Activist artist and designer of wearable art, Januwa Moja (shown below with her models), returned to Havana, Cuba this summer for another successful fashion show. The event was held at Casa de Africa in Havana Vieja (Old Havana), on July 31, a date that is celebrated internationally as “The Day of the African Woman.”
For a brief review of the show and a slide presentation of some of Moja’s brilliant designs, check out this story in OnCuba Magazine.
Moja talks about her travels to Cuba in this video from 2012:
Moja shares a variety of combs collected from West Africa and discusses their symbolic significance.
In this video interview recorded for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2013, Moja discusses her experiences growing up in Civil Rights-era Baltimore, and the insights that both led her to become a designer and influenced her art.
Be sure to click on the following link to view another video featuring Januwa Moja on the wearable art of regalia also from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Ourstorian 
WOW!!! I just came across this. Big thanks and big Ashe’. Send me your address and I will send you the sound track from the show that I put together. Keep doing great things.
Many blessings,
Januwa
It is my honor and pleasure to share with my readers the magnificent work you have been creating for decades. Thank you for presenting and representing the power and wonder of our culture through your brilliant designs and creations.
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Genius she is, and a real soldier for our people. She caring, cultural & ever so conscious.
Peace to you, creative being.
Ajuba