2/25/21 review of the book African Art Reframed, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn

Here is the link to my February 25, 2021, Twitter thread review of the book African Art Reframed: Reflections and Dialogues on Museum Culture, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

2/28/18 thread about the Revue Noire's issue number 20

Here is the link to my Twitter thread about the magazine Revue Noire's issue number 20.

The thread is partly a history of the magazine Revue Noire, as I learned of it from Bennetta Jules-Rosette's book Black Paris. It's also a review of issue number 20 itself, which focuses on Paris and has an article on Hip Hop in Paris. And the device or justification of this thread is a YouTube playlist, which is built around a CD that had originally been included with this issue, but which I did not receive with the used copy of the magazine that I bought.

2/12/18 review of book Josephine Baker in Art and Life

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Josephine Baker in Art and Life: The Icon and the Image, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette.

The thread gives a summary of the book, as well as on Josephine Baker and Bennetta Jules-Rosette. It discusses some of the book's themes, such as the angles all biographies have; Baker's tale as a "Marian quest"; how Baker used her public image to her and society's benefit; the role of fashion in Baker's image; Baker's own invention of her public image; Baker's agency in developing her image; the social work Baker did later on in life; and Baker's involvement with the trans community.

The tweets in my threads have been twisted out of chronological order on Twitter's platform. This thread's coherency is moderately affected as a result. My apologies.

8/20/17 review of book Terminal Signs, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Terminal Signs: Computers and Social Change in Africa, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette.

The thread gives a summary of the book and some context on Bennetta Jules-Rosette and how I came to read this work. It discusses Jules-Rosette's approach to semiotics. It shows how that approach can be applied to the stages of tech adoption in Kenya and Ivory Coast. It then discusses the aspects of that tech adoption in Kenya and Ivory Coast that the book examines. It also discusses how we could apply Jules-Rosette's theories to business, psychology, social media, and nonfiction literature.

8/6/17 review of book Black Paris, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Black Paris: The African Writers' Landscape, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette.

The thread gives a summary of the book, some context on how I learned of the book, and some history about relations between Paris and Africa. The thread discusses some things that surprised me about the book and some things the book inspired me to think about more. The thread discusses Présence Africaine, African literature festivals, human rights movements, Africa's development and Paris as a publishing hub for African literature. And it discusses some great authors discussed in the book, as well as how those authors attempted to re-frame African literature.

Here is the link to the University of Illinois Press web page for the book.