Ezili's Mirrors Robert Slater Defence of the open

Defence of the open

and broken them down

whose iconic artwork is reproduced within the volume

underscoring how a movement emerged to denounce both racial biases by police and the broader economic and social system that has stacked the deck against young black civilians

and coincided with his earliest writing as “Gouger” for the Bulletin

Ezili's Mirrors Robert Slater Defence of the openFrom the dagger mistress Ezili Je Wouj and the gender bending mermaid Lasiren to the beautiful femme queen Ezili Freda, the Ezili pantheon of Vodoun spirits represents the divine forces of love, sexuality, prosperity, pleasure, maternity, creativity, and fertility. And just as Ezili appears in different guises and characters, so too does Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley in her voice and genre shifting, exploratory book Ezili's Mirrors. Drawing on her