
Paris: Where the Black Diaspora Meets


Afrofuturism is typically defined as a Black cultural aesthetic that explores the intersections of the African diaspora and technology––or, in other words, a form of Black science fiction.
Black writer and performer Neema Githere writes about what she calls “ Afropresentism ,” which she defines as a “teaching genre” that “channels your ancestry
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Their moves are at once personal and driven by a desire to connect; and if these artists do not expect to feel wholly at home anywhere in the world, neither do they assume America is the only, or the best, place to exercise their collaborative gifts.
Emily Lordi Manuel Obadia-Wills • The Black Artists Leaving America (Published 2021)
Gentrification
Can different cultures integrate equitably without changing the fabric of cultural identity?
Harlem has been a major capital of Black American culture – but as wealthier individuals and businesses have flocked into the neighborhood, it has pushed money out of the community and into commercial development. Property value has... See more
Can different cultures integrate equitably without changing the fabric of cultural identity?
Harlem has been a major capital of Black American culture – but as wealthier individuals and businesses have flocked into the neighborhood, it has pushed money out of the community and into commercial development. Property value has... See more
Nick Susi • Culture Is the Client
As its title suggests, Unnamed Figures not only illuminates Black appearances in the visual culture of this period but also asks how our encounters with them are shaped by the erasure of Blackness from art and archives.