This year’s Black Excellence Mixer went down at Afrika Taste and Lounge in South Euclid. Here’s what we saw. 

Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace
Black Excellence Mixer at Afrika Credit: Emanuel Wallace

Emanuel Wallace is a photographer and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has been the staff photographer for Cleveland Scene magazine since 2014. In the past, he has contributed to Cleveland.com, Destination Cleveland and the Call & Post, among other outlets. In his spare time, Emanuel likes to experiment with crafting various cocktails and brewing his own beer.