Four Women Film Project

In spite of the years of being marginalized and abused, here are examples of four women from Afrika who not only prevailed but changed things. We selected four, but there are countless numbers of women just like them who fight every day and don’t get the same praise. The simple truth is, we would not be here without them and without the activism, engagement, love, nurturing, and the strength of Black women.” - Dr. Mark Lomax, II

Composer, drummer, activist, and educator Dr. Mark Lomax, II has created Four Women, a multidimensional new work featuring a score composed by Lomax and performances by members of UCelli: The Columbus Cello Quartet. Four Women is presented as an hour-long documentary commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music for the benefit of, and to honor, Urban Strings Columbus, a nonprofit performing youth string orchestra founded by Catherine Willis in 2007 to recruit and support underserved minority youth in Central Ohio. Full film available on February 1, 2021

Four Women
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Four Women

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Four Women is a piece composed for four women in honor of four women. The title and structure coming from Nina Simone’s famous composition, each movement of this work is a portrait of a woman who has made significant contributions to the world. Queen Nzinga (1583-1633) of the Mbundu people of present day Angola, central Afrika, successfully led her

Four Women is a piece composed for four women in honor of four women. The title and structure coming from Nina Simone’s famous composition, each movement of this work is a portrait of a woman who has made significant contributions to the world. Queen Nzinga (1583-1633) of the Mbundu people of present day Angola, central Afrika, successfully led her people in a 30 year war against Portuguese colonization showcasing both her military prowess and high-stakes diplomacy. Ida B. Wells Barnett 1862-1931) was a woman who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to become a force for justice leading the anti-lynching movement and the fight for women’s rights. Angela Davis (1944- ) came to prominence during the civil rights movement as a symbol of Black Power. She stood up to then governor Ronald Reagan, and has tirelessly fought for Human rights around the world, as a scholar, activist, author and lecture. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977- ) is a Nigerian born best-selling author and lecturer and self-proclaimed feminist who argues that we spend too much time teaching girls and boys gender-specific behaviors and attitudes as opposed to focusing and encouraging their actual humanity and innate abilities that would allow them to add value to the communities they belong to regardless of gender identity.

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Four Women: Download
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Four Women: Download

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The seventh album in the 400: An Afrikan Epic cycle, Four Women is a collection of musical portraits honoring the contributions of four women whose lives reflect the complexity of being both Black and Woman in the context of Western imperialism.

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400 Curriculum
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400 Curriculum

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This 90-page full color digital curriculum guide contains historical overviews, definitions, discussion questions, and over 100 scholarly references that encourages high school and college learners to think critically about Afrikan history through an alternative lens in completing both independent research projects and lesson plans developed by

This 90-page full color digital curriculum guide contains historical overviews, definitions, discussion questions, and over 100 scholarly references that encourages high school and college learners to think critically about Afrikan history through an alternative lens in completing both independent research projects and lesson plans developed by educators.

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The 400 Years Suite: CD
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The 400 Years Suite: CD

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The musical suite, an abbreviated version of the original 8.5-hour musical journey over 12 albums, is released in coordination with and in celebration of the International Day of Peace and Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy.

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400: An African Epic Documentary
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400: An African Epic Documentary

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Documentary chronicling the premier performance of The 400 Years Suite, and the philosophy and brotherhood that made it possible.

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400: An African Epic Bundle
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400: An African Epic Bundle

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Now you can purchase the complete 400: An Afrikan Epic bundle featuring the full 12-album cycle, The 400 Years Suite (live recording), the 400: An Afrikan Epic Curriculum Guide, and the 400 Documentary, a $150 value for just $129.99!! Get yours now!

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400: An Afrikan Epic: Download Only
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400: An Afrikan Epic: Download Only

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Dr. Lomax ambitiously tells the story of Black America over the course of a 12-album cycle to be released in 2019. 400: An Afrikan Epic is divided into thirds and explores thousands of years of the history that is pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (the 400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism expressing a vision of what Blacks in America

Dr. Lomax ambitiously tells the story of Black America over the course of a 12-album cycle to be released in 2019. 400: An Afrikan Epic is divided into thirds and explores thousands of years of the history that is pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (the 400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism expressing a vision of what Blacks in America will heal toward in the next 400 years; a healthy, high functioning, and united block of the African diaspora.

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