The Dei Centre for the Study of Contemporary African Art is pleased to present : KOFI PARE, “A Photographic Essay” “’Kofi Pare’ is an art exhibition that utilizes vernacular photography to represent the spirit of communities. The images explore the importance, the essence and the spirituality of village life and its lasting impression

Michael Reese shares his stories of photographic discovery with Thomas Allen Harris during the DDFR Roadshow in Atlanta, GA.  Using the family photos that he has collected from various relatives over the years, Reese captivates his audience with tales of his family’s early history. A highlight of Reese’s presentation are stories of his father’s growing [...]

By: Trent Kelley, playwright & poet Sometimes it is difficult to write without anger. Pretending or denying that certain controversial truths do not exist, for the purpose of catering to a saccharine political correctness, wanting to make an individual comfortable, is dishonest. Transfiguring a string of independent words into coherent whole sentences

by DON PERRY All my life, people have looked at me with confusion, their eyes filled with questions, Who are you’re people? What’s your background? When I travel to the Caribbean or Latin America, I am often taken for one of the locals. Though I identify as African American and have features that signify I [...]