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Prof. James Smallsa: BLACK LIVES MATTER, Malcolm X, Black Love | 2016
Prof. James Smallsa: BLACK LIVES MATTER, Malcolm X, Black Love | 2016 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 38 Views • 5 years ago

Dr. James Smalls is an art historian, with a focus on the intersections of race, gender, and queer sexuality in the art and visual culture of the nineteenth century, as well as the art and visual culture of the black diaspora. He is the author of Homosexuality in Art (Parkstone Press, 2003) and The Homoerotic Photography of Carl Van Vechten: Public Face, Private Thoughts (2006). He has published essays in a number of book anthologies and prominent journals, including American Art, French Historical Studies, Third Text, Art Journal, and Art Criticism. His book chapters and articles include: Menace at the Portal: Masculine Desire and the Homoerotics of Orientalism (2016), The Soft Glow of Brutality (2015), A Teacher Uses Star Trek for Difficult Conversations on Race and Gender (2015), Racial Antics in Late Nineteenth-Century French Art and Popular Culture (2014), Sculpting Black Queer Bodies and Desires: The Case of Richmond Barthé (2013), and Exquisite Empty Shells: Sculpted Slave Portraits and the French Ethnographic Turn (2013). Smalls is currently completing a book entitled Féral Benga: African Muse of Modernism.

In 2006, Smalls curated a two-part exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art on the art, career, and international influence of the African American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner. In 2009-2010, he served as the Consulting Editor for the five-volume set of The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. In 2015 he was appointed to the Advisory Board for The Archives of American Art Journal.

Dr. Smalls holds degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Ethnic Arts (B. A.), and Art History (M. A., and Ph.D.). He has taught at Rutgers University, Columbia University, and at the University of Paris.


NYC Photographer ISSA KHARI is based in Brooklyn NY. Issa is a Credentialed Visual Journalist and Street Photographer covering everything from Protest to Fashion Shows. After 5 years of covering events large and small, there is a stable and must follow for advocates of independent media as well as those with a passion for the arts. Issa is also a VIP live stream broadcaster on the Periscope/Twitter platform. As of 2019 Issa Khari has shifted his focus to Portrait photography and continues to work closely with local talent in New York City.

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Kenya Mansaray  #chicago  native tells her story  living in #sierraleone and #givingback #vision
Kenya Mansaray #chicago native tells her story living in #sierraleone and #givingback #vision Baka Omubo 35 Views • 4 years ago

Kenya Mansaray and Chief Mansaray moved out of the United States years ago they have been on the soil helping the community opening up doors for the diaspora and creating different initiatives for the Natives. They are truly Bridging the Gap with organizing and Doing the work. Thank you both for your time and Experience. BSANI.Org (Garveyite Organization)you can reach them here➡ BSANI.Org (Garveyite Organization)YouTube Channel Family F1rst Africa Only (Pan African Centered).
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Hi everyone, I'm Your girl your host Afia Koomson. This Platform was created for Africans in America to see the Beauty of the Motherland and Without feeling Alone with Finding Resources For Repatriation or just to visit. There is No Place Like Mama Africa ❤you Have 54 Countries to choose from Choose Wisely🥰

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