Black Life 2019
Ongoing
Experience the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora through this exciting, multidisciplinary event series.
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Levi Maxwell
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Michelle Wright
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Ephraim Asili: American Hunger
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Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
- Upcoming
Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Sunday, November 24, 1:30 PMBlack Life: Diamano Coura
Members of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company lead a course in traditional West African song and dance. All ages welcome!
Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye
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Saturday, October 26, 5 PMRESCHEDULED—Black Life: Films by Ephraim Asili
Writer Ruth Gebreyesus introduces four short films from Ephraim Esili’s Diaspora Suite, built around footage shot in American and international locations—each an important site in the African diaspora.
Rescheduled to November 16
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Saturday, September 21, 4 PMBlack Life: Michelle M. Wright
Wright offers a lecture entitled “Using Time to Represent Blackness,” showing how a “physics of blackness” is necessary for writing accurately and inclusively about black identities.
Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye
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Sunday, August 25, 4 PMBlack Life: Levi Maxwell
Maxwell’s lecture explores the impact of African material culture and agrarian knowledge on colonial economies throughout the transatlantic world.
Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye
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Saturday, July 20, 2 PMBlack Life: Ra Malika Imhotep
Imhotep presents a performative lecture and writing workshop drawing on Toni Morrison’s essay “The Site of Memory.”
Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye
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Saturday, June 15, 4 PMBlack Life: Davia Spain
Spain presents a new original performance work steeped in Afrofuturist traditions and centered around her forthcoming debut album.
Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye
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Sunday May 12, 4 PMBlack Life: Mai Sennaar’s The Arsonist
Sennaar’s new theatrical production is the fictional story of a white visual artist and her estranged biracial son, integrating fire science, movement, visual projections, and live music to explore the implications surrounding justice in America today.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and Ryanaustin Dennis
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Sunday, April 28, 4 PMBlack Life: Destiny Muhammad Trio
Celebrate International Jazz Month with the Destiny Muhammad Trio. Known as the “Harpist from the Hood,” Muhammad has been described by SFJAZZ Center as a “masterful, exploratory musician.”
Programmed by Chika Okoye and Ryanaustin Dennis
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Sunday, March 31, 4 PMBlack Life: Gabriel Christian
The artist presents select adaptations from their project riff, composed of entries from their @genderjuicy Instagram feed.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and Ryanaustin Dennis
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Saturday, February 23, 7 PMBlack Life: Amber McZeal
Experience Afrofuturist mythos through story and song with writer, vocalist, sacred scholar, and activist Amber McZeal.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Saturday, January 26, 7 PMBlack Life: We.Here.Now—She Lives
This performance pursues an inquiry into the complex layers of celebration, grief, tenderness, and untimely loss experienced by the black women and femmes who fight for black power and liberation.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil