African epic novel "Chronicles Of Ori" embarks on a book tour, led by its author, Harmonia Rosales.
Harmonia Rosales, the renowned artist known for her work centering West African spirituality, is set to embark on a book tour and exhibit her paintings at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
Rosales' debut book, Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic, is scheduled for release on October 14. The book tour, beginning in September, will make stops in Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Memphis, and other cities yet to be specified.
Chronicles of Ori is a literary extension of Rosales' visual work, reimagining African mythology. The book weaves together cosmology, memory, and imagination to forge a mythology rooted in the African diaspora. It is now available for pre-order.
During the book tour, Rosales will be joined by special guests and fellow creatives, including Bozoma Saint John in Atlanta, Kimberly Drew in London, and Bisa Butler in Washington, D.C.
In addition to the book tour, Rosales' paintings will appear in dialogue with rare medieval manuscripts at the Getty Center exhibition, Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages, set for January 2026.
Rosales' work recasts classical technique with Afrofuturist storytelling, challenging Eurocentric ideals of divinity, beauty, and power. Since 2017, she has created a bold visual language that traces the survival of West African spirituality through colonization, enslavement, and the transatlantic slave trade.
The exploration of the Orishas-deities of the Yoruba tradition began with a simple observation from her daughter about the lack of representation in traditional art historical narratives.
Rosales' collectors view acquiring her work as a conscious act of preserving images and stories in the cultural canon. Her work, including Chronicles of Ori, aims to center West African spirituality and the African diaspora's history and mythology.
Earlier this year, Rosales unveiled a major public sculpture in Boston, honoring over 219 enslaved individuals connected to King's Chapel.
In her work, Rosales practices figurative realism with purpose, inserting Black gods, Black stories, and Black imagination into a canon that has excluded them for centuries. Her paintings will be on display in dialogue with medieval manuscripts, bridging the gap between ancient and modern narratives of creation and spirituality.
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