Black Artists Shaping the World

By Sharna Jackson,

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Written by award-winning Black British children's author Sharna Jackson, Black Artists Shaping the World celebrates the diversity of work being produced today by Black artists from around the globe, introducing young readers to twenty-six contemporary artists from Africa and of the African diaspora.

Sharna Jackson's experience as a children's author…

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Images are powerful and, in our home, I am intentional about choosing art created by people who look like my son and me. When I discovered Black Artists Shaping The World, written by award-winning children’s author Sharna Jackson, I was thrilled.

Jackson was co-curator of the groundbreaking exhibition “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” and this book showcases twenty-six contemporary artists from Africa and the African diaspora, working in everything from painting, sculpture, and drawing to ceramics, installation art, and sound art.

My own favorites include the work of Kehinde Wiley, portraitist to Barack Obama,…

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