RENDA VOL. 7, ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2021
Volume 6 Issue 2
Founder/Editor-in-Chief Ezzah Rafique
Design Director Mohja Filfil
Communications Director Iman Tanzeem
Social Media Director Tequila Helland
Web Director
Camila Camacho
Contributors Jolanta Young, Tim Brown, Jenna Michele, Joseph Allen, Shelly Ackah, & Jonathan Martinez
FRONT COVER: Jenna Michele (Photographer) BACK COVER: Jolanta Young (Photographer)
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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ORENDA MEDIA is back with another issue for the month of February! Unlike our first volume where we created different issues to split up one volume, our 6th Volume Issue #2 is dedicated to Black History Month! Nowadays, especially in the media industry, not many magazines dedicate an issue solely to Black History Month, so we felt that it was vital to include one. Not only do we have creative work for Black History Month, but we've also included shows, podcasts, movies, leaders, and books to shine a light on different black voices!
Ezzah Rafique Founder/Editor-in-Chief
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black voice media.
m o v ie s e , 201 8 - The Hate U Giv
- The Fits, 2015
, 2020 - Miss Juneteenth
- Pariah, 2011
- Hidden Figures, 2017
shows - All American, 2018 - Dear White People, 2017 - On My Block, 2018
- Insecure, 2016 - Queen Sugar, 2016
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books - "Well-Read Black Girl" by Glory Edim - "You Should See Me in a Crown" by Leah Johnson - "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
- "Child of the Dream" by Sharon Robinson
P O D C A S T s
- Code Switch, hosted by Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby - The Nod
- 3BC (3 Black Chicks) - Okay, Now Listen - Gettin' Grown
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Black & Brown Love Photographer/Creative Director JOLANTA YOUNG @jolantayoungphotography Model ELI NYAMAL BOTH DOL @nubilollections_by_bothdol Model JT SCOTT @jt_scott__ Model ADELINE BILLINGTON @girlblackmedia Model CLINT GUERRA @D&ATalent @guerraclint Model JAMEL HARRIS @iamjamelharris Makeup Artist HANNAH LEE PEIFFER @hannah8381 Makeup Artist VICTORIA BLUMENTRITT @muavbk
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The Eyes Tell A Story Model TIM BROWN @Timbrownatl
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WARDROBE Earrings: Stylist Collection Jacket: Topshop
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Photographer STEFAN SCOTT @twenty8photography Model SHELLY ACKAH @theafricanbombshell Wardrobe Stylist BRIAN LAMONT @mrbrianlamont
WARDROBE Boots: Steve Madden Earrings: Stylist Collection Jacket: Topshop
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WARDROBE Boots: Steve Madden Earrings: Stylist Collection Jacket: Topshop
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WARDROBE Skirt: Topshop Earrings: DM Jewel Bar Jewelry: Stylist Collection Coat: Topshop
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QUEENS AMONG THE SAND
Photographer JENNA MICHELE @photojenic_artistree Model LAMONTICA LASHONTAYY @LaMontica.LaShontayy Model NIKKI KURTZ @n_ikkiii Model AMANDA UGWU @amandakugwu Model JASMINE LIDDELL @j.alexandria_ Model EBONY ZIEGLER @ebonita._ Makeup Artist KRYSTHAL ACOSTA @thesnatchtrap Wardrobe Stylist MARIAH JACKSON @kaij.fashion
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STRAIGHT OUT OF MILES
Photographer JOSEPH ALLEN @new_columbia_wingman Model BIANCA TOGUCHI @ms.toguchi @Roe the Agency
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Evening in Japan
Photographer JONATHAN MARTINEZ @johnny.the.1ndonly Model CYMBER CLAY @cymbino
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Coretta Scott King WIFE OF MARTIN LUNTER KING JR. CIVIL ACTIVIST
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"First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement" - Baltimore Sun
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Ella Fitzgerald "THE FIRST LADY OF SONG" JAZZ SINGER
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First African American Woman to Win a Grammy
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Maya Angelou POET CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST MEMOIRIST ACTRESS WRITER DANCER & MORE
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Most Famous for '"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which "was one of the first-ever written by a black woman to garner widespread readership" - The New York Times
Maya Angelou visits York College Feb 2013
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more black voices. epreneur, tr n E re lk a W . .J C m M ada dollar hair n o li il b ilt u m a d create care industry nded “The u fo : tt o b b A rt e b o R Chicago Defender” r of Alvin Alvin Ailey- Founde ce Theater Ailey American Dan Sr.- first Benjamin O. Davis for the US l ra e n e g n a c ri e m African-A Army bolitionist, Fredrick Douglas- A Author atest jazz re g n to g in ll E e k u D + L e a d e r of a e m ti is h f o r e s o p com Jazz Orchestra
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h e Q ue e n of Aretha Franklin- “T Soul”, singer
Katherine Johnson- Mathematician who helped launch digital computers at NASA Martin Luther King Jr- Civil rights activist Malcolm X- Civil rights activist Thurgood Marshall- Supreme Court’s 1st African American Justice Sojourner Truth- Abolitionist & activ ist Harriet Tubman- Abolitionist & 1st African American woman to appear on the US $20 bill starting 2020 Serena Williams: Tennis player
August Wilson- Playwright Shirley Anita Chisholm- 1st black woman elected to the US Congress, as well as a politician, educator, & author Amanda Gorman- Youngest Inaugural poet in US history Tarana Burke- Me Too movement founder, activist Jeanette Epps- 1st black woman to join an international space station crew
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VOL. 6 Issue 2
ORENDA MAGAZINE VOLUME #6 2021 ISSUE 2 FEB 24th FRONT COVER: Photo by Jenna Michele BACK COVER:Young Photo by Jolanta theorendamedia.com issuu.com/orendamedia