Gold Member juxtaposes military camouflage uniforms and the drill bit used in oil exploration. Oil Wars ii depicts the centrality of the Oil and Gas industries in the Middle East. These paintings also considered the role of Oil in the Arab World, and how Oil and War have become inextricably bound. The post The Red Crescent, and The Oil Wars appeared first on PREE ..read more

Kei Miller drew out the renowned sociologist and novelist on the subject of the yet to be realized Emancipation of a vast segment of the Jamaican population and other facets of Dr. Brodber's practice as an activist for black social and cultural liberation. The post “De-Slaving Information”: PREE Writing Studio’s evening session 2 appeared first on PREE ..read more

As young adults, Maharajiah and her husband were forced to leave Kanpur to survive. They served a period of indentureship in Fiji, where my grandfather was born. The family then took on a second term of indentureship in Trinidad, where they remained. The post Indo-Caribbean Jewelry: Traditions and Innovations appeared first on PREE ..read more

The title Fe Head refers to the chemical symbol for iron, “Fe”, derived from the Latin ferrum, suggesting that the subject is an “iron man”; an emotionless, inhuman entity. The post Fe Head: The Political Potency of Omari Ra appeared first on PREE ..read more

Only a few days after finding his settlement raided and his army reduced to nothing by an expedition of white men, Tamanaco – imprisoned – was forced to fight for his life in jaw-to-jaw combat against Amigo, one of Garci-González de Silva’s hunting hounds. The post Fire in the Capital appeared first on PREE ..read more

KAY-ANN HENRY “The nightmare is that there are two worlds. The nightmare is that there is only one world, this one.” — Susan Sontag an embroidered dove flies off the fabric that mother and sister kneaded materializes into hopes and wants (needs) for something better something across continents (maybe) does the future see you and […] The post Yussef’s Dream appeared first on PREE ..read more

Mention of the war caused Jimani to involuntarily bite the chew stick he was cleaning his teeth with. That was the day he lost both his sight and his mother. The irony! To be physically wounded by the enemy’s weapon long after they’d assailed him mentally. The post Jimani’s Fever appeared first on PREE ..read more

Johnson was one of the most popular American presidents of all time. A charming, intelligent, Black, Republican, working class, energy entrepreneur, podcaster candidate from Texas. You couldn’t have made it up. The second Black President, first Black Republican President and unlike Obama, no Kenyan, Hawaiian or Indonesian background for the crazies to attack. An “American-Made” President. The post American-Made appeared first on PREE ..read more

Kids deep in sleep or supposed to be, but I could hear him clear his throat as if not to surprise himself when he turned the corner to the backyard garden. The post Papa Never Spoke about the War (No. 3) appeared first on PREE ..read more

Jah had been painting the earth into existence all day, paintbrush in one hand, fat spliff in her lip corner. That night, the heat was more oppressive than a colonizer. So she turned up the Lasko Fan. The post THE ISLAND appeared first on PREE ..read more