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See How Much Kenyan Beauty Has Changed Over 100 Years

At this point, we've seen quite a few of WatchCut's 100 Years of Beauty videos. If you're unfamiliar with the company's creations, they highlight the trending hair and makeup trends from various countries, on one model, and in the span of a little more than a minute.

Check out the video above, and let us know your favorite decade in the comments. WatchCut's videos continue to hit it out of the park, and we can't wait to see which country is next.

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Lupita Nyong’o Pens A Powerful Essay For Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter

Lupita Nyong’o and Akosua Busia in Eclipsed. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.

Today’s edition of Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s bi-weekly Lenny Letter includes a heartfelt contribution from Lupita Nyong’o.

In an essay, titled Why I Chose a “Small Play” over the Big Screen, the Academy Award-winning actress reflects on her career choices, or rather, why she shouldn’t have to defend her choices. The letter is inspired by a question she was asked during a recent round of press for her Tony-nominated turn in the Broadway production of Danai Gurira’s history-making story of five women during the Liberian civil war, Eclipsed.

“Why would such a big star choose to do such a small play?”

For Nyong’o the question initially seemed silly. “I’m an actress; why wouldn’t I want to be in an incredible, gorgeous, meaty piece about the complicated choices of women during wartime?” she writes. But she soon realized it went deeper than that.

“I think as women, as women of color, as black women, too often we hear about what we ‘need to do’” she writes.

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6 Sensational Photos From A Global Contest With 230,000 Entries

A young man from Bali, Indonesia, shows off his rainbow-colored rooster before a cockfight.

Courtesy of Ruben Salgado Escudero and the World Photography Organization

For the Ekondas pygmies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the most important moment in a woman's life is the birth of her first child. The young mother goes through an elaborate beautification ritual to draw attention to herself, spreading pastes of palm oil and other ingredients over her hair and body.

Courtesy of Patrick Willocq and the World Photography Organization

Men push a cart through a neighborhood in northern Shanxi, China, as smoke billows from a coal-fired power plant in the distance.

Courtesy of Kevin Frayer and the World Photography Organization

A yawn from one of the girls who'll perform a traditional dance at the Hindu Melasti Festival in Bali, Indonesia.

Courtesy of Khairel Anuar Che Ani and the World Photography Organization

Tibetan nomads put up a string of Buddhist prayer flags in Qinghai, China. They face many challenges to their traditional way of life, including political pressure to resettle, climate change and rapid modernization.

Courtesy of Kevin Frayer and the World Photography Organization

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Ten retro fashion trends making a comeback

Fashion has been explored from all its angles and people are now going back to the classic vintage roots. The swinging 60s were the Golden Age of freedoms, so it has been said, and contemporary designers are dashing to revive the revolutionary golden era. Street style and retailing is evolving unpredictably as trends make a grand return, writes Cynthia Mukanzi.

1. Shirt tied around the waist

Chris Brown did not invent the shirt-on-waist style. In his Loyal video, the singer has a plaid shirt tied around his waist as he jigs on. Youth saw this and immediately mimicked it, perhaps thinking it is the new cool. The likes of Cameron Diaz were rocking this style back in the 90s yet it has found its way into the present. Take a stroll in the streets of Nairobi and you won’t miss a glimpse of this.

2. Retro sunglasses

This vintage eyewear was largely associated with the hippie style of the 1960s although their use goes to as far 1920s.Reflective shades, polarised, aviator, cat eye, round and retro square sunglasses are ablaze now. Celebrity culture has popularised the sunglass style. When Queen Bey pulls that flawless look in retro sunglasses, everyone takes on the challenge. Coloured sunglasses were thought to be a clownish awkward celebrity trend in the 80s/90s but remain inexplicably fashionable in different shades just as the rest are.

What others have you seen?

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Sustainable fashion is possible

Slumlover Sweater Company

Handmade clothes from Nairobi and Kenya, that only use organic material for their products. This company employs women while giving fair wages. Scholarships are formed from the sales of the products that allow young children he able to attend high school.

Sustainable fashion. What is it exactly? It’s fashion that doesn’t cause harm to animals, people or the environment.

According to Eco Fashion World, Sustainable fashion, or eco fashion, are designs that are not harmful to the environment, people or animals and made in a safe way.

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A Snapshot of African Diversity, Done in Style

Catherine Chapman

2manysiblings. Velma Rossa and Papa Petit. Nairobi. Photo by Sarah Waiswa. Image Courtesy of: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

Bright colors and tribal wear, stereotypically associated with African style, seem like an unlikely match for the drizzly shores of Britain, but in the UK’s first major exhibition of its kind, Fashion Cities Africa, explores contemporary African identity through fashion at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. The display features designers from four major African cities: Casablanca, Morocco; Lagos, Nigeria; Nairobi, Kenya; and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Legendary textile designer and artist Nike Davies Okundaye. Lagos. Photo by Lakin Ogunbanwo. Image Courtesy of: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

The Sartists. Wanda Lephoto, Xzavier Zulu, Kabelo Kungwane and Andile Buka. Photo by Victor Dlamini. Image Courtesy of: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

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16 Stunning Looks From South African Fashion Week SS16

South African Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016–one of the biggest events on the South African fashion calendar––took place this month in Johannesburg. German photographer Gerrit Hahn was front and center to capture some of the most stunning looks at SAFW SS16. Browse through a few of our favorites below––listed in no particular order––featuring designs by Urban Zulu, Liz Ogumbo, Naked Ape, D.O.P.E., By DS, Ephymol, Sun Goddess, Loayo Art & Creations, Sober, Judith-Atelier, Gert-Johan Coetzee, Non-European and Isabel de Villiers.

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Watch 1987’s ‘La Vie Est Belle’ Starring The Late Papa Wemba

The movie La vie est belle, which translates to “Life is beautiful,” or “Life is rosy.” Although it was released in 1987, some African countries still did not have TV stations, so it garnered so much popularity when high school students were lucky enough to watch it in the movie theater at their schools.

Watch La vie est belle in full, with English subtitles, below.

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Why Kenya Is Burning 100 Tons of Elephant Ivory

Paleontologist-turned-politician Richard Leakey talks with Scientific American about his efforts to save Kenya’s wildlife

A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) ranger stands guard next to illegal stockpile of elephant tusks and ivory figurines before their destruction, in the national park of Nairobion on April 27, 2016. On April 30, 2016, Kenya will burn approximately 105 tonnes of confiscated ivory, almost all of the country's total stockpile at an event attended by several African heads of state, conservation experts, high-profile philanthropists and celebrities which they hope will send a strong anti-poaching message. Credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images

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Beyonce is once again putting Africa on the map, as she featured talented and respected Nigerian fashion brand, Maki Oh in her latest visual album, Lemonade. Maki Oh is no newbie to the world of ce…

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A to Z guide to Brazil

On the day that the Olympic flame is lit we shift our lens to Brazil, the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, to bring you an alternative, cultural guide to the country that gave the world Gisele, Pelé, and Walter Salles. Watch the video above for your A to Z guide to Brazil. Source: CNN

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Polly Borland, who shot portraits of Queen Elizabeth II for the monarch's Golden Jubilee, recalls the intimate close-up and her creative approach.

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Djibouti is a haven for whale sharks, who come to its shores to feast and mate. But lately, the species' numbers are decreasing, and no one knows why.

(CNN)As it turns out, whale sharks -- the biggest fish in the seas -- are gluttons for crabs. So, find a spot rich in crustaceans, and these beasts will surely follow, which is why Djibouti's coast has become a prime spot for shark whale-watchers.

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On November 5, 2015 Tanzania swore into office a new President. Coincidentally he is also a John.

John Magufuli is doing what has been termed the “Rwandanisation of Tanzania”. If you dont know about what Paul Kagame has done with Rwanda make Google your friend.

Here are some of the things John Magufuli has done already in LESS THAN A MONTH. Not in 3 or 6 years, one month. He’s shown a clear commitment to walk the talk but not to talk and talk and talk and talk more like we do here:

1. Soon after his election, Magufuli declared there would be no celebration of Independence Day on 9 December because it would be “shameful” to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when people were dying of cholera. Instead, the day has been set as a national day of cleanliness, and the money will go toward street¬cleaning services. He has said everybody should pick up their tools and clean their backyards.

2. After his first official visit to the Muhimbili Hospital, and seeing the horrible state it was in, he ordered over 200 million shillings marked for “parliament parties” be used to pay for beds for people lying on the floor and sharing beds.

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A Wrap Up of The Aloe Blacc Show at Blankets and Wine

Aloe Blacc, clad in all black, no he really was, put up a good show. His set had me reminiscing about the music of the 90s with some of his disco funk tracks and the soul in it. He told stories in between and had the crowd on its feet. His vocals with the drummers, the saxophonists, guitarists and background vocalists came together so beautifully to give such a dope performance. So dope was this performance he got an encore. His hour was up but he had the people jumping so much the crowd asked for him back on the stand. Maybe it’s because he involved the audience and said that it wasn’t a “spectator sport” but he’d rather everyone got involved It was that good!

Source: Kenyan Vibe

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Bangladesh's 'Tree Man' gets life-changing surgery

A team of doctors is hoping surgery to remove the branch-like lesions on Abul Bajandra's hands and feet will change his life for the better.

Source: CNN

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