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New Orleans’ only Black woman tattoo shop owner, Malaika Mecca Burke, shares her journey from post-Katrina volunteer to ...
Finding an ink-free service member is infinitely more rare than the alternative, but that is a relatively new phenomenon.
These nine Black tattoo artists are masterful around the concept of skin as canvas, demonstrating that brown skin and deeper ...
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A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...
Sam Yamini founded Dedication Tattoo in 2013, and he brought a style of Japanese-inspired tattooing to Denver that’s magnetic and bold.
Jason Kelce reacted to a fan's naughty pin-up style tattoo, which featured the Philadelphia Eagles' mascot emerging from his private area.
COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa.
Ultimately, the visual style is less important than the underlying intention. What truly defines Spiritual Ink is the purpose behind the design—the personal story it carries and the healing it ...
A symbol of continental unity since 1961, Africa Hall in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa has undergone a sweeping restoration to consolidate its legacy for future generations.
It is also a worrying sign that M23 ’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war.
A tattoo artist at Black Onyx Empire Tattoo parlor in Yuma, Ariz. was presented with an unusual situation. Last year, a couple walked into his shop with their 9-year-old, who wanted to get an ...