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Zakiyyah is a classically trained singer, actor, and political activist versed in opera, hip-hop, jazz, and R&B. After sweeping headlines with Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera last year, she continues to use her art as a vehicle to address issues of racial justice, gender equality, and economic equality in Boston and beyond.

Zakiyyah brings her arts activism to the Museum for an evening of conversation around the decolonization of cultural institutions and the important role museums play in combating racism and deconstructing white supremacy in America. Featuring incredible live performances from Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera, her upcoming release African Import, and more!

In conversation with Jeneé Osterheldt, culture columnist and creator of A Beautiful Resistance, a special project for The Boston Globe that centers Black voices and celebrates Black Joy.

𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚

Zakiyyah is an artist-activist who uses music and visual media to explore themes that centralize marginalized communities. As an actor and classically trained singer, she utilizes her versatile sound to reach a broad range of listeners from the House of Blues to the United Nations. After graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in political science and sociology, she worked for City Councilor Tito Jackson and Sheriff Steven Tompkins. She then spent a year pursuing her artistic and scholastic ambitions in the Czech Republic, Thailand, South Africa, Colombia, hosting Black Lives Matter events in the latter two countries. She has also been an education administrator, and currently works as an anti-racism consultant with Arts Connect International.

These experiences, coupled with her artistic versatility, make her uniquely qualified to use her art as a catalyst for social change. Her upcoming album, African Import, provides a window into both the beauty and complexity of the black diaspora, and the significance of its consumption by mainstream society.

Jeneé Osterheldt is a culture columnist who covers identity and social justice through the lens of culture and the arts. Her work centers Black lives and the lives of people of color. She is also the creator of A Beautiful Resistance, a special project for The Boston Globe that centers Black voices and celebrates Black Joy.

Jeneé’s job is to provide context. Sometimes this means writing about Beyoncé and Black womanhood or unpacking the importance of public art and representation. Sometimes this means taking systemic racism, sexism, and oppression to task. It always means Black lives matter.

She joined the Globe in 2018. A native of Alexandria, Va. and a graduate of Norfolk State University, Osterheldt was a 2017 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where her studies focused on the intersection of art and justice. She previously worked as a Kansas City Star culture columnist.

𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘂 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Oveante Magsby
𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘂 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿: Matt Ho
𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗽-𝗛𝗼𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: Ron Furr
𝗛𝗶𝗽-𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: Ron Furr
𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲: Produced by Ron Furr,
𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Matt Ho

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘹, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

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