No hope for the female character in Of One Blood, or the Hidden Self… or is there?

From a male point of view with Reuel in the focus Hopkins’s novel Of One Blood seems to be an optimistic story about overcoming racial anxiety and embracing oneself through the discovery of ones roots, but it does not seem to be the same from female perspective. While Reuel the male protagonist finds his identity […]

Comments on racism by examples of erasure

In her work Citizen: An American Lyric Rankine gives the reader an opportunity to interpret how racism is still present in the US today even though few people claim to be racist. One way Rankin comments on current racism is thorough examination of erasure. Rankine looks at different aspects of this notion, and displays it […]

Sun Ra and his Nuclear War

Sun Ra is one of the most extraordinary jazz artists in the world. He became famous for his unusual music, cosmic philosophy and interesting style. Born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, he maintained that he was from Saturn. He and his large band, the Arkestra, used to wear bizarre blends of African costumes and […]

The significance of dancing in “The Underground Railroad”: entrapment and freedom interlaced

Reading “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead we can notice that dancing reoccurs several times throughout the novel. It can be viewed as a motif that helps to explore the theme of slavery through its connections to slave life and its symbolic meaning. In the novel, it is shown as an ambiguous activity both being […]

Society as an obstacle to freedom in “The Comet”

In his short story ”The Comet”, W.E.B.DuBois argues through the relationship of the two main characters that race is an ultimately arbitrary and destructive concept created by white society, and that if this pressure from society was removed, such classifications would be meaningless. It also becomes apparent that in his view the literal death of […]

The different perspectives of black liberation in “Black Panther”

Black Panther is set in Wakanda a fictional African country. It is secretly the most technologically advanced nation on earth, made possible by its mysterious metal known as vibranium which powers its technologies. It is also positioned into a fairytale space – an Africa untouched by colonialism thriving under its own means. Although Wakandans thrive in […]

The Significance of Androids in Janelle Monáe’s work

Janelle Monáe has built up a consistent universe through her career by using both her music and videos: a world that is a shining example of Afrofuturism. Monáe’s Metropolis is an utopia of science-fiction, with technology advanced far beyond our own reach – androids and floating cars are exceptionally common-place – however, so is global […]

Africa

The funk song “Africa” by the Meters, was released in 1974, on their fifth album “Rejuvenation“. The music itself is a very uplifting and gleeful. When I listen to it makes me full of energy, cheerful and in some way hopeful. Although the song’s lyrics contain very few lines, the music speaks for itself. The […]

Lil Nas X-Panini

Montero Lamar Hill is a very young African-American rapper, singer and songwriter. His professional name is Lil Nas X, following the brand after other young rappers. Such as Lil Pump, Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby and so on. He was born in April 9,1999. For two years he was an internet personality, until […]

Kanye West as a Preacher

Obviously, Kanye West being a Preacher is an exaggeration, because as most of the people knows, he is a rapper. However, in his new album “Jesus is King”, Preacher-like elements can be discovered. I like how this album is different from his previous albums. It was postponed a lot, since he could not find the […]