Yesterday, I wrote about Afros in San Juan and stumbled across the name Zahira Kelly. It was one that looked familiar to me so I decided to check out her artwork. What I found was that, like Valerie Moreno, Kelly's mission is to increase visibility and representation of AfroLatinas. And y'all, this Domicana's work is pretty fly. So impressive, that I decided to share a few pieces that stuck out to me. Check them out on the following pages. And then, dig into her entire collection, here.
First, she created an entire bilingual, coloring book to discuss the lack of representation.
The depiction of The Virgin Mary as a Black woman.
Or this one.
"My body is mine."
Reminds me of La Gordita in Colombia, expect much flyer.
So.Pretty.
You can purchase Zahira Kelly's work at ShopZahiraKelly.com or support her as an artist, here.
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