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A historical musical that examines Black identity in the 1901 World's Fair | Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin
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A historical musical that examines Black identity in the 1901 World's Fair | Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin
FromTED Talks Art
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Nov 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this lively talk and performance, artist and TED Fellow Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin offers a sneak peek of her forthcoming musical "At Buffalo." Drawing on archival material from the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition, a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, the show examines conflicting representations of black identity exhibited at the fair -- highlighting unsettlingly familiar parallels between American society at the turn of the century and today, and asking: Are we all still part of the show?
Released:
Nov 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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