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Traditional African Art In Beyonce’s Lemonade

Beyoncé’s second visual album, Lemonade, released on April 23rd, 2016, features many important pieces of African art. 

The art adorned in Lemonade holds great significance because of its ability to communicate to society who the wearer is while both enhancing and protecting the beauty of the wearer. Beyoncé is wearing Yoruba body paint from Nigeria called “Ori”, which is usually white and covers the whole face. 

The Ori (which means ‘soul’) is intended to reveal the soul of its wearer. As such, a traditional Ori artist must be highly skilled at interpreting souls. In this way, this ritual also reminds me of the artists involved in creating the Moko of the Maori, or the Kakau of Hawai’i. Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo, who painted Beyoncé and her dancers for the video, said when interviewed by Okayafrica about the experience, “it was so emotional. It was powerful, mind-blowing. Being someone of her power, status, speaking up for women, speaking up for Black Lives Matter, empowerment. To be part of that… she has an amazing vision. Which is what I do with my painting. It’s a form of liberation”. 

There is a similar form of body art called “Kula” worn by women in Oromia. For the Oromo people, Kula helps protect women from Buda, or those with the evil eye. Kula is colorful and highlights areas between and below the eyes, to accentuate and draw attention to the woman’s face, nowadays painted on with nail polish. It is a venue for self-expression for the Oromo woman. Beyoncé is also seen wearing the ambarka, a beaded African necklace, used to communicate through patterns a woman’s skills or interests. Just as with body art, the beadwork in Oromo jewelry is an identifying factor of the people. I love the fact that Beyoncé is using her platform to celebrate traditional African art and raise up African artists. I’m grateful to have been inspired to learn more about the art and fashion of the Oromo and Yoruba women in Africa. 

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They say true love's the greatest weapon To win the war caused by pain, pain But every diamond has imperfections But my love's too pure to watch it chip away Oh nothing real can be threatened True love breathes salvation back into me With every tear came redemption And my torturer became a remedy

Beyoncé (All Night)

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🍋 #ArtIsAWeapon

Wow! It's been a Whole DECADE (April 23, 2016) since @beyonce dropped her groundbreaking "Lemonade" visual album, giving us a musical glimpse inside her very personal world and a bold, beautiful love letter to Black womenhood. Thank you, Bey!

🖼✍️🏾 reposted from @essence We all remember where we were on April 23, 2016.

Glued to our phones and television sets, thumbs still warm from downloading the HBO app, just to see what #Beyoncé had cooking. Pressing play on #Lemonade became a collective inhale, the kind you take before your life shifts a little.

We were gagged. Jay-Z did what? The group chat was in shambles and the timelines were spinning with questions and think pieces. Something wasn’t right in that household, but neither were we, watching our own stories flicker across the screen.

What Beyoncé offered was not simply revelation, but range. She gave us anger without apology in “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” a kind of freedom in “Sorry,” and a declaration of identity in “Formation” that felt both personal and collective. But she also gave us “All Night,” a song that does not ignore the damage but chooses, deliberately, to imagine what healing might look like on the other side of it.

The album went on to earn a Grammy Award and became one of the most critically celebrated works of its time, consistently named among the greatest albums of the decade. Still, its true weight cannot be measured in awards alone.

Because Lemonade did something quieter and more lasting. It made space. For Black women to be angry, to be soft, to be unsure, to be forgiving, to be whole. It reminded us that love is not always gentle, but it can be honest. And sometimes, honesty is the beginning of everything.

ESSIES, which songs got you through?

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1. "Pray You Catch Me" (Intuition/Denial)

2. "Hold Up" (Denial/Anger)

3. "Don't Hurt Yourself" (Anger)

4. "Sorry" (Apathy)

5. "6 Inch" (Emptiness)

6. "Daddy Lessons"

(Accountability)

7. "Love Drought" (Reformation)

8. "Sandcastles" (Forgiveness)

9. "Forward" (Resurrection)

10. "Freedom" (Hope)

11. "All Night" (Redemption)

12. "Formation" (Conclusion) 

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