Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

An expansive look at more than a century of Pan-Africanist art and the ways it embodies the movement’s principles and global ambitions
 
Since the term Pan-Africanism was coined around 1900, the movement’s promise has been to foster liberation and solidarity for Black peoples worldwide. Focusing on its cultural expression, this book presents a rich selection of the visual, sonic, and other creative forms that have emerged throughout Pan-Africanism’s evolution. Among the nearly two hundred artists represented from across the continent and the African diaspora are Beauford Delaney, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Hoyt William Fuller, Wifredo Lam, Simone Leigh, Ernest Mancoba, Zanele Muholi, Kawira Mwirichia, Cauleen Smith, Alma Thomas, and George Albert Yon.
 
Reflecting Pan-Africanism’s ideals of diversity and dialogue as well as its aspirations to egalitarianism, essays from more than a dozen scholars, artists, and practitioners speak to a range of themes and places, while discussing works in all media made or circulated outside the infrastructure of fine art, including LP albums, illustrated magazines, and manifestos.

Edited by Antawan I Byrd, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Adom Getachew and Matthew S. Witkovsky
Contributions by KJ Abudu, Sophia Azeb, Bruno Baptistelli, Sandrine Colard, Ntone Edjabe, Fehras Publishing Practices, Brent Hayes Edwards, Sarah Estrela, Merve Fejzula, Tsitsi Jaji, Mpho Matsipa and Musab Younis

• Format: Hardcover
• Dimensions: 9.50 x 12.50 in.
• Pages: 384
• Illustrations: 400 color illus.