Adolescent dans les annĂ©es 90, lâAmĂ©rique qui parle le plus Ă Walid (
@walidw ) est celle des icĂŽnes noires. Des voix, des corps, une allure, une Ă©nergie, mais surtout une maniĂšre dâhabiter le monde : transformer le style en langage, la colĂšre en puissance, la mĂ©moire en contre-rĂ©cit et la lutte en imaginaire mondial.
Ă Atlanta, face Ă lâĂ©crivain, curateur et historien T.K. Smith (
@tksmith106 ) et de lâartiste visuel et universitaire Fahamu PĂšcou (
@fahamupecou ), une question sâimpose : que signifie porter une culture cĂ©lĂ©brĂ©e partout, quand lâĂ©galitĂ© rĂ©elle demeure contestĂ©e chez soi ?
De la Grande Migration Ă lâessor dâAtlanta comme « Black Mecca », dâObama au retour de Trump, Black America explore le paradoxe dâune culture noire au coeur de lâimaginaire du rĂȘve amĂ©ricain â mais toujours tenue Ă distance de sa promesse.
Ăpisode 1 â Black America, de la mini-sĂ©rie âQue reste-t-il du rĂȘve amĂ©ricain ?â, Ă Ă©couter sur Frictions.co et sur toutes les plateformes.
đșđž As a teenager in the 1990s, the America that spoke most deeply to Walid was embodied by its Black icons. Voices, bodies, a way of carrying oneself, an energy, but above all a way of inhabiting the world: turning style into language, anger into power, memory into counter-narrative, and struggle into a global imaginary.
In Atlanta, with the writer, curator and historian TK Smith, and the visual artist and scholar Fahamu PĂšcou, one question comes into focus: what does it mean to carry a culture celebrated everywhere, when real equality remains contested at home?
From the Great Migration to Atlantaâs rise as a Black Mecca, from Obama years to Trumpâs return, Black America explores the paradox of a Black culture at the heart of the American Dreamâs imagination â yet still kept at a distance from its promise.
Episode 1 â Black America, from the audio series âWhatâs Left of the American Dream?â, now available on Frictions.co and all major platforms.