Alan A. Aja

Aug 31, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Wilfred Chan |Anakwa Dwamena |Alan A. Aja |Daniel Bustillo

Yearning for Freedom In Ming Smith’s photo of Amina and Amiri Baraka, we can see the interdependence of Black art and political struggle. ▪ Spring 2023 They could be any couple. The man appears to be talking or resting. The woman wears a furrowed brow, her face illuminated and surrounded by shadow. The title gives them away: they are Amina and Amiri Baraka, the celebrated poets and political activists, captured on film by Ming Smith.