' Otobong Nkanga reflects on the politics of land and body through tapestry, drawing, photography, installation, video and performance. Her work engages with the difficult histories of land acquisition and ownership, as well as the processes and consequences of the extraction of natural resources. This ongoing exploration into the transformation of minerals into desirable commodities - including
'Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas taught in public schools for several years after graduating from Florida A&M, a historically Black university in Tallahassee, Florida. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2010, she returned to her master's degree institution, Wayne State University, as an assistant professor of Reading, Language, and Literature in t
On this episode of #BackChannel, State of Things host Frank Stasio is joined by regular contributors Natalie Bullock Brown and Mark Anthony Neal to discuss the impact of Lizzo, the late Nipsey Hussle’s reading list, as well as HBO’s The Watchman , EPIX’s The Godfather of Harlem and the new film Atlantics , directed by Mati Diop.
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. Peter Cole ( @ ProfPeterCole ), an assistant professor in the Department of History at Western Illinois University. His latest book Dockworker
