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fayemi shakur

fayemi shakur is a writer and cultural critic residing in Newark, New Jersey. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, The International Review of African American Art, Nueva Luz Photographic Journal, HYCIDE magazine and MFON: Women Photographers in the African Diaspora.

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A Performance Artist’s Tests of Endurance Honor the Black Female Body

by fayemi shakur June 21, 2018June 26, 2018

As an artist, Ayana Evans challenges audiences not just to observe Black women’s struggles but to feel them.

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