“And so one part of this is, ‘What do we carry?’… ‘What do we carry in our bodies that allow our bodies to function as an archive’’ — Theaster Gates, ITS-IN-SCOPE (Podcast #189) I’m sure music was my first love. On Saturdays in early childhood, my mother’s choix des chansons…

I sweep the mahogany floors often because they’re wooden so dirt shows And I know it’s a private space so anything goes But the floors are a sight to see And both you and me can agree that beautiful things deserve the right to pose Sometimes I do it more…

“We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world then he has little chance to relate to anything else.” …

“Sometimes people confuse representation for what it represents. But they are not that physical thing — they don’t exist in the world that way. So if you see a woman walking down a road and she’s wearing African cloth, you might think — now there’s African-ness, true Africanity. But the…