The Blood - Building Our Future
African people were bought and sold like fax machines, cars and mobile phones, as if we were being traded on eBay.
Given our history of enslavement, how can we as artists of African heritage uplift and inspire our community?
In popular, mass-produced depictions of Black people, where are we?
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Where is our experience?
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Where is our history?
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And perhaps most importantly, how do we define our identity given the distorted reflections that are held up for our gaze?
Check back here for details of the next The Blood event to be held at Yaa Asantewa Arts Centre.
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The Blood (poem)