Black Artists Shaping the World

Sharna Jackson is an award-winning children's author and curator. She is the author of four books for children, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020 winner High-Rise Mystery (2019) and Mic Drop (2020). Dr Zoé Whitley is the Director of London's Chisenhale Gallery and co-curator of 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' (2017).

A timely book that introduces young readers to the work of twenty-six contemporary Black artists from Africa and of the African diaspora.

Introduction Kara Walker - b. 1969, USA Lynette Yiadom-Boakye - b. 1977, UK Harold Offeh - b. 1977, Ghana Augusta Savage - 1892-1962, USA Nick Cave - b. 1959, USA Zanele Muholi - b. 1972, South Africa Faith Ringgold - b. 1930, USA Carrie Mae Weems - b. 1953, USA Larry Achiampong - b. 1984, UK Gordon Parks - 1912-2006, USA Arthur Jafa - b. 1960, USA Tabita Rezaire - b. 1989, France Awol Erizku - b. 1988, Ethiopia Amy Sherald - b. 1973, USA Nwando Ebizie - b. 1982, Nigeria Ashley Holmes - b. 1990, UK Rosana Paulino - b. 1967, Brazil Lubaina Himid - b. 1954, Zanzibar Toyin Ojih Odutola - b. 1985, Nigeria Yinka Shonibare - b. 1962, UK Chris Ofili - b. 1968, UK Delphine Diallo - b. 1974, France Steve McQueen - b. 1969, UK Nyugen E. Smith - b. 1976, USA Emory Douglas - b. 1943, USA Kevin Beasley - b. 1985, USA Romare Bearden - 1911-1988, USA Focus On: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Focus On: The Harlem Renaissance Focus On: The Civil Rights Movement Focus On: Decolonisation Focus On: Calling Out Racism Biographies Glossary List of artworks About the author