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Afropunk Brings The 'Black Lives Matter' Ethos Abroad

Afropunk has come of age. In reaching the next phase of its evolution, its efforts have gone global. The music festival has grown to the level of cultural institution.
After hours of waiting, a festival attendee cuts loose in a mosh pit at the Afropunk Joburg festival in Johannesburg in December 2017.

To kick off a Twitter chat on black storytelling and identity with documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, #AfropunkSolutionSessions podcast host Bridget Todd posed a question that she always asks of creatives: "What role do you think arts & culture plays in social change? Can art change the world?"

She offered an example of a creative catalyst.

"Color of Change is like an advocacy organization," she said of the nonprofit civil rights group. "They work in culture, art, music,

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