Democracy in Nigeria and the Office of the First Lady

Feb. 18 | By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Three weeks ago I was at a meeting in Accra, Ghana, in preparation for the biennial African Feminist Forum, which is convened by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), an Africa-wide grant-making foundation for African women...

Exclusive photos from Mercy Johnson’s ‘august wedding’

Aug. 29 | All photos credit:  big Sam Media  

Arts & Power: A look into the world of Kehinde Wiley, New York based painter

Apr. 29 | The public perception of black male youth has arguably changed since artist Kehinde Wiley began painting his formal portraits while in residency at New York’s Studio Museum in Harlem in 2000. Part of Wiley’s process was lifting his subjects...