The New Black Magazine

17/01/2025

Teddy Ossei has joined the ancestors. Mr Ossei was the band leader of the UK-based Afropop group, Osibisa.

16/01/2025

Divorce parties in Mauritania 🇲🇷: a female tradition.

03/01/2025

"Internationally respected Soweto-born dancer/choreographer, Dada Masilo tragically passed away on 29 December 2024 after a brief illness.

She was 39.

The recipient of many local and global awards, including an Italian lifetime achievement award for classic and contemporary dance in September 2024 at the Premio Positano Léonide Massine for the Art of Dance, Masilo began her meteoric career at the Dance Factory in Newtown, Johannesburg in the 1990s."

Masilo was recognised for her unique presence onstage.

03/01/2025

Happy New Year to our followers and readers. May 2025 bring you all that you desire.

29/12/2024

"Carrie Kirk, a 101-year-old, formerly enslaved woman, attending a literacy class in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938."

29/12/2024

Samara Joy, as featured on CBS' 60 minutes.

26/12/2024

Jean-Michel Basquiat: photographed by Gianfranco Gorgoni in his Crosby Street studio in 1982.

23/12/2024

We remember Jean-Michel Basquiat, born this day in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York; died on August 12, 1988, in Manhattan, New York.

Andy Warhol
American, 1928–1987
Jean-Michel Basquiat
December, 1983
University Place and 13th Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🚲

22/12/2024

Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì and Grace Jones ().
Photographed by Andy Warhol () at Mr. Chow () in New York.

08/12/2024

Congratulations to President-Elect John Mahama and Vice-President Elect Prof Opoku-Agyemang. Here's to a brighter and prosperous future for the nation and the people of Ghana 🇬🇭 ✨️

03/12/2024

"Paula’s “Undying Gardens” currently on display at Martins & Montero Gallery in the art district of the Belgian capital is a collection that opens up a part of Brazilian history that many in Europe and around the world may not be conscious of – the African side of Brazilian history. Born in 1982 in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, Paula often uses his art to provide a mirror into Afro-Brazilian history, making a place for people who constitute the majority but who are rarely given their due place in Brazil’s artscape. Paula speaks gently but with passion about his subjects, and “Undying Gardens” is a testament to his commitment to using art to not only tell the story of his people but also an intent to disabuse the world of a perception of Africanness in Brazil and in the Americas, tracing history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the middle passage to a period before Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved people.

The drawings incorporate landscapes and objects evocative of period photography studios, as the artist seeks to link the past to the present, creating a poetic yet political dimension where identities can be reexamined and history reimagined. Paula’s art invites African traditions to re-emerge in Afro-Brazilian contexts, offering reflections on history, defiance, knowledge, and identity. Through this practice, Paula reshapes how Brazilian heritage is seen, crafting enduring representations that assert the presence and significance of Black Brazilian history."

https://thenewblackmagazine.com/2024/12/03/dalton-paulas-art-is-subversive-educative-and-innovative/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG75kxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXKs2wWrgUgGf4F29gRDpwo-e1oQ8YEPne6rMFXNPIR2KjmdwljhJ7DMlA_aem_F1Gd_Wz14xLYu7H6A79Smw

03/12/2024

"Paula’s “Undying Gardens” currently on display at Martins & Montero Gallery in the art district of the Belgian capital is a collection that opens up a part of Brazilian history that many in Europe and around the world may not be conscious of – the African side of Brazilian history. Born in 1982 in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, Paula often uses his art to provide a mirror into Afro-Brazilian history, making a place for people who constitute the majority but who are rarely given their due place in Brazil’s artscape. Paula speaks gently but with passion about his subjects, and “Undying Gardens” is a testament to his commitment to using art to not only tell the story of his people but also an intent to disabuse the world of perception of Africanness in Brazil and in the Americas, tracing history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the middle passage to a period before Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved people.

The drawings incorporate landscapes and objects evocative of period photography studios, as the artist seeks to link the past to the present, creating a poetic yet political dimension where identities can be reexamined and history reimagined. Paula’s art invites African traditions to re-emerge in Afro-Brazilian contexts, offering reflections on history, defiance, knowledge, and identity. Through this practice, Paula reshapes how Brazilian heritage is seen, crafting enduring representations that assert the presence and significance of Black Brazilian history."

Arts & MediaDalton Paula’s Art is Subversive, Educative and InnovativeAfro-Brazilian History Comes Via Art to Brussels December 3, 2024 3 mins read Facebook X Pinterest Linkedin Whatsapp Reddit Email By Shola AdenekanTuesday, December 3, 2024.Brussels is the epicentre of art in Europe, just as it ...

10/11/2024

Donald Trump has achieved what many believed was the impossible – win a second term in a US election as a convicted criminal, so we have to ask...

10/11/2024

The great Lorraine Hansberry on the power of the theatre. She died in 1965, aged 34.

05/11/2024

To our followers in the United States 🇺🇸. Please don't forget to vote. Your vote is your voice.

04/11/2024

"On the flip side, Black women continue to dominate HBCU enrollment, but this begs the question: what about our Black men who are historically more likely to be left behind academically?"

The number of Black male HBCU students is the lowest it's been since 1976, but the issue is deeper than just HBCUs.

02/11/2024

This is how they swear in a new President in Botswana. The ruling party was defeated for the first time in 58 years. No fanfare; no wastage of public money. Everything is done live on TV in a little office. The new president went straight to work after addressing the nation from this little office.

01/11/2024

Ma Diane Abbott MP, is being honored for her immense contribution to the education of Black British children. This will take place at the House of Commons, on Monday, November 4, 2024,
You can register for this event at this link: https://www.future-edgroup.com/events/acknowledgement-of-diane-abbott-mother-of-the-house