A BLACK INDIAN SPEAKS

THE ARTWORKS OF CHAHTA/MUSKOGEE/AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST YUSUF AFOX'E

YUSUF AFOX'E IS OF MIXED SOUTHEASTERN NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH BLACK INDIAN MIXED BLOODS BORN IN ALABAMA, YUSUF WAS BORN IN 1967 ON A NAVAL MILITARY BASE IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN HIS FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.  YUSUF HAS BEEN AN ARTIST FOR ALL HIS LIFE, HE ATTENDED THE COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 1989 FOR OVER
3 YEARS. HE HAS ATTENDED MANY ART SHOWS AND
FESTIVALS FOR OVER 20 YEARS DISPLAYING AND SELLING 
HIS WORKS. HE HAS SHOWN HIS ART WORKS AT MANY EXHIBITIONS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
OVER THE YEARS SUCH AS AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX AND
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE MAIN THEMES OF HIS PAINTINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
REFLECT HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES AND STORIES OF HIS LIFE
TOLD FROM A MIXED MOORISH (BLACK) AND NATIVE AMERICAN
POINT OF VIEW. HE EXPRESSES HIS SPIRITUAL AND
POLITICAL VIEWS THROUGH ART, POETRY AND CREATIVE
FREE STYLE WRITINGS, A LOT THAT THE VIEWER WILL
SEE WRITTEN IN HIS ART WORKS.

MY WIFE/QUEEN (TIYI ANKH'TAAWI) AND I

 

MY DAD..

MY DAD'S DAD..

 

MY MATERNAL GRAND MOTHER..

MY MOM AND YOUNGER SISTER..BLACK INDIANS..

A BLACK INDIAN WOMAN