{"id":321,"date":"2019-05-07T05:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T05:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/?p=321"},"modified":"2019-05-07T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T18:42:04","slug":"untitled-from-who-we-are-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/lgbtq\/untitled-from-who-we-are-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Untitled, from Who we are Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Esiebo-Who-We-Are-e1557075980917.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[321]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-330 \" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2019\/05\/Esiebo-Who-We-Are-e1557075980917.jpg\" alt=\"Preacher holding a Bible with a Pride Flag hanging from a window in the background.\" width=\"413\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Esiebo, Untitled (<em>Who we are<\/em> Series)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Andrew Esiebo<br \/>\nNigerian, born 1978<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntitled,\u201d<em> Who we are <\/em>Series<br \/>\n2010<\/p>\n<p>Photograph<\/p>\n<p>Collection of Andrew Esiebo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can religion and queerness peacefully coexist? Nigerian photographer Andrew Esiebo explores this question in his series <em>Who we are<\/em>, in which he photographs homosexual individuals in the environments where they inhabit. Esiebo\u2019s work destabilizes stereotypical representations of homosexuals in Africa. He says, \u201cI want to blur the attention from homosexual sexual practices (towards which the focus is too much centered) and to reflect more on issues such as love, desires, aspirations, compassion, or faith\u201d (Esiebo 2010). In this photograph, Esiebo tackles this question head-on. The preacher has a firm grasp on the Bible while standing in front of a rainbow flag, the symbol of LGBTQ pride. In a world where people frequently use religion to justify the vilification of LGBTQ Africans, this photograph is a look into a rarely-seen synergy between faith and queerness and the few spaces of worship that serve as refuges for persecuted queer Africans.<\/p>\n<p>Saidou Camara &#8217;19<\/p>\n<p>Bibliography<\/p>\n<p>Esiebo, Andrew. 2010. \u201cWho we are.\u201d <em>Andrew Esiebo. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewesiebo.com\/whoweare\">http:\/\/www.andrewesiebo.com\/whoweare<\/a><br \/>\nThis webpage provides additional information on the <em>Who we are<\/em> series by Eric Gyamfi himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Makhubu, Nomusa. 2017. \u201cScreening the fantastic \u2013 citizenship and postcolonial theoconomies in African video-film and photography.\u201d <em>African Identities<\/em> 15, no. 2: 208-227.<br \/>\nUsing Esiebo\u2019s work for the purpose of analysis, this article discusses how politics, religion, and socioeconomic status in Nigeria are visualized and negotiated in film and photography.<\/p>\n<p>McGee, Robert. 2016. \u201cDoes Religion Influence Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 16 Countries.\u201d <em>Fayetteville State University, Department of Accounting<\/em>. Pp. 1-22.<br \/>\nThis article conducts a study of 16 countries, including Nigeria, to ascertain what the relationship between religion and views on homosexuality is.<\/p>\n<p>Tamale, Sylvia. 2014. \u201cExploring the contours of African sexualities: Religion, law and power.\u201d <em>African Human Rights Law Journal<\/em> 14, no. 1: 150-177.<br \/>\nTamale explores how religion and the law intersect to control, challenge, and potentially change how Africans express their sexualities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Esiebo Nigerian, born 1978 \u201cUntitled,\u201d Who we are Series 2010 Photograph Collection of Andrew Esiebo &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,46],"tags":[67,31,65,40,37,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lgbtq","7":"category-love","8":"tag-andrew-esiebo","9":"tag-lgbtq","10":"tag-love","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-photograph","13":"tag-religion","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Untitled, from Who we are Series - Art &amp; 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