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…
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…
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…
@Kiskeácity – Legacy of 1804 in conversation w/ Alice Backer
My radio interview with Alice Backer of kiskeácity #LOF1804* This Friday at 9PM, join me as I welcome photographer Sokari Ekine of blacklooks.org to discuss her photo exhibit Spirit Desire inspired by her journey through Haiti and its spirituality as…
In remembrance of Ken Saro Wiwa – Outside of Nigeria’s Consciousness but We Are Not Forgetting!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other activists: Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine – The 20th anniversary was to be…
When machetes dance
On a recent trip to Jacmel I visited the lakou of Alfred Avril who is featured in the award winning documentary “Papa Machete.” The film documents the life of professor Avril, an aging farmer from the hills outside Jacmel, who…
A Memory Forgotten: A Generation Sacrificed
A Memory Forgotten – a story of exile, loss, and the complicity of the West in maintaining the Duvalier regime. But as always in life, there must be joy and here the joy is in remembering and family : –…
Grand Palais to Grand Rue
These are incredibly beautiful but I cannot help but think that what was once a way of life perceived as dangerous to white supremacy, is now reimagined into art which is safe enough to be caressed and loved. Beyond…
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