathe

“Pussy Riot’s first song in English is dedicated to Eric Garner and the words he repeated eleven times before his death. This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror – killed, choked, perished because of war and state sponsored violence of all kinds – for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for change. We stand in solidarity. “