pan-af week 2024

Apr 25, 2024

Weaving Identities: African American Textile Society Fashion Exposé

Kaela Belingon / Photo Editor A model twirls to show off a design in Sahara Gar’s collection, “Avant-Garde,” at the 26th Annual Fashion Expose in the Talley Ballroom on April 8, 2024. The Expose was hosted by the African American Textile Society.   On Monday, April 8, 2024.The African American Textile Society (AATS) held its 26th…

Apr 25, 2024

Stomp the Yard

Violet Beesley / Staff Photographer Elantra Yarbor, a fourth-year studying business administration, and Lauren Clark, a fourth-year studying english, dance at the Stomp The Yard Darty at Harris Field on Friday, April 12, 2024. This event featured three different food vendors and a air-brush artist.   On Friday, April 12, the Black Students Board (BSB) held…

Apr 25, 2024

African Night: Coming to America

Kaela Belingon / Photo Editor Student models show off their outfits during Africa Night in Nelson Hall on Friday, April 13, 2024. The African Student Union’s event featured a fashion walk that showed off both traditional and modern African clothing.   A pulsing beat came from the third floor of Nelson Hall on a Saturday…

Apr 25, 2024

Trap N’ Paint

For the fourth day of Pan-African week, paint pallets and rhythmic beats blended at Trap N’ Paint. Hosted by the Black Students Board, this event provided a space for Black students to express their creativity while surrounded by familial culture and community. Several circular tables seating six to eight participants were filled with canvases, easels,…