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Fahamu Pecou
American painter
Fahamu Pecou (born June 25, 1975) is an American painter and scholar. He is known for producing works that combine aspects of Fine art and Hip-hop.[1][2][3][4] Most of his works engage representations of black masculinity and identity.[5][6][7]
Early life and education
Pecou was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1975 to Alphonso Pecou and Betty Ann Ridges.
Fahamu pecou biography of christopher
His father's extended family had moved from Panama to Brooklyn, and his mother had moved with her brother from Hartsville, South Carolina. The couple met when she moved into an apartment in the brownstone that the Pecou family owned.
Prior to Pecou's birth, Alphonso Pecou enlisted in the United Negro Improvement Association, and moved his family to Virgin Gorda before returning to Brooklyn.[8]
When Pecou was four years old, his father murdered his mother after being diagnosed with schizophrenia and being repeatedly