Examining the use of Fire in African American Discourse.

Posted on April 28, 2016 by orpheenoiruva

By Logan Dandridge “Build a fort/ Pay for soup/ Set that on fire. – Jean-Michel Basquiat “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time” – Slave hymn A burnt, sweat-stained Mookie (Spike Lee) walks across the street of his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, moisture spilling from his brow like a faucet.[…]

In the Era of the Black Woman

Posted on April 28, 2016June 20, 2023 by orpheenoiruva

By Myliyah Hanna After the premiere of Beyonce’s visual album “Lemonade” on HBO and the release of the same titled album on Tidal, every social media outlet was ablaze with the emotional range displayed in her visuals and songs. Having featured several prominent Black figures, from Serena Williams to Winnie Harlow, the visual album is[…]