Sparked by D'Angelo's grounding excursion to South Carolina—where my people're from—and recorded partly in Cuba—the homeland of Lukumí—Voodoo was my introduction to the rapturous possibilities of Ogunian anarchism before I had the language to describe it.
zuri arman
zuri arman (they/thim) is an independent scholar, and anti-genre writer, critic, and maker, and Dark+Africana practitioner from Charlotte, North Carolina. They are the co-founder, creative director, and editor of (de)cypher+dark notes on the culture, a black studies journal and creative incubator seeking to radicalize and deepen conversations about black culture and art (cypheringwhile.black). zuri’s poetry and prose has been featured in Howlround, CLR James Journal, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, a special issue of Interviewing the Caribbean ed. by Carole Boyce Davies, Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies (PM Press), and Burnaway Magazine of Contemporary Art from the South. In 2026, they received their PhD in Africana Studies from Brown University.