Top and skirt by Azede Jean-Pierre, vintage shoes by Liz Claiborne and jewelry by Nandi Naya Decorating the sun-dappled New York City apartment of editor Amy Sall is a collection of books on African history and a poster of the film Moolaadé by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. “I give myself the right to explore anything I find interesting, ” Amy says. Among her social media feeds is archival and documentary imagery from Africa and the diaspora from the colonial period to the present: Grainy black-and-white footage of a 1961 meeting of the Nation of Islam appears This story is from Kinfolk Issue Twenty-One Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 43 Signal Boost How status anxiety drives culture. Arts & Culture Issue 39 Shelf Life The rise and rise of design objects. Arts & Culture Issue 38 Seeing the Light The aftermath of almost dying. Arts & Culture Issue 38 Memes of Communication A conversation about digital folklore. Arts & Culture Issue 37 Peer Review Michelle Dean, author of Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion celebrates Renata Adler. Arts & Culture Issue 36 Designated Drudgery How to take a load off.
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