These low-cost or no-cost offerings focus on fun for kids — as the Latin for June is juvenis, meaning ‘young people.’ It also highlights Juneteenth, the Black Music Month event, and other cultural activities that will entertain and enlighten.
By giving Martell a platform, Beyoncé simultaneously gives credit to her predecessor while staking her place in the country music tradition.
Throughout history, clothing has always remained a common feature of humanity. Whether it is women’s clothing or men’s, fashion has always remained a form of expression of self and a way of carving out one’s identity from the crowd.
Known as “Sapeurs” – the name comes from the Society for Ambience and Elegance (Sape) and from French slang “se saper”, “to dress up” – these figures stand out with their offbeat and baroque sartorial style.
June means a myriad of wonderful annual Juneteenth celebrations and commemorations of Black freedom embodied in the spirit of civil rights champion Marcus Garvey (1887-1940). Garvey, who owned a Black newspaper, has been credited with coining the phrase “Black is beautiful!”
Rhimes understands romance as a technical art form. But beyond that, she shows us love doesn’t necessarily always exist between two people; it also exists between people and their passions, and in the way they view themselves.
The industry is worth over £16 billion, with organizations from large brands such as Coca-Cola through to local tourist boards seeking to benefit from this “authentic” form of marketing.
Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed to amend the constitution to this end.
Many African literary writers seized the opportunity the power of the pen provided to not only change the misconceptions of European scholars about Africa but also to question and challenge colonial positions of issues concerning Africans.
These engaging, enlightening, and entertaining low-cost or free entertainment offerings, which focus on Juneteenth and other cultural and literacy events, will be the perfect tonic to bid goodbye to May and welcome June.
