Sexing Africa, Again
[hr] Dominique Malaquais spins together Lil’ Kim, burkas, Muslim women, Somali Mata-Haris and the Great Female Mutilation Hoax to arrive at a veiled essays-in-fragments that confronts western fetishes, fallacies and fears around African womanhood and sexuality. Her veil is not about shrouding; it is about being alive to mourning, outrage, sadness, and hope. As she […]
Do Right Women: Black Women, Eroticism and Classic Blues
[hr] By Kalamu ya Salaam 1. I’m going to show you women, honey, how to cock it on the wall Now you can snatch it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall Throw it out the window, see if you can catch it ‘fore it fall —Louise Johnson […]