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Triggerwarning:Foul Language, Racism, Violence The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded 1966 in Oakland, California by then 30 and 24-year old Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. The Marxist-Leninist Black Power political organization started community programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Programm, opened and supported community health clinics and educational programs and advocated […]
Meet Lido Pimienta, performing soon at Kantine Berghain, the musician whose electro cumbia and different identities and layers come together in her recent album, Miss Colombia.
It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time before Tiktok and paid klicks on Spotify made a song a bonifide hit. A time when hiphop artists had to rely on the support of DJ‘s including them on their mixtapes to get their music on the streets. The mixtape was already the medium of choice, […]
Escapism describes the longing for an imaginary or possible better reality and thus the escape or avoidance of the real world and its difficulties. It is a desire that is not unknown to some of us in recent weeks because the current world situation makes us quite strive for something beautiful and retreating. Shows and […]
'Comedy Queen' has earned the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Berlinale, 2022. The coming-of-age story made us laugh, cry, and feel tenderly awkward.
SPOILER WARNING: I can’t take any blame for spoiling ”Beverly Hills, 90210”, because it premiered over thirty years ago. But I won’t spoil anything ”Euphoria”-related. Maybe just a little. ”I’ll stick to my needleAnd my favorite waste of timeBoth spineless and sublimeSince I was born I started to decayNow nothing ever ever goes my way” […]
It’s not the official definition, but it’s quite a coincidence that the word “rap“ could be short for “rhythm and poetry.“ But hopefully now after almost 40 years since the Hiphop culture was born in the South Bronx, most people might be aware, that rap is poetry (Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Price for heaven’s […]
By Amelie Apel Fruché is a Nigerian womenswear brand founded by Frank Aghuno in 2014. The contemporary brand with indigenous sensibilities is recognized for its fun takes on fashion whilst selling globally through stockists like Folklore, Farfetch, Industrie Africa, and Wolf&Badger. The self-taught designer is an advocate for building an African fashion platform for young […]
Miryam Charles deals with the intricacies of loss, grief, hope and memory in her debut feature film 'Cette Maison', world premiered at Berlinale 2022.
Her smile glistens at me, with gemstones on her teeth. A colourgon blending into eyelids. Naezrah Desir is the Make-Up artist who instruments her living avatar. Magnifying characters through fiction, nature and mythology. A fairy and nymph series with Kellan – ´the fairy of immortality and peace´, who was gifted with psychokinesis and telekinetic abilities. With a voice beyond Make-Up, Naezrah uses her platform to start conversations and elevate BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ artists in the industry.
