afropunk bk: black joy from the pit

PHOTOS BY MEL D. COLE FOR AFROPUNK 

“One ever feels his twoness — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.” — W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folks

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole

Mel D. Cole