Under the banner of her digital media organization, AQ Studios, the Senegalese-American journalist has produced a number of documentary series, as well as hosted panels and film screenings, which focus on LGBT issues across the African continent.
The Aké Arts and Book Festival is a yearlyliterary, cultural, and arts event. It was founded in 2013 by the Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin, in Abeokuta.
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Colectivo Moriviví, Puerto Rico: “Art Is a Way to Fight Back”
In “Conversation with the Colectivo Moriviví, Puerto Rico: ‘Art Is a Way to Fight Back’” Wana Udobang (
C& América Latina) explores the Puerto Rican artist collective led by artists Sharon González Colón, Raysa Raquel Rodríguez García, and Salomé Cortés in an interview. [It is interesting to note that the collective adopted its name in reference to the
Mimosa pudica plant, known in Puerto Rico as
moriviví (“I died and lived again”), whose foliage closes when touched and opens after any “danger” has moved away. It also closes at night and reopens in the morning, thus appearing to die and relive. In the group’s context, it can be seen as a symbol of resistance.] Here are excerpts from the interview:
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