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Imani at Boston Carnival with younger sister and eldest niece, circa 1983 How old were you when you learned of Africa?   Imani was 13. She had just discovered Bob Marley & The I-Threes. Their chants called for repatriation of Afro Diasporians to Africa, and a unified Africa as expressed by Haile Selassie and Marcus Garvey, to name two of her idols.   Roots reggae of the 1970s boasted melodic chords confronting colonizers for the insurmountable destruction of their hate and greed. Rita, Judy and Marcia embodied a femininity Imani admired; hair adorned in towering head wraps of red, gold...

About a year ago, while scrolling Instagram I bucked up on a post about a notable revolt led by enslaved Blacks in Cuba, 1825 I believe. Immediately, I started to imagine my great grandfather, Eliazer McFarlane, a man physically unknown to this side of his descendants.    Proud, excited and curious, I left a comment sharing the bit I know of our Cuban ancestry. That my grandfather was born in Cuba and left speaking childlike Spanish- to return during his bout of dementia, that his mother was a migrant worker in Cuba where she and Eliazer manifested my favorite Bull, and that Eliazer likely/definitely had...

Slow fashion, sustainability, textiles as life, home as a sanctuary, family traditions, thriving in the interior design and fashion industry as a black Rastafarian woman in Boston; these are just a few of the realities we will share in our monthly blog entitled, “Talk di ting!” Nothing is off topic so as it pertains to the truth of growing, establishing, sustaining and executing the values and mission of House of Tafari Collection, and the advancement of our community.