In Memoriam
We have been inspired by the work of the following people and acknowledge the impact of others — known and unknown.
We give thanks to:
Artists
- Abdul Mati Klarwein, 1932-2002 (Germany)
- Ana Mendieta, 1948-1985 (Cuba)
- Belkis Ayón, 1967-1999 (Cuba)
- Betye Saar, 1926-2026 (USA)
- Dieuseul Paul, 1952-2006 (Haiti)
- Faith Ringgold, 1930-2024 (USA)
- Hector Ayppolite, 1894-1948 (Haiti)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-1988 (USA)
- Jerome Caja, 1958-1995 (USA)
- John Giorno, 1936-2019 (USA)
- Louisiane Saint Fleurant, 1924-2005 (Haiti)
- Michael Smith, 1958-1991 (UK)
- Norval Morrisseau, 1933-2007 (Canada)
- Prospère Pierre-Louis, 1947-1997 (Haiti)
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode, 1955-1989 (Nigeria)
Authors
- Assata Shakur, 1934-2025 (USA)
- Audre Lorde, 1952-1992 (USA)
- bell hooks, 1952-2021 (USA)
- Dorothy Allison, 1949-2024 (USA)
- Gloria Anzaldúa, 1942-2004 (USA)
- Jayne Cortez, 1934-2012 (USA)
- Malidoma Patrice Somé, 1956-2021 (Burkina Faso)
- Ntozake Shange, 1948-2018 (USA)
- Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006 (USA)
- Paule Marshall, 1929-2019 (USA)
- Sobonfu E. Somé, -1997 (Burkina Faso)
- Sophie Bósèdé Olúwolé, 1935-2018 (Nigeria)
- Toni Cade Bambara, 1939-1995 (USA)
- Toni Morrison, 1931-2019 (USA)
- Ward Churchill, 1947-2026 (USA)
- Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (USA)
Healers
- Harriet Tubman, 1822-1913 (USA)
- Mary Jane Seacole, 1805-1881 (Jamaica)
- Mother Catherine Seals, ca. 1874-1930 (USA)
- Nat Turner, 1800-1831 (USA)
- Onesimus, ca. fl. 1600-1700s (USA)
- Paula de Eguiluz, ca. fl. 1592-1636 (Santo Domingo)
- Simone Bresi-Ando, 1979-2021 (UK)
- Sojourner Truth, 1797-1883 (USA)
Performers
- Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942-2024 (USA)
- Katherine Dunham, 1909-2006 (USA)
- La Lupe, 1939-1992 (Cuba)
- Pearl Primus, 1919-1994 (Trinidad)
- Pharoah Sanders, 1940-2022 (USA)
- Sinéad O'Connor, 1966-2023 (Ireland)
- Sun Ra, 1914-1993 (USA)
- Toto Bissainthe, 1934-1994 (Haiti)