Friday, 8 November 2019

A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World’s Fair

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Today's TED Talk

A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

10:40 minutes · TED2019

In this lively talk and performance, artist and TED Fellow Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin offers a sneak peek of her forthcoming musical "At Buffalo." Drawing on archival material from the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition, a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, the show examines conflicting representations of black identity exhibited at the fair -- highlighting unsettlingly familiar parallels between American society at the turn of the century and today, and asking: Are we all still part of the show?

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