With healing rituals passed down from her Panamanian family, Baltimore shaman creates art wrapped in medicine

The Baltimore Sun

Whether atop the base of a Confederate-era statue or perusing the 15th-century gallery at the Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore artist aims to create safe spaces and cleanse environments that were not historically built or intended for her.

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Cultures in motion: Phyllis Akinyi's love affair with flamenco

Perfect Strangers Magazine

“To me, flamenco is a melting pot of outcast cultures,” says Phyllis Akinyi. “I view myself as somewhat of an outcast, of a mixture of cultures, of someone who doesn’t necessarily fit in.” Born in Copenhagen to a Kenyan father and a Danish mother, Phyllis is an anthropologist, dance teacher, and bailaora de flamenco who now lives in Madrid.

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