Olayami Dabls, founder of Detroit’s MBAD African Bead Museum, is the Kresge Eminent Artist for 2022. The award, presented by the Kresge Foundation, includes $50,000 in recognition of lifetime ...

The material used in making beads can also tell you how authentic they are. Traditional African beads are made from glass, ...

Olayami Dabls founded the MBAD African Bead Museum in 1994 to reintroduce African culture and healing into the Detroit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the unique Detroit institution ...

They can also be used to make sustainable beads that are not only eco-friendly but also culturally rich. By using these textiles, you can create unique beads that showcase the beauty and diversity of ...

Olayami Dabls looks at his collapsed MBAD African Bead Museum building before it gets demolished. Credit: Kriss Putnins An 11th-hour appeal to save a collapsed building that was part of Detroit’s MBAD ...

Description of the African beadwork collections at the Field Museum of Natural History, which include Zulu beadwork from the Columbian World Exposition (1893), southern Nigerian beads donated by A. W.

Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on ...

Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the unique Detroit institution founded by artist and collector Olayami Dabls in 1998 would be closing its ...