asc in ating ▁and ▁po ign ant ▁ins ider ' s ▁take " ▁on ▁both ▁Tr z eb in ski ' s ▁African ▁up br ing ing ▁and ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁a ▁white ▁African . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁she ▁took ▁part ▁at ▁the ▁Contempor ary ▁Arts ▁Museum ▁Houston ▁in ▁" S lide ▁Jam ", ▁a ▁month ly ▁presentation ▁by ▁the ▁Museum ' s ▁education ▁program . ▁Houston ▁Area ▁Ex hib ition ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁local ▁Houston ▁artists , ▁held ▁every ▁four ▁years ▁at ▁the ▁Bla f fer ▁Gallery ▁on ▁campus ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Houston . ▁Her ▁brut al ▁imag ery , ▁derived ▁from ▁her ▁inten se ▁experiences ▁of ▁mult icult ural ism ▁in ▁Africa , ▁showed ▁political ▁opp ression , ▁sex , ▁m util ation ▁and ▁death . ▁My ▁D addy ▁Is ▁a ▁T ran ny , ▁discuss es ▁old ▁Sw ah ili ▁custom s ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁year ly ▁festiv ities ▁and ▁the ▁occas ional ▁ambigu ous ▁dress ▁code ▁of ▁street ▁perform ers ▁along ▁the ▁East ▁African ▁Ken yan ▁coast , ▁namely ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Lam u . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Tr z eb in ski ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁hon ored ▁at ▁the ▁t enth ▁anni versary ▁annual ▁fund ra ising ▁dinner ▁of ▁the ▁Aur ora ▁Picture ▁Show , ▁Houston , ▁for ▁their ▁support ▁and ▁influence . ▁ ▁In ▁Dist urb ance ▁of ▁Dist ance , ▁a ▁show ▁cur ated ▁by ▁Ele an or