Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of African diaspora art

Chika Okeke-Agulu is an Igbo-Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and a blogger specializing in African and African Diaspora art history. He is the Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University.

In our conversation with Professor Okeke-Agulu, we cover his journey of creativity and adaptation to one’s surrounding while operating under constraints; his contributions in the rise to relevance of the African Diaspora Art’s; how his call to artists in the Black Lives Matter movement has led to artistic expression; and learn about the impact of technology on art education and art market.Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chika_Okeke-Agulu

About and from Prof. Chika Okeke-Agulu:

• Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chika_Okeke-Agulu
• Blog, Ọfọdunka: http://chikaokeke-agulu.blogspot.com
• Book, Post-Colonial Modernism: https://www.dukeupress.edu/postcolonial-modernism
• Article, On Contemporary Art and Black Lives Matter: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/on-contemporary-art-and-the-black-lives-matter-movement_b_6992774.html
• Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art: http://www.nkajournal.org
• Follow Chika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chikaokekeagulu

Assorted links:

• Nsukka School: http://sunnewsonline.com/50-years-after-nsukka-arts-school-celebrates-culture-of-creativity-2
• Journal of Contemporary African Art: http://www.nkajournal.org
• 1–54: http://1-54.com
• Documenta: https://www.documenta.de/en/
• Structural adjustment programs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_adjustment
• Haus Der Kunst: https://hausderkunst.de/en/

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• Music used in this podcast: Simplex Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Chipper Doodle Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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