Tag: Yaba Blay

  • Indie Groundbreaking Book: (1)ne Drop Independent Publisher October 2014 Craig Manning Western Michigan University Landmark Photo Essay Book Seeks to “Shift the Lens on Race” Has the social and political mindset on race in 2014 changed from where it was 100 years ago? What is the definition of “Blackness” in the modern age? These are…

  • A Conversation with Dr. Yaba Blay: Saturday 30th August Africa Women’s Development Fund Plot Number 78, AWDF House Ambassadorial Enclave East Legon, Accra, Ghana 2014-08-28 You’re invited to a conversation with Dr. Yaba Blay on Saturday 30th August from 5pm-7pm at the AWDF resource centre in East Legon, Accra. Dr. Blay is a professor, producer,…

  • Little White Lie [Philadelphia Premiere] Blackstar Film Festival Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014-31-07 through 2014-08-03 International House Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Telephone: 215-387-5125 2014-08-02, 15:10 EDT (Local Time) Lacey Schwartz, Producer/Director Mehret Mandefro, Producer Followed by Q&A with Lacey Schwartz and Mehret Mandefro moderated by: Yaba Blay, Assistant Teaching Professor of Africana Studies Drexel University,…

  • Kaneesha Parsard on (1)ne Drop and the Multiplicity of Blackness Climbing Vines: A Collection of Short Stories 2014-05-01 Janday Wilson When you think of blackness what do you see? Dr. Yaba Blay’s multiplatform project (1)ne Drop and book (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race complicate the answers to that question. In the book, visually…

  • 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results Independent Publisher May 2014 Congratulations to all of this year’s medalists and sincere thanks to the 2,500+ independent authors and publishers who participated. Even if you didn’t win a medal, know that the competition was very fierce, and that everyone involved in the independent publishing movement is a winner!…

  • The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) presents: (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race Busboys and Poets Langston Room 14th & V Streets, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 Sunday, 2014-04-06, 17:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time) Join us for a discussion with (1)ne Drop author, Yaba Blay! What exactly is Blackness? What does it mean to be…

  • Whiteness Without Complex? Anthropology While White 2014-03-06 Sarah Abel, Marie Curie Fellow EUROTAST A couple of weeks ago I attended an event called ‘Color Without Complex‘, featuring a public conversation between image activist Michaela Angela Davis and ethnographer and publisher Dr. Yaba Blay. The discussion revolved around Blay’s recent book and accompanying exhibition, (1)ne Drop, which…

  • International Blackness vs. Homegrown Negroes: Lupita, Chimamanda, Thandie and me Alternet 2014-02-23 Esther Armah “She is very white!” Revered Swedish film critic Jannike Åhlund watches a clip of actress Thandie Newton playing Olanna, one of the Nigerian twin sisters in the film adaptation of the award-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author…

  • News Nation with Tamron Hall (with guest Yaba Blay) News Nation with Tamron Hall 2014-02-25 Drexel University Professor Yaba Blay discusses her new book (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race with host Tamron Hall. Watch the interview here.

  • Multiple (Eye)dentity Series: (1)ne Drop Rule w/ Yaba Blay New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square Sout Room 802 New York, New York 10012 Thursday, 2014-02-27, 17:00-21:00 EST (Local Time) The Multiple (Eye)dentity Series is comprised of films, performances and speakers that showcase the ways in which art and media are…