With all the talks of Oprah running for president we thought that we should remind you that she wouldn’t be the first. Meet Shirley Chisholm, the woman who survived assassination attempts and battled racism to become the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. Sourced from YouTube Continue reading
Lupita Nyong’o, Young M.A, Ayana Bird, Lacy Redway, Vernon François and more talk about braids and black hair culture in America. Watch this documentary on hair and appropriation in America. Sourced from YouTube Continue reading
Sarah Jacob was born into slavery in about 1850; she gained her freedom at the end of the Civil War and moved to Chicago shortly after. In Chicago she met and married Archibald Goode, a carpenter. The idea for her invention came out of necessity of the times. Most people she knew lived in small homes … Continue reading
So Afropunk finally landed in South Africa with the promise of bringing Solange, Anderson Paak, King Tha, Laura Mvula and many other artists together for a magical weekend. We unfortunately didn’t get Solange but we still had a party at Constitutional Hill which houses the highest court of South Africa. There was rain which caused a … Continue reading
It is almost the end of the year. It may not have gone how you had imagined it but a new year is almost upon us. Watch this 5 min video and it may just help you the into the groove for 2018. Sourced from Youtube Continue reading
Body positivity is something we stand for at MGS. Sonya Renee Taylor has blessed the world with a powerful poem titled The Body is not an apology. Read the poem below or watch the video and be blown away. The body is not an apology. Let it not be forget-me-not fixed to mattress … Continue reading
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