BRINGING AFRICAN ACQUIRED TASTES TO THE FOREFRONT. Created by local entrepreneur Sola Ajao, a long term resident of Randolph for over 21 years, Destiny African Market & Variety Store sells authentic African foods, drinks, and snacks straight from the motherland, including raw produce and hard-to-find products that aren’t readily available in the States (think Indomie [Nigeria’s version of ramen […]

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a day of remembrance of the African American culture, specifically Emancipation Day or Freedom Day.    On June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 was read by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas. The order informed enslaved Africans in America that they were free.     On June 15, 2021, […]

“Natural hair is so hard to maintain. It dries fast, breaks easily and shrinks often.”  I bet you’ve heard this statement before. Well, the statement is true to some extent –- natural hair dries fast and breaks easily –- but it’s not hard to maintain.  Actually, most black women have lately started attesting to how […]

Whether you rock your natural hair out, under a wig, or with synthetic hair, haircare is likely a big part of your regimen. Textured hair needs special haircare treatment, and finding the right combination to keep your hair free of product build-up, yet moisturized.  Finding the correct products that work for your natural hair may take […]