FROM MARIE CLAIRE: Not since Julie Taymor brought The Lion King to the stage over a decade ago has there been such a surge in Afrocentric exoticism.
The box office has Avatar and its Na’vi tribe; Broadway, Fela!, the musical celebrating Nigerian musician Fela Kuti; and fashion, a continent’s worth of colorful patterns, rafia weaves, and wooden beads.
For spring, the message is loud and clear: Hakuna matata. SEE MORE HERE!
