Tag: race
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Black, Feminist, Queer, Transgender, Gender non-conforming
“The revolution is black, female, queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming” – Lhola Amira Accra is evolving at a fast-pace. Recently named Africa’s capital of cool by the New York Times, the unremitting music (and radio) is joined by a bursting art scene. What characterizes the art scene in this city, however, is its markedly political character.…
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Cogitations
This is Priscilla. She is 17 years old, she has just finished high school, and she comes from the north – the poorest region in Ghana – where her mother lives. She now lives with her father in Accra. I was on a run in Legon when she stopped me. She asked me, “do you…
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