Readings of Robeson is a performance honoring the revolutionary insights and activist intentions of artist, actor, and activist Paul Robeson. During this performance, Bimpé Fageyinbo, Nigerian-American artist, published poet, photojournalist, and member of the Rutgers University-Newark journalism faculty, will perform a staged reading of Paul Robeson’s writing and speeches. In between her reading of his work, Fageyinbo will perform pieces from her personal collection in response to the themes in Robeson’s work.

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Bimpé Fageyinbo is a Nigerian-American artist, published poet and photojournalist, and member of the Rutgers University-Newark journalism faculty. Her current work utilizes poetry, prose and documentary photography to explore themes related to race, identity, faith and gender. Fageyinbo obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies, and her Master’s in Public Administration. She is the author of two books of poetry, So Maybe That’s the Bee’s Weakness (2010), and What Was Me (2017), and is a contributing author of A Womb of Violet: An Anthology (2019), a limited edition risoprint art book which has been archived in collections at the Newark Public Library, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Free Black Woman’s Library, the Library of Congress, and The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. She is a member of A Womb of Violet, a Black women’s artist collective, and is currently working on a third book of poetry, and a documentary about mobility in Nigeria.