AfriCOBRA

アフリコブラ / 1968– / Style / Black Arts Movement

Visualizes Black communal affirmation and political consciousness through blazing color, rhythm, lettering and Africa-centered images.

Kool-Aid colors / Rhythmic repetition / Letters and figures / Afrocentric imagery

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition: Extract the one structure that governs space and gaze
Material: Verify materials specific to region, period and process
Caution: Never anonymize it as 'African-style' color and pattern. Verify the collective's principles and its purpose for Black community.
Further study: Jeff Donaldson / Wadsworth Jarrell / Barbara Jones-Hogu