Jacques and Ayo meet for dinner in the city’s Greenwich Village talking all night about each other’s work walking through New York City. But Jacques dominates the conversation about the strong Black women in his life starting with his mother and referencing African warrior women, the kind portrayed in the film Black Panther. Jacques introduces MAME’s spirit to Ayo describing his family conjuring up African warrior women in Congo Square during annual family reunions. Ayo, a NYC cop, is an African warrior woman of the modern era.
Bernard Demczuk
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Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D. is a cultural historian of Black History residing in DC & Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He travels the Deep South in search of Blue Bottle trees (insert) and new mysteries coming out of the African Diaspora. Recently, Bernard summited Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 70. He can be found leading tours at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Bernard Demczuk
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Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D. is a cultural historian of Black History residing in DC & Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He travels the Deep South in search of Blue Bottle trees (insert) and new mysteries coming out of the African Diaspora. Recently, Bernard summited Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 70. He can be found leading tours at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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