Transnational Counter-monuments
Long before some monuments to enslavers began to tumble down recently, monuments were being erected in Latin America and the Caribbean not to forget the transatlantic slave…
Category: Focus on Afro-Descendants
Adventures in Public Sculpture by a Cruise Ship Lecturer
I have the great fortune to lead a double life as a lecturer in History of Art and Design. For most of the year I teach my subject at Liverpool John Moores University in the United…
Brazil’s Huge Past Ahead
I still recall the two lions imposingly fighting. One stands still on top of the other, with its two legs on its enemy’s chest. The other roars back, and has its claws ready to fight…
Artist Perspectives on the Politics of Andean Negrería Dances
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Aymara poet and artist Nereida Apaza Mamani arrived in London in November 2019 to work with the British Museum’s Andean textile collections. She was to be the inaugural artist in residence at…
