Glass beading traditions across Africa are deeply rooted in local cultures, showcasing sophisticated, distinct and dynamic practices that have thrived for millennia. Like this work from the Cameroon ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fate of a partially collapsed building on the grounds of Detroit’s Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum hangs in the air as of Wednesday evening. Plans to demolish the building early Tuesday morning ...

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 ...

Detroit - Inside an old building adorned with a bright eye-catching mural made of beads on Detroit’s west side is a man who tells stories about the history of African beads. Olayami Dabls, 73, of ...

Detroit — It was 22 years ago that artist Olayami Dabls was gifted a row of townhouses on the city’s west side to house his extensive African bead and artifact collection. Within those townhouses and ...

A partially collapsed building on the grounds of Detroit’s Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum was demolished Tuesday by orders from the city of Detroit, bringing a brief but passionate struggle to a close ...

Creating African-inspired bead curtains from recycled materials is an eco-friendly and creative way to enhance your living space ...

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 ...