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Don't Miss International Obscura Day! It's Coming To Detroit On May 30

Atlas Obscura, an organization that aims to highlight all the world’s hidden wonders and curiosities, is hosting International Obscura Day on Saturday, May 30. People are encouraged to go out in groups and explore hidden gems and unusual places in and around their hometowns. Detroiters can take part in the festivities by visiting two featured Obscura Day locations in Detroit – MBAD’s African Bead Museum and Woodmere Cemetery. Visitors to the African Bead Museum will be able to join Olaymi Da...

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Meet The Wise Olayami Dabls And Visit His Incredible African Bead Museum

Olayami Dabls’ speech is concentrated in profound intelligence. And his voice is as powerful as his collection of beads and African art, largely collected from the bead people of Mali, West Africa. Through both mediums, he tells a story about sincerity guiding Detroit’s newer qualities, and the remarkable cornerstone for African culture, MBAD African Bead Museum. Dabls is owner and museum curator of MBAD African Bead Museum. He moved to Detroit with his parents from Mississippi because of the...