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Here's a fast-cooking breakfast bowl you can customize, made with the West African super grain fonio.

Learn more about the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and magical moisturizing marvel that is African black soap. The all-natural plant-based cleanser originated in West Africa, known as alata samina or ose dudu. Different regions have their own unique formulas, which often include palm oil, shea butter, and a potash filtered from burned cocoa pods, plantain skins or other plant material. What they don’t include is lye, dyes, perfumes or preservatives,...

Home is like ‘soul’—indescribable, but you know it when you feel it, and you miss it when it’s gone,” write designing duo Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason in their 2022 bestseller AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home. Spring is a great time to give our spaces a refresh, according to Nikki Boyd, the founder of athomewithnikki.com and the author of Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style...

You've probably got favorite products containing cocoa butter, shea butter or argan oil on your vanity right now—especially if you’ve collected the beauty treats in previous Luxe & Luminous boxes! “Africa is the source for so many rich nutrients that are beneficial to Black skin,” New York City aesthetician Alita Terry told Sisters From AARP. 

Several years ago, the West African country Ghana beck­oned Black diasporic people to make “The Return” to the former ancient kingdom. More than an ingenious marketing cam­paign, this powerful call for African Americans in particular to “come home” spoke to a yearning that many of us have to reconnect with our ori­gin stories.

From Morocco to Mozambique, there’s no better way to experience the beauty of Africa than to plant your feet on her soil! If an African excursion is on your bucket list, you might find inspiration from a few globe-trotting sisters who post about their travels and curated trips online. Enjoying the breathtaking photos they share of their journeys is a mental vacation we can take right now!