Mikael Owunna, the Glossary
Mikael Chukwuma Owunna (born 1990) is an African-American photographer who currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Table of Contents
36 relations: African Americans, Andrew Mellon, Aperture (magazine), Boarding school, Caribbean, Chinua Achebe, Coming out, Duke University, Engineering, Europe, Exorcism, Fulbright Program, Homosexuality, Immigration, LGBT, Mandarin Chinese, Middlebury College, Nigeria, North America, NPR, Octavia E. Butler, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Queer, Racial bias in criminal news in the United States, Refugee, Rothermere American Institute, Sweden, Taiwan, TED (conference), The Guardian, The New York Times, University of Oxford, YWCA, Zanele Muholi.
- American artists of Nigerian descent
- Queer photographers
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Andrew Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.
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Aperture (magazine)
Aperture magazine, based in New York City, is an international quarterly journal specializing in photography.
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Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
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Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature.
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Coming out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
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Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
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Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Exorcism
Exorcism is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed.
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Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Mikael Owunna and Fulbright Program are Fulbright alumni.
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Homosexuality
Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
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Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.
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LGBT
is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.
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Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Octavia E. Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards.
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Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Queer
Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.
Racial bias in criminal news in the United States
Racial biases are a form of implicit bias, which refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect an individual's understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.
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Refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.
Rothermere American Institute
The Rothermere American Institute is a department of the University of Oxford dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the United States of America and its place in the world.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
TED (conference)
TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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YWCA
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries.
Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi (born 19 July 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation.
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See also
American artists of Nigerian descent
- Ade A. Olufeko
- Adejoke Tugbiyele
- Amarachi Nwosu
- Aniekan Udofia
- Bassey Ikpi
- Chi Modu
- Chino Amobi
- Chris Aire
- Dawn Okoro
- Florence Ngala
- Ibiyinka Alao
- Ini Archibong
- Izzy Odigie
- Kehinde Wiley
- Marcia Kure
- Mendi & Keith Obadike
- Mikael Owunna
- Mimi Onuoha
- Mobolaji Dawodu
- Ngozi Ukazu
- Okwui Okpokwasili
- Olalekan Jeyifous
- Onyeka Ibe
- Oshoke Abalu
- Suzanna Ogunjami
- Taiye Selasi
- Toyin Ojih Odutola
- Tunde Oyeneyin
- Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Queer photographers
- Darryl DeAngelo Terrell
- David Benjamin Sherry
- David Uzochukwu
- Del LaGrace Volcano
- Enrico Corte
- James Emmerman
- Joey Terrill
- Kia LaBeija
- Mikael Owunna
- Myles Loftin
- Samra Habib
- Shari Diamond
- Wynne Neilly
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Owunna
Also known as Mikael Chukwuma Owunna.