It’s Monday and if you’re like me, you work at an interesting 9-5 but need some visual inspiration to jump start your week. Here are a few teasers from the Afrolicious Network:
Kela Coto via African Weekly Inspiration
Seydou Keïta from The Walther Collection
M.I.A for Complex Magazine via Single Bubble Pop
Utrecht Grotesk from exljbris
It was only a matter of time and now it’s confirmed: Chiwetel Ejiofor has been chosen to play Fela Kuti in a biopic based on the book Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon (not the musical). The great news is that Ejiofor is Nigerian, so we can expect a better Nigerian accent from him.
Yeah, I said it.
Happy Friday!
I am in love with the bold expressions of Rachel Stewart.
I came across Rachel Stewart’s work by way of her accessories. I love the bold pieces and the photography and just the entire execution of her shop:
Support the creative spirit! Check out Rachel’s blog, her shop and her flickr!
Sheabutter Cottage is an independently and ethically run business. Owned and operated by Akua Wood, Sheabutter Cottage is home to a variety of shea butter products, including raw shea butter, famous African soap, jewelerry and other wonderful concoctions.
Those with natural hair know how useful shea butter can be to a daily hair care routine, but it’s also useful for the skin. As such, Sheabutter Cottage offers a variety of fragrant and essential oils and even containers so you can create your own shea butter experience.
Sheabutter Cottage takes pride in its ethical practices. Working with cooperatives of Ghanian farmers, Akua Wood makes sure they get fair deals for their products and that you receive exactly what the packaging says you’re receiving.
Check out the Sheabutter Cottage shop and Akua Wood’s blog for more.
Oona and Candance team up to form CLOTH, a fashion label that employs displaced women from Somalia, Afghanistan, Togo and the United States. The fashion is fresh and vibrant and socially sustainable.
CLOTH: The Video Book from CLOTH on Vimeo.
CLOTH arose to confront a lack of understanding among cultural groups in the United States and to successfully align fashion, social change and sustainability. Produced in the USA by displaced women from all over the world, your hood included, means no outsourcing or exploitation.
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