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Stephane Alexis, Afro no. 1, 2020

Stephane Alexis

Afro no. 1, 2020
Impression au jet d'encre sur papier photographique 100% coton de qualité archive / Pigment ink on cotton rag
25 x 25 "
63.5 x 63.5 cm
Ed. 2
© Stephane Alexis
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'Afro no. 2 - Les aperçus du mouvement des cheveux naturels ont commencé dès 1920 avec le célèbre nationaliste noir, Marcus Garvey. Il a encouragé les noirs à embrasser leurs...
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"Afro no. 2 - Les aperçus du mouvement des cheveux naturels ont commencé dès 1920 avec le célèbre nationaliste
noir, Marcus Garvey. Il a encouragé les noirs à embrasser leurs cheveux et à regarder leur ascendance
pour récupérer leur esthétique. Il est connu pour avoir dit:« Retirez les plis de votre esprit, pas vos
cheveux ». Une graine a été semée dans l’esprit des Noirs de l’ouest qui a germé près de cinquante ans
plus tard avec l’avènement de l’Afro. Vers la fin des années 1970, le mouvement des cheveux noirs a fait un bond quand l’icône du pouvoir noir, Angela Davis a pris la scène. Elle était célèbre pour son gros afro et ce dernier est devenu
rapidement le symbole de la fierté noire. Comme sa marche continuait, les cheveux kinky ont été
embrassés et le terme « le noir est beau » est venu à la vie. Davis et d’autres militants politiques noirs, y
compris Huey P. Newton et Jesse Jackson ont commencé à porter l’afro comme un signe de libération, en
encourageant les noirs à célébrer leurs cheveux naturels. L’Afro a rapidement débuté dans des films
présentés dans Blaxploitation comme Coffy, Shaft, and Foxy Brown." - Stephane Alexis

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"The Afro - Glimpses of the natural hair movement began as early as 1920 with the famous black nationalist, Marcus Garvey. He encouraged black people to embrace their hair and look at their ancestry to reclaim their aesthetics. He’s famously quoted as saying, “Remove the kinks from your mind, not your hair.” A seed was planted in the minds of black people in the West that sprouted nearly fifty years later with the advent of the Afro. In the late 1970s, the black hair movement took a leap as black power icon Angela Davis took the stage. She was famous for her big afro which quickly became a symbol for Black pride. As her march continued, kinky hair was embraced and the term “black is beautiful” came to life. Davis, along with other political black activists including Huey P. Newton and Jesse Jackson, began wearing afros as a sign of liberation, encouraging black people to take pride in their natural beauty. The Afro quickly made its way into the film being featured in Blaxploitation films such as Coffy, Shaft, and Foxy Brown." - Stephane Alexis
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