In the Family

Meshell Ndegeocello’s 2024 album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin , deploys not only Baldwin’s texts but the author as Black queer icon. In this review of a stop on her concert tour of the album, Rebecca Wanzo argues that she interpellates those who know Baldwin deeply as well as those who do not. Both the album and performance evoke Black queer artists and liberation struggles of the past and present in order to speak across space and time.

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Washington University in St. Louis (US)

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Journal: James Baldwin Review
Published: 2025-09-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7227/jbr.11.16
Primary Topic: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Type: article
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In the Family

Sep 22, 2025

James Baldwin Review

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

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In the Family

September 22, 2025article en

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James Baldwin ReviewVol. 11(1)

Washington University in St. Louis (US)

Gender equality

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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

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