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…
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Photo Stories 2019: [3] Spirit Desire Interviews [Video]
The following video clips are from a 2016 conversation between myself and Kenyan Filmmaker, Kagendo Murungi. Kagendo transitioned on December 27th, 2017 at her home in Harlem, New York. RIP dear warrior sister! December 7th 1971 to December 27th 2017 …
The Desire of Spirits by Donald Molosi [Book Review]
The Desire of Spirits – a review of “Spirit Desire” photo book by Donald Molosi In Spirit Desire: Resistance, Imagination and Sacred Memories in Haitian Vodoun, Sokari Ekine – through simultaneously real and surreal photography – invites the viewer…
Spirit Desire: Photo Book 2018
For the past 18 months I have been working on producing my first photo book on Haitian Vodoun. I began my journey as a documentary photographer in 2013, six years after my initial encounter with Vodou. I doubt the…
Dance of Salt – Ayiti
Lost imagination. This is the scariest thing that has happened to me, scarier than cancer. It’s death I thought I had lost my imagination then I found it because I read this and I breathed “One of the most powerful…
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 ]…
Photography futures – Whats happening for me
2016 is proving to be an exciting year for me and journey into photography. My GoFundMe campaign ‘Spirit Desire‘ has so far raised $3,600 in just over 6 weeks. However, I still need another $1,400 to reach my goal…
Spiritual Breathing, 1.
I recently sat down with Kagendo Murungi to discuss my photo documentary on Haitian Vodoun “Spirit Desire: – Resistance, Imagination and Sacred Memories in Haitian Vodoun”. Kagendo filmed the conversation and we now have 5 clips which are part of my…