Resource April 29, 2019

Meet the Journalist: Melissa Bunni Elian

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Image by Melissa Bunni Elian. South Africa, 2017.
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AFROPUNK connects the African Diaspora not only through music, but also socially and politically...

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Rain can't dampen the spirits of Afropunk Joburg attendees. They continue to dance as rain begins to fall in Johannesburg in December. Image by Melissa Bunni Elian. South Africa, 2017.
Rain can't dampen the spirits of Afropunk Joburg attendees. They continue to dance as rain begins to fall in Johannesburg in December. Image by Melissa Bunni Elian. South Africa, 2017.

Melissa Bunni Elian discusses her motivation in reporting on AFROPUNK: "Not only is AFROPUNK a space for music, it is also a space for politics and social justice, and I wanted to see the ways in which the messages of AFROPUNK were being received globally... How was an American sense of Afrocentricity going to inform Africans about their blackness? AFROPUNK... is a really interesting way to connect the African diaspora, particularly among millennials, and I think there's a lot more to be understood about what it's doing out in the world."