# Tavia Nyong’O

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Whiteness in Cinema and 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' with Dave Holmes and Tavia Nyong'o

One of our most divisive episodes to date! The crew is joined by the wonderful Dave Holmes as they review Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. The line is quickly drawn in the sand between those who love this movie and those who hate. You'll have to listen to find out who is on which side! Plus, professor …

Ep. 38: Just Can't [The] Help It

Wynter returns this week, as we welcome special guests Renee Bever (artist, co-host of Attack of the Queerwolf), and Tavia Nyong'o (author, Professor of American Studies at Yale). The panel catches up about how they've been participating in the national uprisings, while reflecting on some of the me…

STORM STUDIES with Tavia Nyong'o

Storm is a thief, goddess, headmistress, queen and gay icon! Joined by Tavia Nyong'o, Yale Professor and author of Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life, Johnny and Prof Xtra discuss Ororo Munroe, our favorite leader of the X-Men, during her Mohawk periods in the 1980s and 2010s, and the…

Tavia Nyong'o on Revolutionary Queer Imaginaries

What is the negative capacity of art and how does it let us imagine otherwise? What tools does queer of color critique offer for building new worlds? What revolutionary futures become visible when we bring a critical scrutiny to our lives and our work? In episode 64 of the Imagine Otherwise podcas…

Wakanda Forever with Tavia Nyong'o

Karen Tongson takes over hosting duties and is joined by special guest Tavia Nyong'o to discuss Black Panther! The gang chats about the impact the soundtrack had on them, afro-futurism/afro-centrism as part of the storytelling, and "double consciousness." Plus, Margaret talks Monica Lewinsky, Karen…

Tavia Nyong’o, "Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life" (NYU Press, 2018)

Tavia Nyong’o's Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life (NYU Press, 2018), examines a broad range of artists and disciplines, from Adrian Piper to Kara Walker to the meaning of the auroch's in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Throughout the book, Nyong’o draws the reader's attention to…

Tavia Nyong'o on Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World

A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, Tavia Nyong’o is the William Lampson Professor of American Studies at Yale University, with award-winning books including The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory (University of Minnesota Press, 2009), and Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Blac…