The artist Africanus Okokon was born in the United States. His dad is Nigerian and his mom is Ghanaian. In his new exhibit, Okokon uses recycled and reclaimed objects to explore his American identity and his African roots.
"The Fine Cut" is a re-created barbershop poster that depicts two kinds of cuts — hairstyles of African-American men and ritual scarification of African faces.As someone grew up in a Congolese family in Nashville, Tennessee, this is a question I often asked myself.
And even though I felt at peace when I was with the African American community in Nashville, I still felt like an imposter. I sometimes felt that because I wasn’t fully familiar with African American culture, Black people in Nashville thought I wasn’t “Black enough.” The show reflects what Okokon calls his “American African” identity, a term used by a friend during a conversation. But he says that the show isn’t just about him.
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