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What is the cultural significance of Black hair and how does it impact the way African Americans show up across all arenas of social life? And what are some art practices that have been built around that? In this Season 14 premiere, host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal welcomes fellow Duke colleague Prof. Jasmine Nichole Cobb to discuss her latest book, "New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair," published by Duke University Press.

“In this brilliantly conceived and groundbreaking book, Jasmine Nichole Cobb provides startling new insights about the entanglements of Black hair with the archive, the political, and the visual." — Sarah Haley, author

Find out more about Prof. Cobb here: http://jasminecobb.com/
Find her book here: https://dukeupress.edu/new-growth

Left of Black is the Webby Awards-nominated web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars created and hosted by James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies Mark Anthony Neal. From 2010-2020, it was produced by the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Global Studies. In 2020, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute took over production, with funding support from Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

Directed & edited by Eric Barstow, MFA.
Assistant editor and production assistant, Jakiah Glass

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