African artists are not only present on the global stage but are shaping the languages of art itself.
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His photographs reveal what immigrants carry with them: resilience, creativity and cultural knowledge.
Designed for purpose over profit, these DIY spaces thrive in cities, involve local neighbourhoods in storytelling, and build new possible worlds.
A new coffee table book explores the ties that bind the work of southern Africa’s contemporary artists.
In the Absence is a meditative exhibition of large-scale installations created by the Wajukuu Art Project.
A major new show at the Tate Modern in London in October will further cement his fame as one of the most important African artists in the world.
Using found materials from dump sites, the large scale works examine the residues of colonialism.
Mwili, Akili na Roho represents 50 years of art from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – from 1950 to 2000.
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Lecturer in the Arts of Africa, University of Edinburgh
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Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
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PhD candidate in Art History, Rhodes University