What do you think?

Not too sure what their motivation is, but Italian Vogue does it again featuring black models. The pictures are gorgeous.

(Follow the above link to check the rest out)

Not the first time the maasai have inspired designers and artists. Read more about this here…

But what’s up with her face being painted black?…

Somehow I am inspired to post some pictures of traditional weddings from Nigeria which I love to look at.  See some below…

Photo credits for all but one go to BellaNaija  where you can also find more weddings. Photo credit for the last one goes to BBC online.

David Adjaye is a respected Architect working in London who has traveled throughout Africa for the specific purpose of photographing urban Africa. He is interested in showing this side of Africa because most people are familiar with the African rural/country landscapes as well the wildlife aspect of it but this often surprises people. I like that he views it from a professional perspective in that it’s also about us not just hearing from one aspect of ‘modernity’ in the sense of what we can gain from Europe and how we should strive to be that way but importantly the interactions within urban africa itself, urban africa & rural africa etc and how these inform the way the urban space in Africa looks. His photography includes civic architecture, commercial, residential, as well as market places. I am definitely buying the book whenever it comes out…

Below are some of the pictures (I think he exhibited about 2,500):

1) Abidjan, Ivory Coast

2) Nouakchott, Mauritania

3) Cairo, Egypt

4) Antananarivo, Madagascar

5) Bamako, Mali

With his rich body of built work David Adjaye won the prestigious  commission to design the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC which will open in 2015. You can also check out his website here.