Dr. zuri arman is an ante-anti-social critic, dark africana practitioner, and editor of (de)cypher: dark notes on the culture (cyperingwhile.black; @darkdecypher).
Dr. zuri arman (they/them) is ante-anti-formalist writer, dark africana practitioners, and cultural organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina. Their poetry and prose is forthcoming or featured in the CLR James Journal, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, a special issue of Interviewing the Caribbean ed. by Carole Boyce Davies, Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies (PM Press), Burnaway Magazine of Contemporary Art from the South, Collision Literary Magazine, and Rock the Bells. Additionally, zuri is the co-founder and creative director of (de)cypher: dark notes on the culture, a journal and porous thought space bridging politics, criticism, and black studies (website: cypheringwhile.black; Instagram: @darkdecypher). In their free time, they enjoy correctly guessing others’ astrology signs, laughing, and asking questions to which there is no sens(i/a)ble answer or solution. They recently completed their PhD in Africana Studies at Brown University where their dissertation was entitled "Towards Criteria of Dark Africana+."
