What We're Reading: 'Energy Never Dies' by Ayana Contreras
A chapter or so into Ayana Contreras' book “Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism & Creativity in Chicago,” it seems remarkable nobody has written this yet.
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Denver Muralist Lio Bumbakini on Street Art and Afro-Optimist Paintings
Muralist Lio Bumbakini may be based in Denver, but his work knows no borders. Born in Brussels in 1993 to parents who'd uprooted their live s in the Congo for the sake of survival, Bumbakini proudly describes himself as a global citizen. “I’m a student of the world,” he says. “An ambassador of the world.” He’s not the only ambassador in his family. Bumbakini’s uncle is the current permanent representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations; his mother earned a Ph.D. in art history and went on to be an art curator at museums in Brussels and across the ...
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