In Okay Africa:
Kojo Owusu-Kusi, AKA Citizins, explores his Ghanaian-American identity in his debut solo exhibition Not Black Enough for Brooklyn Not African Enough for Accra. Opening over the weekend at New York’s Stuyvesant Mansion, the exhibit includes art and photographs from Citizins’ recent trip to Ghana.More here“Outside I was embarrassed and fearful to show my ‘Africaness,’” says Citizins in a press release. “Then at the same time, fearful to show too much of my Black British and African American side at home…. Then I came across Nkrumah, Fela, Sankara, Dubois and many other Pan-Africanist leaders and then I understood that my burden was a blessing and that I had a mission. I’m stuck in this limbo and I know now that I’m here to bridge the gap.”
Artwork by Citizins. All images courtesy of Pinc.via OkayAfrica
