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Origins Stories
Movement Stories
Adaptation Stories
Stories that reflect how we transform ourselves mentally, physically and spiritually in dialogue with new places and create new traditions and new cultures.
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Listing stories: by theme of Transformation
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Images Speak Words - Introduction by Cheo Tyehimba May 2007 The children of the "Images Speak Words" workshop worked very hard and learned new technical skills to produce this work. Each child's story and gallery of images captures a slice of their life and offers a window into seeing the world through the eyes of.. Read more |
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Images Speak Words - My Mother, Dijaida Durden by Aliyah May 2007 The special thing about our family is that we are descendants of [African] slaves and American Indians and we have come a long way in the United States today... Read more |
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Katrina put embalmers to ultimate test by Kamika Dunlap March 2006 For years, black morticians have been challenged to hone their artistry skills. Their work often involved masking the effects of violent deaths, such as lynchings. But some of the bodies from Hurricane Katrina were so badly decomposed they tested even the.. Read more |
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Muddy Water Gumbo & High Tide Blues: Images from New Orleans Post-Katrina by Delphine Fawundu-Buford June 2006 Muddy Water Gumbo & Hight Tide Blues is a photo essay that I embarked on in March 2006 which documents New Orleans post-Katrina... Read more |
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Composite Sketches by Ezra Ereckson August 2006 Digital collages of an alternate post-Katrina New Orleans... Read more |
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Reconsidering Polygamy by Nehanda Imara January 2006 Maybe it's just me, but as a divorced woman of African descent, I am more often contemplating the question, is polygamy a possible solution to the male shortage in our community? ..... Read more |
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May the Circle Be Unbroken by Tureeda Mikell January 2006 It is a clear brisk spring afternoon in 1987 as I sit in front of my computer, I attempt to document an incident that took place during my college daze in a chemistry class 17 years prior... Read more |
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Let's Spend Our Future Here by Earle Taylor January 2006 Remember, AIDS is not a gift, it’s a killer It masks itself with frills for it’s a thriller. One careless move, you’ve got it, forever..... Read more |
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Willie Bagou Kore by Umi Vaughn January 2006 I was living in Florence, Italy at the time--bella Firenze--and I would go almost everyday to a small apartment on one of the narrow streets that connects the Piazza Santa Croce with Via Dei Martiri ..... Read more |
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Scarred Walls of Stone by Cheo Tyehimba January 2006 At two of Ghana’s infamous slave castles, the holding pens for captive Africans bound for the Americas, a visitor finds a history of horror and perseverance ..... Read more |
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My Own Private Colonialism by Ipeleng Kgositsile January 2006 I saw her come here with no words arms flailing air, past mother, thigh, and blood. Here we begin again.. Read more |
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Don't Know Much About Virology by Colin Charles January 2006 Don't Know much about Virology. At my first official job, as a building labourer on a large construction site, I secretly conducted a series of experiments on my fellow workers... Read more |
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