Edouard Glissant, Creole Poet and Thinker
Edouard Glissant was one of the most important contemporary thinkers. In the 1980s, his theories of creolization, diversity and otherness, as elaborated in the book “Le Discours Antillais” (1981), were
On Elizabeth Catlett in Miami
BY Dinizulu Gene Tinnie By now, many of us have received the word that one of our greatest artists, Elizabeth Catlett, died this past Monday, April 2, in her sleep.
Front: The Beautyful Ones
Front: The Beautyful Ones: “The odd couple: agitprop and the griot tradition A former Sudanese child soldier who now raps about his life in often-bland verse is seated next to
Mangrove Mud Womp exhibition at FAU Fort Lauderdale campus
“Total Disappearance, v.1 (video still)” archival pigment print on Canson paper [Narrated video] Jan., 2012 – Onajide Shabaka is thrilled to announce the opening of “Mangrove Mud Womp,” a solo
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Couple Donates Collection of African-American Works to Georgia Museum of Art
Couple Donates Collection of African-American Works to Georgia Museum of Art: “GEORGIA, USA—Part-time Atlantans Larry and Brenda Thompson, who have amassed one of the country’s major private collections of African-American
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African Prints More Sophisticated, Subtle In 2011
I don’t currently have a radio and had no way to hear this broadcast. However, I recently had a conversation with my niece who mentioned both her mother and father
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Mangrove Mud Womp Fundraiser on Kickstarter!
PDF PRESS RELEASE HERE Mangrove Mud Womp Fundraiser on Kickstarter launched Tuesday morning lasting 30+ days to help fund my public art residency, followed by a gallery exhibition and panel
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Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies
Of the many Nigerian artists of the Oshogbo School (named after a town in southwest Nigeria), Prince Twins Seven-Seven was one of my favorites. Maybe it was the way his
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