Interview with Theresa India Young (2000)
Screenshot from African Television Network of New England interview with Theresa India Young (2000)
Accessed here on 8/13/2025: https://vimeo.com/194749852?share=copy
Notes:
National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury - “Nubian (Sudanese region) Burial Chamber Something like this? https://ncaaa.org/museum/collections-exhibitions/aspelta/
21:40 — “Our art is living, it’s not dead just in a display case, so if you see a mask, it’s not just a mask it’s a part of a ritual, part of a performance. It’s not just still, it’s alive. When we say art, it’s material culture”
What makes a dead space “alive”—people
Using signs and symbols. Nubians some of the first to develop language. Dinka symbols in west Africa(?).
46:35 — [“To make our story complete, we need to include Egypt and Nubia and all the cultures together.”]
Final thought @ ~55:45 a plea to Black people to participate in Carnival, expressing that we need to do better at acknowledging the connection between the African diaspora and Latin America
