#africanness

[studio-mpc]

OLUWOLE OMOFEMI (Nigerian, b. 1988)

Courage, 2021

Oil and acrylic on canvas

44 9/10 × 46 9/10 in

114 × 119 cm

Source: Out of Africa Gallery

[unshaded-chronicles]

THE GRAPEVINE | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BLACK AND LATIN X COMMUNITY

[mydearestlola]

The message of America is, 'leave your Africanness outside the door.' My message is: 'Claim what is yours.'

August Wilson, 1984

[whoisdjunab]

We’ve seen a range of responses from African intellectuals to the crisis of homophobia, especially in states that are planning oppressive anti-gay laws As well as Binyavanga Wainaina, severa…

“It’s like my father said, ‘When trouble comes you don’t put your worldly goods on a bicycle.’ This is my place. I am 43, I have bad knees, you know, diabetes. I could easily take another teaching gig in New York, hang out in Brooklyn, have some nice sex, write a funky book. But you know, that’s gone. I want to put a stake in the ground. My mum and dad are not here. It’s kind of my turn.“ - Binyavanga Wainaina

[curating-africa]

Africanness right now is so fragile, it’s holding on to everything, good and bad

Simphiwe Dana

[gotsnare]

What divinity appointed and anointed the Gatekeepers of Africanness - those who decide who or what is African?

Zakes Mda on twitter.