Scenes From Brooklyn’s Afropunk 2016
The 12th annual festival of music and culture featured Tyler the Creator, TV on the Radio, Ice Cube, Janelle Monae—and so much more. See photos from the two-day event.
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A concertgoer poses on a piano at Afropunk.
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A mural created from photographs of Afropunk attendees.
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Attendees wait between acts at Afropunk.
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Sidewalk chalk by @ambertheactivist at Afropunk Day 2.
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A woman tries hula-hooping at Afropunk.
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A man applies body paint to a woman at Afropunk.
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A woman competes in an adult tricycle race at Afropunk.
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Playable piano on the main lawn at Afropunk.
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Two fans and a baby seek shelter from the heat using a parasol at Afropunk.
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Nigerian-born artist “Oluseye” begins a mural using photographs taken live of fans at Afropunk.
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An Afropunk attendee approves of the non-binary gender bathrooms.
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An Afropunk attendee.
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