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...Tanisha Ford This essay examines the rise in popularity of “Afro look” fashions in the 1970s. The name Afro look was given by fashion industry insiders on both sides of the Atlantic to describe clothing that featured African and African-inspired prints, textiles, and embroidery techniques. Usually...

... Washington Liberia daguerreotypes American Colonization Society doubled gaze AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON LOOKS TO LIBERIA Shawn Michelle Smith n 1853 the African American daguerreotypist Augustus Washington left his home...

...Dora Apel Copyright © 2006 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2006 Section II Lynching, Visucility, and Empire Fall 2006 Nka «45 On Looking...

...Blake Oetting [email protected] © 2023 by Nka Publications 2023 Looking for Beauford The Greene Street Paintings, 1936 1952 Blake Oetting Alex walked music the click of his heels kept time with a tune in his mind he glanced into a lighted café window inside were people sipping coffee men...

..., their bulbs slightly exposed, shine into our eyes. A coat rack with a ch zen coats on it si Is at dead center; J e are at least one dozen hats, I am looking at a pause in a e irding session, here photographed by Roy 1)e Carava. Opposite page: Jimmy Scott, Singing, 1956. Above: Ketchup Bottles...

...Laurie Ann Farrell Copyright © 2008 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2008 LOOKING IX 9BOTH WAYS Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora If travel is searching...

...Rory Bester Copyright © 2008 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2008 AFRICA REMIX An Immigrant, to Be Looked at from the other Side of Reinforced Glass Rory Bester I n Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement...

...Elvira Dyangani Ose Copyright © 2008 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2008 AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? Formulas for Making the Invisible Visible Elvira Dyangani Ose Senzeni Marasela, Theodora Comes To Joburg (Series), 2005. Color photographs, 3 x (75 x 50 cm...

... of Yinka Shonibare’s tableaux, and the surrealistic impulse of Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, who in the diptych Arise (1991 – 97) positions his body against West African textiles, producing multiple- exposure photo- graphs with a through- the- looking- glass effect. Still Life wasn’t featured...

...Peter Erickson Focusing primarily on Isaac Julien’s two Paradise Omeros films (2002–3), but also with further reference to Looking for Langston (1989) and Ten Thousand Waves (2010), I explore the figure of the poet and the concept of the poetic in Julien’s visual work. Just as Paradise Omeros...

... her theme of The Past, the Present, the Possible by looking closely at the exhibits and some of the key issues that framed the conversations during the March Meeting, the ancillary talk shop event that is as important as the various exhibitions. I explore selected works that either mirror the arc...

...Jeffrey C. Stewart This article problematizes the discourse of transnationalism and suggests an alternative conceptual frame, TransAfrican, by looking at the art of two understudied artists, Winold Reiss and Romare Bearden. A close reading of a select number of their artworks reveals interesting...

... of Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe), initiated by the institution’s director, Frank McEwen. This essay provides background information, analysis of the context, summaries of some of the important papers presented, and looks at the local and international impact. Copyright © 2018 Nka: Journal of Contemporary...

... to look at difference differently, Glissant wants us to realize its essential role in the construction of the tout-monde . The sparkle of truth and reality must not be isolated from the darkness and opacity out of which they emerge. Copyright © 2018 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2018...

... and Langley in Chicago made by the Organization of Black American Culture that expressed the ethos of black liberation. In looking at the relationship between these two particular events, Crawford considers how the photographic representation of gatherings of black people and congresses is significant...

... work Blood is Not Fresh Water , a documentary-style biographical portrait about his grandfather, a leading Ethiopian historian. The conversation takes us on a journey through Ethiopia’s past and provides an in-depth look at Eshetu’s most important works to date, including Till Death Us Do Part...

... tradition and a critique of mainstream performance art history, this article starts in Harlem before taking the reader on a sweeping journey that calls at Chicago and Houston and ends in New Orleans. A cursory introduction to African diasporic public ceremonial culture, the article looks to carnival...

... is looking forward—opens and closes with large-scale recent work, including the epic drawing The Day of Judgement ( 2010) and intricate depictions of flamenco dancers. Copyright © 2014 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2014 Feature review “Being in now” Ibrahim El-Salahi...