Professor Ellie Hisama in two articles on David Bowie February 02, 2016 Professor Ellie Hisama in two articles on David Bowie Professor Ellie Hisama's 1993 paper "Postcolonialism on the make: the music of John Mellencamp, David Bowie and John Zorn" has been quoted in two recent articles on David Bowie (following Bowie's death on January 10 of this year): "For Bowie, the Thin White Duke, inspiration was black" (Economic Times) Ruth Tam, "How David Bowie's 'China Girl' used racism to fight racism" (Washington Post)