With bowties, wingtips, brogues and man bags, one can only hope for the rise of the well dressed man, and the fall of the baggy jean syndrome. Contrary to popular belief, men have many options when it comes to clothing and accessories. And as a grown man, Vans and red skinny jeans are not one of those options. Step into your manhood and discover and embrace what style has to offer.
Growing up, I watched the men in [...]
The 1984-1985 famine that struck Ethiopia and Eritrea was not only disastrous but unfortunate. Roughly one million Ethiopians died from results of this famine and the world watched in horror. The effects of low rainfall caused at least four Ethiopian provinces to fall short of natural resources and food. This famine was also made worse by government revenue being disbursed among the wrong people and places. In March of 2010, BBC News reported that investigators found that millions of dollars [...]
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
We were Queens then and we are Queens now.
“I never think out any of my creations. I don’t sketch, and everything is individually hand made. I like to say I go with the flow of things. I find it racy to look at my end results after knowing what I started with. Give me scraps, I create!”
Twenty year old DMV native, Aminah Muse got next. Inspired by her father’s countries of Sudan and Ethopia, she decided to create a line of clothing that was [...]
The media encourages fashion, beauty, life and more media. This hasn’t just begun and it won’t end any time soon. I remember when TLC (the girl group) first hit the scene and my clothes became a little more colorful and a lot more baggy. Before that I wore my baseball jerseys backwards. Why? Because that’swhat Kris Kross did. With the emergence of Lil Kim, my lipgloss became glittery and my friends started rocking red and green wigs. Wu-Tang made it [...]
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.
– Will Rogers
Over the years, the need to have a name of a fashion designer plastered across your chest has only heightened. If you aren’t wearing the latest Rachel Roy then you are not fashionably correct. If your bag doesn’t showcase a familiar logo then you might as well carry all items in your pocket. [...]
February 18, 1978 Fela Kuti married the entire female entourage of his band in a ceremony conducted by a Yoruba priest. The group marriage lasted until Fela’s release from prison in 1985 when he decided he no longer believed in marriage and divorced the twelve wives that were still with him. A few remained part of the band and the music went on – business as usual.
Photos by Dexter Jones
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Re: Rebuttal to Kanye West comparison
Dear Mr. Jones:
First, let me say that I, though a child of the hip-hop generation, also grew up on a lot of the music you produced. My family was big into music, and my father was what some would consider a maven, chocked full of facts about all genres and sounds, from yours, to the Motown sound, to Bob Dylan, and even the early makings of hip-hop, Kurtis Blow. He gave me lesson after lesson [...]
When I was first introduced to computers the screen was black, the words were green and the only game I could play was Tortoise and the Hare. You can pretty much figure out who won every time. The PC was huge and the screen sat on top. This was the computer that was in my home and school. As I’ve gotten older I am now starting to realize that I grew up in the technology era. I was in the [...]
