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Biba Adams

Biba Adams is a regular contributor and project editor for Model D. Formally Model D's Editor at Large, she is a longtime journalist whose work is fueled by her passion for people and her native Detroit. Find her on all social channels @BibatheDiva.

Biba Adams's Latest Articles

Min. DeMarco Muhammad details how the Black Bottom neighborhood led to the development and formation of the Nation of Islam
Black bottom gets long-awaited historical marker

At a ceremony last week to celebrate the erecting of a new historical marker for the community, historian Jamon Jordan said that the history in the neighborhood went even farther back than the Black Americans who settled there

Chef Phil is honored.
Chef Phil Jones honored as ‘Chef of the Year’

Since the 1980s, Chef Phil Jones has been transforming Detroit’s foodscape through his commitment to making healthy food more affordable and accessible. He has found that food has the power to closely connect and improve communities. 

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Focus: HOPE student leaders program trains the brightest and best for success

Students share their skills and talents with the organization which shows them how community, government, nonprofit, business comes together to shape programs that deliver for communities.

Karima Sorel and friends.
Acclaimed former restaurateur and artist, Karima Sorel, reflects on her relocation to France

This piece will offer all the objectivity I can give with a tint of my love for my best friend. 

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Five essential Detroit hip hop songs

“Some people will tell you, we have a sound that’s labeled as street, but then there’s also a scene labeled as underground rap, and it’s so dope because both are recognized worldwide."

Participants create memorial pouches for the Healing Memorial.
Detroiters invited to contribute to permanent Healing Memorial for COVID-19 victims

The city's Office of Arts, Culture, and Entrepreneurship; the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy; and the Cranbrook Art Museum are creating a permanent, living memorial to Metro Detroiters who died from COVID-19.

Students work at Irene's Myomassology Institute.
Irene’s Myomassology Institute returns to serve Metro Detroit students and citizens

The pandemic made the school's close-contact work all but impossible for a while, but now it's reopened with safety precautions in place.

Izegbe and George N'Namdi talk with Theaster Gates.
Renowned artist, educator, and urban planner Theaster Gates brings his unique view to Marygrove

The Chicago-based artist is partnering with Marygrove on efforts to spur artist-led, neighborhood-based development and entrepreneurship.

“I want people to know that they are beautiful before they get in my chair and after they leave because God made them that way,” says Williams.
Five Detroit makeup artists you should know

With weddings on hold, makeup artist Rashida LaShawn Williams was forced to innovate. She launched virtual classes that got more and more popular and, before she knew it, she was in a commercial alongside Jennifer Hudson and other Black, female entrepreneurs.

Inside the Flower Therapy exhibition at the Norwest Gallery of Art.
New Norwest Gallery of Art exhibit encourages healing through floral art

“Detroit has suffered so much loss from gun violence to this terrible pandemic that we felt the need for a space of healing and understanding,” Hamilton said in a statement. “Flowers helped us through our grief and this Flower Therapy exhibition is just that, THERAPY. An opportunity for encouragement to all who attend.”

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