This image was published in Augsburg, Germany; ca 1542. As early as the late middle ages, people of African descent began appearing in European treatises on swordsmanship and the martial arts, such as the book of Hans Talhoffer (1467), plates of which are featured below: Colonists of African descent also undoubtedly learned from less savory […]
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Largest African Populations Estimated Over A Billion?
“The biggest change of our time?” he tweeted. “Africa’s increase from 1 to 4 billion people!” Four billion people before 2100, meaning that Africa will have a population on par with Asia. –Africa’s population explosion will change humanity – Business Insider The last 100 years have seen an incredible increase in the planet’s population. Some parts […]
Read MoreModel, Actress & Ex-Beauty Queen :Renee Bhagwandeen
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean/West Indies) Mixed Afro and Indo-Trinidadian. Ms. Bhagwandeen is an actress, known for America’s Next Top Model (cycle 20) & Ballers, before joining “America’s Next Top Model”, Renee Bhagwandeen has worked as a model previously. She moved to the United States when she was six years old. She is no stranger […]
Read MoreDifferent Ancient Egyptian & Nubian Hairdress, Hair Extensions & Wigs to Inspire
These are some of my personal and random photos I took from the Brooklyn Museum. Wigs was a sign of higher status in the ancient past, as you know we always had an interest in beauty. Grooming was a way of life. “In ancient Egypt thick hair was favored, and although common women kept their own hair, those of higher […]
Read MoreModel: Kimberlyn Parris
Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity: Caribbean/West Indies (Barbados) African descent. Represented Canada in Elite Model Look competition in Nice, France. Won for best runway walk. Kimberlyn Parris is an International Model who works in Print, Runway, Commercial and Catalogues ~ Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, London, New York, South Africa, Barcelona, Greece, Canada, USA, Switzerland. Personal Interest: Quote: […]
Read MoreBrazilian Model: Janaina Pereira
Brazil’s population includes the largest number of people of African descent in the entire Western Hemisphere. Brazil has the world’s second biggest black population after Nigeria, Africa. the largest number of people of Japanese ancestry outside Japan, and more people of Lebanese or Syrian extraction than the combined populations of Lebanon and Syria. Traveling the […]
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