Sampa the Great: 'Heading home to Zambia changed my music drastically'
The multi-ARIA award winner headed back to Zambia because of the pandemic. And found inspiration.
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
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Blacks at the beach: A conversation with Koleka Putuma
Koleka Putuma is a queer poet, playwright and theatre director. Her award-winning poem, Water, makes incisive and emotive commentary of the politics of space, water, race and religion.
Source: news24.com
Afrofuturism and the sex life of coral – inside the wild mind of Ellen Gallagher
The artist’s latest work is the product of ‘hard physical labour’. She reveals her inspirations – from marine ecosystems and Flemish commodity painters to Black Atlantis
Source: theguardian.com
Blacks at the beach: A conversation with Koleka Putuma
1. Jetsam It’s as if the reeds remember they were once chains And the water, restless, wishes it could spew all of the slaves and ships onto shore Their tears are what have turned the ocean salty This is why our irises burn every time we go under Every December 16th, December 24th and December 31st Our skin retraumatises the sea They mock us instrumental in trying to execute our extinction For you, the ocean is for surf boards, boats, tans And all the funky stuff you do under there in your bathing suits and goggles – Extract from Water, by Koleka Putuma
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