Holiness is what is dear to the gods. Who said that? I dunno but it’s not helpful. Never mind, ignore it. Let’s check-in instead. So, how are you coping? Healthy and sane? My starting position (forced on each of us, black reader and white writer, by this writing and our society) were the sites of […]
As promised in Wednesday’s post, here is the first part of the Black Athena Reloaded session from the documenta 14 public program The Parliament of Bodies: While the second session focused on the brutal slavery document, Le code noir, this first discussion engages the theme of ‘Ideas as Migrants – Our Common Ghosts’, and is […]
How to counter racism? Sooth with a cool application of philosophical knowledge or inflame with the immediacy of emotional energy? Classicist Ellen Cole Lee’s abstract for her paper at the upcoming Theorizing Africana Receptions workshop (details here) on anger in the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca and the self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde […]
How can we hold onto the tragedy of Soweto? The sacrifice of these children who carry an ideal for us? So asks Dakar-born Beninese artist Pélagie Gbaguidi in her interview for the special education issue of the magazine Contemporary And (C&) titled: “If you’re running from history, it will eventually catch up with you”. She […]
In his interview with Rahima Gambo in the education issue of the magazine C& (which you can read here), British-Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi describes a basic tension within his approach to photographic education, both his own and that of a younger generation that he mentors. He explains his role in founding the Centers for Learning […]
