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 50 How to Have Housemates New rules for communal living. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Karin Mamma Andersson Inside the moody, mysterious world of Sweden’s preeminent painter. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Mass Destruction “Artists are often left baffled by the fact that they have millions of monthly streams, yet only a couple of thousand followers on social media.” Arts & Culture Issue 49 On the Cheap The greatness of cultural worsts. Arts & Culture Issue 48 PACK IT IN The unhelpful cult of traveling light. Arts & Culture City Guide The New York Edition A serene stay in the Flatiron District.
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