He also found 16 glass beads, many of them blue. "We don't know how the slaves wore them," Elliott says, but they may have been used to ward off evil spirits. According to African-American ...

I grew attached to the comfort that ... I embellish my clothing with crystal beads and handmade African brass in the form of Adinkra symbols. These sacred symbols bless the garments, making ...

South African artist Ralph Ziman covers a decommissioned MiG-21 fighter jet with millions of vibrant glass beads. The beaded MiG-21, designated as Number 8971 and previously owned by the Polish Air ...

“Her leadership is a testament to the strength, resilience, and determination of African women,” she wrote. “May she continue to inspire men and women across the continent and prove that ...

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They are often disparaged as ugly, sly and cruel scavengers but for South African artist Hannelie Coetzee, hyenas are symbols of female power and the normalisation of queerness. The walls of her ...

Palm Leaves on either side stand for peace. Gold Circle symbolises Africa’s wealth and bright future. Green Circle stands for African hopes and aspirations. Plain Gold Map of Africa without boundaries ...

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Many young people have written to the ABC with a similar story: they feel like they did everything "right" but will never achieve what previous generations did. It's a story that defined the past ...

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