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X Olamina

Writer • Cultural worker

Abosede George

X Olamina (they/them) is a Dallas, TX native living in Harlem NY.

X is an artist, writer, cultural worker, community organizer, curator and to the best of their abilities; a revolutionary.

X is the founding curator of HoodSchool NYC, a liberation-centered collective of artists, writers, students/educators, and everyday people creating new worlds free from imperialism, oppression, and exploitation.

X enjoys working hands-on with youth and adults to create & facilitate transformative spaces that nurture imagination and challenge the status quo toward liberated visions of tomorrow.

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Sunday Sept. 20 2026 • 11:00 AM | Virtual

a gate between two worlds: re/membering queer Afrikan technologies of resistance

HoodSchool NYV, X Olamina

In this workshop, participants will engage contemporary and precolonial concepts of queerness using archival material and political/theoretical analysis. Through critical fabulation and creative expression, participants embark on a journey to reclaim definitions of the self and redefine what Pan-Afrikan solidarity means.

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