This week we chat with Kiara Hill, one of the curators of “5 Takes on African Art,” an exhibition at the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) at the University of Massachusetts. I talked about the exhibition with Amy Halliday in last week’s episode. Kiara Hill was one of the five curators, her exhibit [WOMB]AN explores the saliency of femininity and womanhood in West African cosmology. Kiara holds an M.A. in Women Studies from the University of Alabama and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts. Listen to us talk about gender, power, race, and knowledge production.
Books, Links, & Articles
- “Mogadishu bombing death toll rises to 358.” by Al Jazeera
- “Where Is the Empathy for Somalia?” By Alexis Okeowo
- “Massive Bomb Led Somalis to Do Something New — Donate Blood.” by Mohamed Olad Hassan and Sahra Abdi Ahmed
- “Kenyans vote again today. Here’s what they think about the current election crisis.” Analysis by Brandon Bartels, Jeremy Horowitz and Eric Kramon
- “Kenyans’ support for democracy and rule of law offers hope despite electoral upheaval.” Analysis by Winnie V. Mitullah and Abel Oyuke
- Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya V. Hartman