We’ve been quiet for a minute, but we turned 10 this month. We’re very proud of everything this past decade has brought to us and wrote a lil reflection note to mark the occasion:.

Twas a pleasure to convene in Miami with Jupiter Magazine as we celebrate 10 years💫.

This week @roxietheater, @suduconnexion travels its 'Afro Futuristik' film fest to the States for the first time. The festival will feature programs of African and French fiction, documentary, and animation works from the African Diaspora. Learn more here:

RT @sunujournal: Revisit our tweet about the African Palestinian (Afro-Palestinian) community in Jerusalem #FreePalestine #SUNUnotes #SUNUj….

RT @xaymacans: 🚨 A £4,000 writing grant for women and non-binary debut authors of non-fiction who are citizens* of the Caribbean or Africa….

we love you, Kimberly.

"My various lives roll through my mind like streetlights on an evening drive in an empty city. No one lives in the city anymore, but the energy remains urgent and alive." @EricaCardwell .

RT @EricaCardwell: My first essay for @ARTSdotBLACK is up today - a meditation on Akosua Owusu's "Reluctantly Queer" and the ways we intima….

.@EricaCardwell on Akosua Owusu's short film, Reluctantly Queer, and what it means to find a pathway towards home and healing.

Yet another brilliant conversation! Stay on the lookout for our thread wrap up, an archive of both panels, as well as additional content apart of our MAS MOVEMENT programming. Catch us at 7:30 EDT ✨TONIGHT✨ on IG live for a special soca set by @foreignerrrrrrr!.

Nyugen Smith, who’s work includes performance, introduces us to an acting method developed by Trinidadian theatre director Tony Hall called “The Jouvert Method”, paralleling it to jouvert’s inevitable change. — “there is an evolution, and the evolution is something we can’t stop”.

Moderator, Michael J. Cooper,. — “there is a very very deep history of rebellion of jouvert in Trinidad”. Michael expands on jouvert’s roots in African, Afro-Creole & Indigenous traditions, and it’s challenging contemporary relationship to fatphobia and anti-blackness.

Kicking off the conversation, we touch on the legacy of jouvert as it relates to violence. Kearra Amaya Goppee, whose work prevalently engages violence & carnival, speaks on 2019s increased police presence at jourvert in NY —. “What is the violence that allyuh are tryna corral?”.

Starting NOW! 🔼⬆️🔼 Join us on Instagram Live, or on Zoom for a smoother viewing experience ~>

REMINDER • this is happening *today* ⬇️.

We’ll close out this series, curated by Michael J. Cooper & @indigotshai, tomorrow evening with a live soca focused set by DJ & filmmaker, @foreignerrrrrrr 7:30 PDT on our Instagram Live ✨

TOMORROW, February 20th @ 3:30 PDT • join us for The 2nd and final conversation in our Mas Movement carnival series with multi and inter disciplinary artists, Kearra Amaya Goppee and Nyugen Smith 🌟 RSVP here for the Zoom link >>

This conversation has been LIVELY — thrilling, informative, educational & empathetically engaged. Michael just wrapped the Q&A portion of our first panel. Stay tuned for a thread wrap up and head over to on IGTV to watch the conversation if you missed it.

Kicking off the conversation, our speakers pay homage to legacy. “Everything starts with HAITI” — @tillahwillah . “We have to speak the names of our elders and those that came before us — everyday” @ladyjjewels.