54 #15 - Written Legacy

54 #15 - Written Legacy

About 54 Magazine: A mecca of African culture. From cover to cover—every story we produce and page we print is aimed at preserving African culture, uplifting her creators, and sharing her untold truths with readers around the globe. Replacing sweeping, stale narratives. For far too long, a one-dimensional story defined by only poverty-stricken villages and tourist safaris—has dominated the narrative surrounding Africa. While African artists influenced the world for centuries over—their fashions emulated on European runways, their art pillaged by colonialists, their original melodies and beats set as the background to English lyrics on American albums—the world knew little of the setting that shaped so much of its own everyday experiences. At best, Africa’s creations have inspired. At worst, they have been seized without citing.