Maulana Karenga Quote

So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not need pictures of oranges in a bowl or trees standing innocently in the midst of a wasteland. If we must paint oranges and trees, let our guerrillas be eating those oranges for strength and using those trees for cover.


"Black Cultural Nationalism" in The Black Aesthetic (1971)


So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not...

So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not...

So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not...

So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not...