AphroChic Magazine: Issue No. 8
This issue is about revolution, remembrance, and rebirth. In Dubai, Chef Alexander Smalls is launching a first-of-its-kind food experience celebrating the culinary revolution taking place in Africa. In New York, as fashion week returned, House of Aama launched a collection remembering the elegance of 20th century Black resort towns. In Philadelphia, Chanae Richards is carving out space for rest, relaxation and meditation. And in Los Angeles, our cover star, Jennah Bell, is part of a renaissance of music that is indie, soulful and written from the heart. In this issue we take you to The Deacon hotel designed by Shannon Maldonado. And in our Wellness section, we let you in our own road to rebirth, through the journey with long-haul COVID that has defined our life this past year. In our Reference section we explore new thoughts on the African Diaspora. Looking beyond the history behind the word to explore the idea itself, opening new worlds of possibility as we begin working to understand what the African Diaspora actually is. And we take you inside the importance of the emerging Black art scene heralded by the Obama portraits which, now well into their national tour, made a memorable stop at the Brooklyn Museum.
This issue is about revolution, remembrance, and rebirth. In Dubai, Chef Alexander Smalls is launching a first-of-its-kind food experience celebrating the culinary revolution taking place in Africa. In New York, as fashion week returned, House of Aama launched a collection remembering the elegance of 20th century Black resort towns. In Philadelphia, Chanae Richards is carving out space for rest, relaxation and meditation. And in Los Angeles, our cover star, Jennah Bell, is part of a renaissance of music that is indie, soulful and written from the heart.
In this issue we take you to The Deacon hotel designed by Shannon Maldonado. And in our Wellness section, we let you in our own road to rebirth, through the journey with long-haul COVID that has defined our life this past year.
In our Reference section we explore new thoughts on the African Diaspora. Looking beyond the history behind the word to explore the idea itself, opening new worlds of possibility as we begin working to understand what the African Diaspora actually is. And we take you inside the importance of the emerging Black art scene heralded by the Obama portraits which, now well into their national tour, made a memorable stop at the Brooklyn Museum.
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This month our book selections focus on Black women, a group often overlooked, mischaracterized,<br />
and uniquely facing racism and sexism at the same time. New research by the American Psychological<br />
Association coined the term ‘intersectional invisibility,' shining a spotlight on the need for more visibility<br />
for Black women in media. These three books deliver on that need. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois focuses<br />
on a long line of Black women from one Georgia family and the lessons they pass down to one daughter,<br />
Ailey Pearl Garfield, as she straddles her lives in the <strong>No</strong>rth and the South. Three Girls from Bronzeville is<br />
a memoir about three women who grow up together in the South Side neighborhood of Chicago. It's both<br />
a celebration of sisterhood and friendship and a testimony to the unique struggles of Black women. Black<br />
Girls Must Die Exhausted focuses on a woman who seems to have it all, until a major setback causes her to<br />
reexamine her life and her friendships. All three books create a much-needed visibility for Black women.<br />
Three Girls from Bronzeville<br />
by Dawn Turner<br />
Publisher: Simon & Schuster. $22.99<br />
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois<br />
by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers<br />
Publisher: Harper. $18.99<br />
Black Girls Must<br />
Die Exhausted<br />
by Jayne Allen<br />
Publisher: Harper<br />
Perennial. $29.99<br />
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