Chi-Raq
By Spike Lee Chi-Raq is a film by Spike Lee, a prominent Black director whose films centre around racism and anti-black violence in America. He takes Lysistrata and places it in the gang wars of Chicago, translating…
Tag: classics and black culture
Influence of Culture over Marital Love and Fidelity in Ancient Rome and Ugboha of Edo State
By Monica Omoye Aneni Abstract: This paper, interrogated the roles and pressures of culture over marital love and fidelity and vice-versa in both societies. The study employed historical and comparative methodologies…
Can the instrumenta domini dismantle the domus domini?
By Samuel Agbamu Abstract: Agbamu considers his complicated relationship with Classics as a Classicist of Colour, the problems with Classics’ narrow cultural focus, and how these issues might be addressed. Blogpost for…
Greek and Yoruba Beliefs in Sophocles’ Antigone and Femi Osofisan’s Adaptation, Tegonni
By Olakunbi Olasope Abstract: The highly spirited heroine of the Antigone ensured that her deceased brother Polynices was given a decent burial by sprinkling dust and pouring three cups of libation on his corpse. By…
Artwork: Bearden’s “A Black Odyssey” and “Mauritius”
Artwork by Romare Bearden In 1977, Romare Bearden (1911–1988), one of the most powerful and original artists of the 20th century, created a cycle of 20 collages and watercolors (miniature variations of his collages)…