By Tonae’ Lee Special to the AFRO I am excited to bring you your monthly dose of fashion content and information. My style journey in 2008, when I curated my first blog highlighting thrifted finds and daily outfits. I loved blending vintage flare with a modern edge, and my passion for remixing and upcycling pieces […]
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Clear Essence Cosmetics Exclusive
By AFRO Staff Clear Essence Cosmetics USA (CEC USA), and Bluefield Associates announced the unveiling of a new size and new look: Exclusive Skin Beautifying Milk at select Walmart stores nationwide. Don’t Look for the old, Look for the new! Simply Clear, Simply Beautiful Flawless Skin. Join us in our excitement and #BeCExclusive! Clear Essence […]
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RAMBLING ROSE: The Coronavirus Shut Us Down
By Rosa Pryor Special to the AFRO Christopher “Sugar Chris” Tittle, a Baltimore DJ found a way to continue to entertain you during this Coronavirus Pandemic. He will be live for “Happy Hour Party Mix Live” on facebook from 7-10 p.m. Hello everyone, I truly hope you and your family are well. This is an […]
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Please Let This Change Our World
By Tia Price, Director of Programs, Wide Angle Youth Media We teach our students how to create media one step at a time. Simple skills begin to form a project when stacked on top of each other. Once our students get the hang of their newly learned skills and are walking steady in the groove […]
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Give Quarantine Hair Some TLC
By Jessica S. Geiger Special to AFRO Stuck between wanting a snack and looking like a snack and your hair is included. To have good hair and a healthy scalp it is very important to have a healthy diet. The food that you consume should have all the vital nutrients that are important for the […]
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LIVESTREAM: NNPA Interviews Director and Star of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, NNPA Newswire’s Culture and Entertainment Editor Tune in on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 3PM ET to watch LIVE as NNPA Newswire’s Culture and Entertainment Editor, Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, interviews Christine Swanson and Aunjanue Ellis, the acclaimed director and star of the television film The Clark Sisters, First Ladies […]
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Jay-Z and Meek Mill Donate Masks to Prisons
Jay-Z, arguably Hip-Hop’s GOAT and rising star Meek Mill, are donating 100,000 medical masks to correctional facilities across the nation. The duo is delivering the masks through their criminal justice reform organization, The Reform Alliance. Prison populations globally are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19. Jay-Z was instrumental in helping Meek Mill through legal troubles […]
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Russell Simmons Brings Back Def Comedy Jam to Raise Money for Coronavirus Ravaged Areas
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Hip-hop and business mogul Russell Simmons has seen the devastation the novel coronavirus has wreaked on his hometown of Hollis in Queens, N.Y., and the rest of the world. Now, the iconic Def Jam founder is bringing back one of his legendary creations to help raise money […]
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IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The inaccurate Internet memes and false online conspiracies that purport “Blacks can’t get coronavirus” are contrary to reality. African Americans are not immune to COVID-19. On April 2, the Pentagon was looking to provide civilian institutions with more body bags after it was reported that over 1,000 people […]
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Coronavirus Claims Life of Pianist And Patriarch Ellis Marsalis
By Cleveland Bryant Jr. Special to the AFRO Ellis Marsalis Jr., premier jazz pianist and jazz family patriarch-father of four sons, who are acclaimed jazz musicians themselves, died April 1 at a hospital in New Orleans. His oldest son, Branford, issued a statement, noting that his father succumbed to complications of the coronavirus after checking […]
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Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ Singer Bill Withers Dies at 81
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. […]
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D.C. Performer Goes Virtual
By Nyame-kye Kondo Special to the AFRO In the midst of the global health pandemic COVID-19, artists around the world are using social media to entertain, spread messages and network with one another. From well known musicians like Erykah Badu, John Legend and Little Dragon, performing intimate concerts from their homes and studios, to DJ’s […]
