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When my friend Avila told me that she planned to launch the Kutenda project, I was so excited by the simplicity but also the significance of the idea. It immediately hit home that it was going to mean so much to so many people, including me. We hear a lot these days about the importance...

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This is how we clap for ourselves with both hands strapped behind our backs. This is how we will normalise our existence, our persistence, our perspiration under self-made banners; one piece of paper at a time. We were founded under a thought, a dream, that we deserve to be seen, and see those mirror images on both small and big...

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Growing up, I loved art and creating. I loved learning from the world around me but hardly ever saw Black artists being celebrated and creating at the same level as their white counterparts.  The representation was scarce. I found myself drawing Barbie repetitively and obsessing over the Black characters in Bratz and Totally Spies when I...

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