Category: Multicultural

Kenyan Journalist Boniface Mwangi Runs For Office Risking His Life and Family – A Must Watch!

January 26, 2021

By Lupita Franco Peimbert Boniface Mwangi is a charismatic man who grew up poor in Kenya. His parents called him “Softie,” but later they found out he was everything but that. He went from successful photojournalist for CNN, to activist and to political candidate in a Kenya full of corruption and violence.  In this highly … More Kenyan Journalist Boniface Mwangi Runs For Office Risking His Life and Family – A Must Watch!

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Friendly Little Monsters Called Alebrijes.

November 26, 2017

Photos and text by Lupita Franco Peimbert. (Culture) – Considered popular art in Mexico and Latin America, the Alebrijes are colorful creatures or friendly little monsters made of cardboard, paper-mache, and occasionally from Copal wood. There is some mysticism attached to these dreamy pieces, as many believe they are representations of something special: guardian angels … More Friendly Little Monsters Called Alebrijes.

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You Can Find Anything in the Streets of Berkeley. A Mayan Mural, For One Thing.

November 22, 2016

(Public Art) – What a treat! Someone from the neighborhood not far from UC Berkeley has a mural outside their home based on prior work and the ideas of local muralist Ernesto Olmos. A native of Oaxaca but also an American citizen, Olmos is well known in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area for … More You Can Find Anything in the Streets of Berkeley. A Mayan Mural, For One Thing.

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‘Day of the Dead’ Exhibit at Tertulia Coffee & Gallery.

October 17, 2016

  By Lupita Peimbert (Art & Culture) – A few dozen paintings and multimedia work like the one above, adorn the large white walls inside  Sanchez Contemporary, a gallery adjacent to Tertulia Coffee on Telegraph Street. The coffee shop and art gallery opened not long ago in Oakland’s trendy Uptown neighborhood. Tertulia is two business … More ‘Day of the Dead’ Exhibit at Tertulia Coffee & Gallery.

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Want To See The First African Free-Town In The Americas? Go to Mexico.

August 5, 2015

Yanga. It is called Yanga.  In the middle of intense vegetation in Southeastern Veracruz, a state along the Mexican Gulf, the town of Yanga is evidence to the presence and settlement of Africans in Mexico. On our way to the Port of Veracruz, we stopped at Yanga. We saw the agricultural fields full of caña and…

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