GRIOTS REPUBLIC - AN URBAN BLACK TRAVEL MAG - OCTOBER 2016
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
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pinched and her children’s hair being very<br />
closely photographed. She said the attention<br />
was at first amusing and then became<br />
annoying very quickly. “We couldn’t concentrate<br />
on tours because of all the cameras<br />
pointed at us. We couldn’t walk quickly<br />
due to the crowds swarming us. We were<br />
grumpy. What we looked like was ruining<br />
our chance to enjoy where we were.”<br />
Despite the uncouth interactions, Chakauya<br />
shared that his time in the east greatly informed<br />
his approach to design. “I got a<br />
chance to experience the food, the culture,<br />
the people… all of those things play into<br />
my aesthetic. The name Butsu itself is a<br />
reflection of my experience in the east.”<br />
Butsu, a derivative of the word butsudan,<br />
means Buddhist altar or shrine in Japanese.<br />
In his own mother tongue - Shona, it<br />
simply means shoe. For him, Butsu serves<br />
a dual purpose. “I see my body of work as<br />
a gift to the world but at the same time I’m<br />
honoring all the people that came before<br />
me by doing something of significance<br />
with my life,” he said. “It plays on the two<br />
things. It’s my legacy.”<br />
The shrine, which has it roots in nearly every<br />
ancient belief system on the planet, is<br />
significant to Chakauya for other reasons<br />
as well.<br />
In Africa, the infamous exercise of coloni-