Discourse with Dr, Desta
Discourse with Dr, Desta
CURATING THE FUTURE
The African Union has declared 2021 the year of “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.” Well done! However, African...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
MAKING NAMES & CREATING LASTING LEGACIES
February is designated Black History Month in the United States, basically a recognition of Black People’s contributions to America. The month-long commemoration, created by...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
DEM AH GOH TIYAD FI SI MI FACE
This weekend reggae lovers around the world will gather, as they do annually, to celebrate the birth of one of the most well-known artists...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
ART CULTURE AND HERITAGE: 2021 and Beyond
As Addis Ababa gears up for the 34th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union on February 6th and 7th,...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
ART, ALWAYS AT THE CENTER
“Landscape With Rainbow,” an 1859 painting by Robert Seldon Duncanson, preeminent civil war period Black artist whose ancestors were freed enslaved Africans, was the...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
WIN LOSE OR DRAW FOR AFRICAN/BLACK ART
Just two years ago Zoma Museum founder, Meskerem Assegued, hosted a gathering of several well-regarded US gallerists, curators, institute directors and more. Amongst the...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
LITTLE ETHIOPIA & THE CAPITOL COUP
Most Ethiopians have read with pride the recently passed resolution by Washington DC Council, officially recognizing “Little Ethiopia” in the middle of DC, home...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
KWANZAA, CULTURE AND HEALING
Habari gani…what’s the news?! Today’s Kujichagalia, the second day of Kwanzaa, a seven-day African American cultural holiday, widely celebrated from December 26 to January...
