Ep. 13 | The Grandassa Models: Ambassadors of the Black is Beautiful Movement with Cinque Brathwaite - Part II

Taniqua continues the conversation with Cinque Brathwaite, the co-founder and president of the Elombe Brath Foundation. Cinque talks about how the African Jazz Art Society and Studio birthed the Black is Beautiful Movement and the Grandassa models, a group that changed the standards of beauty for an entire community and became the inspiration behind the first drop of Rihanna's Fenty collection. Elombe Brath Foundation Kwame Brathwaite The Grandassa Models Website Instagram Fashion and Consciousness Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (Gender and American Culture) by Tanisha Ford --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/black-fashion-history/message