Liberian Italian Hip Hop Artist Karima2G Presents New Book, Performs
Liberian Italian Hip Hop artist Karima2G will present her new book, Il corpo nero/The Black Body, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in Giffels Auditorium of Old Main. Karima2G will present her book and host a Q&A session. The event will be in English.
Karima2G will also give a performance at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, also in Giffels Auditorium. She will be singing in various languages, including both English and Italian. Make sure to stop by and see her perform.
An excerpt from The Black Body reads: "The book is about my life, and the people that were and are involved in it, including my parents. Since I'm a second-generation Italian (my parents are Liberian immigrants), I focus a lot on immigration. I was inspired by my political science studies, because my thesis was about the history of Liberia and Liberian refugees. So the research for my thesis turned into research on my parents, my history and my community."
Check out Karima2G on Instagram or YouTube. Learn more about Karima2G's thoughts on Black Feminism in Italy and Afro-Futurism.
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Contacts
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, associate professor of Italian
Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
847-217-1630,
calabret@uark.edu
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