In recent years, social media have become the main platform where new artistic talents, but also black activists are imposing themselves in Italian culture. This multi-media lecture explores the role of Black girls in Italy and their contribution in a variety of fields including the world-renowned Italian fashion and beauty industries, the role of Black artists in the music and entertainment industry. Social Media Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important strategy for Afro-Italians seeking to advance new narratives about Blackness and its inclusion within the material and symbolic boundaries of Italy. At the same time, Afro-Italian entrepreneurship is transforming Italian material culture, and, by extension, the meanings of "Italianness" itself.
Fred "Kudjo" Kuwornu is a filmmaker, activist, producer, and educator.
This event is sponsored by the French and Italian Graduate Students Association.
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