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The Visual Narrator

The Visual Narrator

Fashion & Accessories
Clothes can tell you a lot about a person, their value, character, aesthetics, or the role they want to portray...
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The Return Of The Sun

The Return Of The Sun

Blackspiration
Spring is naturally associated with the beginning of the birth of something new, a fresh perspective as seen from the...
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A Hollowing

A Hollowing

Artists
Art is a beautiful creation it's meant to be seen and admired it's also a chance for the soul to...
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21 Days

21 Days

Kreatives
In 21 days I'll learn to love me by distancing my heart from youJust hoping that this would kill you...
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Ancestors Day

Ancestors Day

Kreatives
What's Ancestors Day   This day is an ideal form by Zolani Mkiva a renowned South African poet and heritage...
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The season of nomkhubulwane

The season of nomkhubulwane

Blackspiration
  I was very young when I first heard the name Nomkhubulwane, it felt like a whisper and in my...
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End

End

Blackspiration
Image credit: Sibulelo In simple terms, an end refers to completion, the conclusion or finishing off something.When planning a project...
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The sole of kasi

The sole of kasi

Fashion & Accessories
Bathu is an African premium sneaker brand created by Theo Baloyi who infused the colorful kasi culture to create a...
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Cowrie magic

Cowrie magic

Fashion & Accessories
Cowrie shells have been used for centuries across cultures and races for its beauty and magic, and due to its...
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Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Blackspiration
Here's to a new beginning the start of a new cycle. The divine chance for you to do what your...
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To the girl lost in words

To the girl lost in words

Blackspiration
Photo by Idina Risk from Pexels To the girl lost in words, speak for your silence will eventually choke you.When their eyes pierce...
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Iziqhaza: The Zulu Earclips

Iziqhaza: The Zulu Earclips

Fashion & Accessories
Image credit: Alice Mertens Earrings have been graced our ears for a long time it's hard to imagine a time...
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Poetry the richest, poorest Artform

Poetry the richest, poorest Artform

Blackspiration
  Image credit: sheep. Poetry has always been a huge part of our culture and heritage it has its roots...
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Blessed to be Black

Blessed to be Black

Blackspiration
Image credit: Raphael Lovaski I am blessed to be black, I’m the shades of the soil and in my womb,...
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Wrapped in Kulture

Wrapped in Kulture

Artists
Image credit: Big Zulu Vernacular languages are poetic, the lessons are metaphoric and each punchline is a simile. Big Zulu...
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Lost and forgotten

Lost and forgotten

Blackspiration
Image credit: Mishal Ibrahim Maybe if you had met me before my heart witnessed the turmoil and torture of men,...
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For the love of art

For the love of art

Blackspiration
Image credit:Moran 7years of slavery detained by madness, suffocated by a dream that never sees the light of day. Haunted...
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5 steps to being a grounding flavour

5 steps to being a grounding flavour

Blackspiration
Life is beautiful when you’re filled with gratitude, it’s magical when you’re content and true to who you were meant...
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Perfume by Willo

Perfume by Willo

Kreatives
Perfume by Willo A good quality fragrance is alluring, it draws  people closer to you making them want to connect...
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If love had a scent

Blackspiration
Image credit: Perfume by Willo If love had a scent it would smell like cocoa butter encrusted in heavenly caramel...
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A dolls life

A dolls life

Kreatives
Dolls aren’t just beautiful they can help develop a child’s nurturing abilities. Children connect with dolls they also imitate their...
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Broken

Broken

Blackspiration
Matchsticks spark when light is ignited, hearts are burnt when love is gone. The kindest souls brew ashy boils, at...
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Fashion-forward Gogo

Fashion-forward Gogo

Fashion & Accessories
The relationship between a healer and her guardians can be beautiful, magical and fruitful when it’s  properly aligned with their...
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Death of Print

Death of Print

Blackspiration
I’ve dyed a billion times to watch you fade away. Slowly and painfully ink lost its value as the pages...
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Tribute to Ma’Winnie Madikizela Mandela

Tribute to Ma’Winnie Madikizela Mandela

Blackspiration
A painful yesterday couldn’t fade your smile, from a caterpillar trapped in a cocoon of chains, you flourished into a...
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Crowning Glory

Crowning Glory

Fashion & Accessories
A crown is a stunning statement piece, it’s an ornament that most times represents class and hierarchy.For centuries many women...
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Who heals the Healer

Who heals the Healer

Blackspiration
There’s a Zulu quote that says “ Inyanga ayizelaphi”, which directly translates to the healer doesn’t or cannot heal themselves....
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KreateBlack

KreateBlack

Blackspiration
If I had to reincarnate, I would create and recreate black, redefine what it means to be black. I wouldn’t...
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Coffee Dreams

Coffee Dreams

Kreatives
Nothing compares to a freshly brewed cup of coffee while watching the African sunrise, it awakens your senses and prepares...
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King Tha

King Tha

Artists
She’s a vocal powerhouse, a work of art and a cultural ambassador who brings African culture and music to the...
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The crown of Kings

The crown of Kings

Fashion & Accessories
Umqhele Crowns are not just a fashion statement, even though our current lifestyle would make one assume so. It’s however,...
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Zulu love Letters

Zulu love Letters

Fashion & Accessories
For the past 8 moons, I’ve felt your presence patiently igniting my heart, like a wildfire your love is hard...
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Closing Chapter

Closing Chapter

Blackspiration
It saddens me how our society views closure as a foreign concept, a Western ideology whereas it’s part of our...
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Bagging Success

Bagging Success

Fashion & Accessories
Owning a Carol Bouwer bag is a classy, bold yet subtle, priceless possession which is both fashionable and timeless. It’s...
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The Art Of Living

The Art Of Living

Artists
A tree remains rooted and grounded, gently bearing fruits, it quickly adapts to unforeseen challenges of the environment. It may...
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Spilling Tea

Spilling Tea

Kreatives
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The sole of your Feet

The sole of your Feet

Fashion & Accessories
In the heart of KwaSithebe, eMandeni (KwaZulu-Natal) lies the Zetu Brand factory shop which has created employment for the local...
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