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A man in a blue checkered shirt, jeans, rubber boots, and gloves bends over while working the soil in a small garden plot with green plants growing in rows. A stone border and banana trees are visible in the background.
SOW. HOE. GROW.
March 10, 2026
SOW. HOE. GROW.

Mr. Seun Opadare, a Yoruba man living in Ibadan, transformed part of his compound into a small garden. Using only what he had at home, he learned how to grow food for himself and his neighbors, building the garden from the ground up.  His garden is modest in size and wasn’t created through any program or external support. It is a daily practice that he maintains, guided by what he can cultivate with his own hands.  I started documenting him to understand how a simple daily practice can become a form of care that is steady and rooted in place.  

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A Forest of the Gods
March 10, 2026
A Forest of the Gods

A poem by Tunji Offeyi

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Reclaiming the Grove
March 10, 2026
Reclaiming the Grove

Heritage in Nigeria is both tangible and intangible, shaped by landscapes that sustain society through vital ecosystem services. This creates responsibility for those who inhabit the land, yet breakdowns lead to deforestation, polluted rivers, and threatened livelihoods. Such degradation exposes how ecological integrity and community well‑being are inseparable. International frameworks like UNESCO’s affirm sacred landscapes as cultural heritage, where nature and identity are jointly protected.

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Nataanii Means, Omaha, Oglala Lakota, Diné artist, reflects on how hip hop is reshaping the conversation around Indigenous justice, identity, and sovereignty. Photo credit: Nataanii Means, December 2025
Voices of Change: Nataanii Means on Hip Hop, Resistance, and Reclaiming Power
November 30, 2025
Voices of Change: Nataanii Means on Hip Hop, Resistance, and Reclaiming Power

As part of The Magazine’s Changemakers issue, Diné, Omaha, and Oglala Lakota rapper and activist Nataanii Means shares how hip hop has become a force for transformation—challenging colonial legacies, rebuilding community, and inspiring a new generation to rise with purpose.

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Weaving Change: Women Who Transform Through Care
November 30, 2025
Weaving Change: Women Who Transform Through Care

The illustrations on the following pages portray care as a vital force, a practice that connects the land, memory, and the hands of women who have made, and continue to make, the construction of a country that recognizes the value of care possible. In so-called “Colombia”, care has historically been a central practice for the sustainability of life, though its social and political dimensions have rarely been acknowledged.

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PERFUMADOS: Navigating Indigenous Identity Through Ritual Art
September 15, 2025
PERFUMADOS: Navigating Indigenous Identity Through Ritual Art

Los Perfumados is a pictorial series born at the crossroads of artistic creation, field research, and ritual experience.

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Ancestral Answer Key
September 15, 2025
Ancestral Answer Key

“Ancestral Answer Key” is a poem about a young Afro-Indigenous girl who asks difficult questions about who she is and where she comes from. Her mother is Hidatsa.

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Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye, twin brothers and organizers of the World Twins Festival, wearing identical light brown agbada with striped patterns and red coral beads, standing outdoors during the World Twins Festival in Igboora, Nigeria. Their hands gesture playfully as they pose for the camera.
The Sacred Identity of Twins in Yoruba Tradition
September 15, 2025
The Sacred Identity of Twins in Yoruba Tradition

In Yoruba spiritual belief, every person on earth has an unseen spiritual double—In the town of Igboora, located in Oyo State in southwest Nigeria, twins hold a unique and celebrated place in the community.

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September 15, 2025
I indigenous

A poem by Yaffa.

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The image shows filmmaker Ángeles Cruz standing in front of the Municipal Agency in her town of Villa Guadalupe Victoria at a sunset of brown and yellow colors. Ángeles is braiding her hair while looking at the camera. Photo credit: Ange Cayuman, January 5, 2022
A Brief Chronicle of an Ancestral Journey
May 25, 2025
A Brief Chronicle of an Ancestral Journey

A decade ago, I began searching for Ancestral Diversity in film and audiovisual media. One of its origins was a visit I made in 2013 to the Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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The Concept of “Chi” as Regards Igbo Ontology on Gender and Sexuality
May 25, 2025
The Concept of “Chi” as Regards Igbo Ontology on Gender and Sexuality

The Igbo people of Nigerian culture often repeat an unfounded account of their origins. Many believe they are the lost tribe of Judah due to perceived similarities between Igbo culture and Judaism.

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Interview with Rebecca Nagle
May 25, 2025
Interview with Rebecca Nagle

Rebecca Nagle (pronouns: she/her) is a Two-Spirit/Queer citizen of Cherokee Nation. She has received several awards for her journalism and is a Peabody Award nominee. Her recent book, titled By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, is a national bestseller and finalist for several book prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and winner of the Oklahoma Historical Society’s E. E. Dale Award.

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