At the Edge:  Think Culture

Congo Square: Afrofuturism as a Space of Confrontation


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In Professor Jameel Paulin's 2020 MFA project "Congo Square", an audio-visual album produced and developed for virtual reality, Paulin situates Afrofuturism and hip-hop within the long history of Afrocentric aesthetic and spiritual practices; examining vodun and Congo Square as moments where African ancestors transformed the way that their descendants could exist in and re-shape the modern world by maintaining African centered worldviews.   Jameel Paulin is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Colorado College.
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