Spirit Desire and the Persistence of Blackness in Haitian Vodoun by Alexis De Veaux
Spirit Desire and the Persistence of Blackness in Haitian Vodoun SOKARI EKINE’S “SPIRIT DESIRE” Presentation by Alexis De Veaux(“Black Portraitures III,” Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 17-19, 2016) The series of photographs “made” by the Nigerian British, self-described black queer…
The Society of AfroFuture Visionaries in They Own Category – Ola Osaze, 2019
Congratulations to this year’s recipient of The Society of AfroFuture Visionaries in They Own Category, Ola Osifo Osaze. Ola is a trans masculine queer of Edo and Yoruba descent. Ola is the “National Organizer for the Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project and has…
Sisterfire 2018 with Alexis De Veaux
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Sisterfire festivals which began in the 1980s. Alexis regularly attended the festivals and will be present at this year’s anniversary celebration in Washington DC. Below is an excerpt from an interview with…
Spirit Desire and the Persistence of Blackness in Haitian Vodoun
SOKARI EKINE’S “SPIRIT DESIRE” Presentation by Alexis De Veaux (“Black Portraitures III,” Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 17-19, 2016) The series of photographs “made” by the Nigerian British, self-described black queer feminist photographer Sokari Ekine, beginning in 2013, in Haiti, usher…
Black Portraitures III : Reinventions: Strains of Histories and Cultures”
Spirit Desire is a series of photographic essays that explore African Diasporic spiritual practices as spaces of resistance, imagination and sacred memories. The first series [Memwa sakre: – lespri ki nan nou menm. Sacred memories: -The spirits within us ]…