Episode 84 – Part 2 Margo Jefferson

In part 2 of our discussion about Margo Jefferson, we discuss articles from the Guardian and her essay in the catalogue of the On the Wall exhibition.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 83 – part 1 – On Michael Jackson” Podcast, Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation, 12 no. 4 (2025). Published electronically 21/08/25. https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-84-part-2-margo-j/efferson

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Episode 84 – Margo JeffersonBy Elizabeth Amisu & Karin Merx

Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Find out more about Elizabeth here.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.

Our References and Where to Easily Find Them:

•  Margo Jefferson: ‘I have always loved Michael Jackson’ ( Guardian, 2018)
• Was I in denial? Margo Jefferson on Michael Jackson’s Legacy ( Guardian, 2019)
• Margo Jefferson, A Life and Afterlife of Shape-Shifting in NPG’s, Michael Jackson: On the Wall ( Tent Cat, National Portrait Gallery, 2018).
• Margot Jefferson, Ripping Off Black Music: From Thomas “Daddy” Rice to Jimi Hendrix
• Jefferson, Margo. Ripping Off Black Music From Thomas: “Daddy” Rice to Jimi Hendrix (Harper’s, 1973) – https://amzn.to/4ffn5Kl

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