Langston Amadi

Atlanta, Georgia
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“How does being Black affect your art?”

        “𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚍𝚘, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙸 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝, 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜.“