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Catherine McKinley to give lecture “West African Studio Photographies, Women's Fashion, and the Politics of Independence and Pan-Africanism.”

Catherine E. McKinley is a curator and writer whose books include the critically acclaimed Indigo, a journey along the ancient indigo trade routes in West Africa, and The Book of Sarahs, a memoir about growing up Black and Jewish in the 1960s–80s. 

This talk will be via zoom on 3/2, 2-3:20 is based on her new book, The African Lookbook.”

Her bio: https://www.macdowell.org/artists/catherine-mc-kinley

The book: https://amzn.to/3qXaoJM

This lecture is co-sponsored by Art History, with Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (CLA)

It is free and open to the public