Reviewed by Yagnishsing Dawoor Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson Grove Atlantic, 160pp., $12.10 ORB The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers quickly spawned a soundscape dominated by grief, despair and anger. Song after song released by Black musicians all over the world thematised antiblack violence, indexing Blackness to death. […]
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