ROOTS RUN DEEP - Africa to the Americas in Pictures: A Photographic Exploration
ROOTS RUN DEEP - Africa to the Americas - About Us
Albert G. Mosely
Albert G. Mosely is a Professor of Philosophy at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has authored and co-authored two books: African Philosophy and Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Unfair Preference? His article, “Autobiographical Musings on Race, Caste, and Violence appeared in Radical Philosophy Review, a peer-reviewed forum for activist scholars, community activists, and artists. His most recently published philosophical essays are: “Music, Modernity, and Pragmatism”; “Racial Differences in Sports: What’s Ethics Got to do With It?”; “African Philosophy at the Turn of the Century”; “Expanding the Moral Circle”; “From Racism to Speciesism”; “Should the Racial Contract Replace the Social Contract?”; and, “Science and Technology in Contemporary African Philosophy.”
He has also constructed reviews on books such as “Wonders of the African World” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and “An Introduction to African Philosophy” by Samuel Oluoch Imbo.
Willard G. Taylor
Willard G. Taylor is a professional photographer who practices in the areas of commercial and fine art photography. His work is displayed in a plethora of formats: CD, video, magazine covers, and album jackets, which span the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and South America. His fine art prints have been exhibited at national and international galleries in the U.S., Senegal and Brazil.
Taylor is currently the President and Founder of YourWorld Consultant Group, Inc., a special interest market research and development consultant company dedicated to serving groups and organizations interested in African Diaspora international educational programs, its culture and events. He served on several boards of directors including the Olatunji Center of African Culture, the Duke Ellington High School for the Arts in Washington, D.C. and the International Capoeira Angola Foundation. He has received numerous distinguished awards in the field of photography, including Time-Life Books - New Discovery (1977) and McMillian Publishers – The Complete Book of Photographers (1981).