Explorers Issue August 2017 | Page 17

MADEXXXX MADELIFE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA SANAA HAMID @lin_manuel_ British Asian Artist @ronakbahaar American Composer, Playwright, and Actor Best known for shedding light on the lack of diversity on Broadway by creating 'Hamilton,' Miranda has earned a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards and he's only 37. KIERAN YATES @kierany8s British Author & Journalist A freelance writer on music and politics for NME, The Metro and Dazed and Confused, Yates is the co-author of 'Generation Vexed' and The Guardian Music Weekly podcast. She often works within the theme of social politics, such as cultural and religious identity, femininity and body politics, part icularly within an Islamic and South Asian context. She also creates custom accessory pieces with Pakistani influences. RODNEY HINES Global Change Agent As the Director of US Social Impact, Starbucks, HinES plans to hire 10,000 refugees across 75 countries by 2022 and is also leading the company's initiative to bring 15 cafes to economically depressed communities in the US that include: Ferguson, MO and Englewood, Chicago, IL. AMAKA OSAKWE @maki.oh Fashion Designer Osakwe creates Nigerian-inspired fashion that projects messages of female empowerment and feature exclusively women of color. She leads her womanswear label, Maki Oh, one of the few Nigerian- based brands that is globally acknowledged. made-magazine.com | 17