(What is a) Black Star

Advent Week Two: thoughts on tokenism, Black excellence and the Quest for Love

Dec 4, 2022

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This is week two of this advent series! Click here for week one if you missed it. If you have yet to read the Lucille Clifton poem this series gets its name from, start here.

But another source of inspiration for me comes from the Talib Kwali and Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) collaboration through the “Black Star” album. On the track “Astronomy” the two ask …

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