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Tristany Mundu, still from _City around the City_, 2025 © Hugo Barros

Afterlives of History

Sampling the City: Tristany Mundu’s Cypher with Linha de Sintra

The Portuguese artist of Angolan descent doesn’t statically document his native Linha de Sintra, but embraces the permanence and transience of home.

Hassan Musa, I love you with my AK47(1), 2019. Oil on printed fabrics on wood, 121 cm x 190 cm. Photo courtesy of the Galerie Maïa Muller.

Art in Crisis

Sudan Art Archive Aims to Reclaim a Canon from Afar

As war threatens Sudan’s cultural heritage, Sudan Art Archive works to digitally preserve 50 years of art through diaspora-led stewardship.

Samson Mnisi, Arreola II, XXX, Mixed Media, 179.6 x 86 cm. Detail. Artworks © Artist. Photo © Vela Projects (Mia Thom).

Artist Portrait

Samson Mnisi: A Master Posthumously Receives His Due

A recent Samson Mnisi exhibition was a testament to how the artist could invite viewers into a spiritual place he occupied.

Africa Depot at Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 2015. Photo: Marion Benoit.

C& x Académie des Traces

Examining De/Colonial Traces Through Colonial Collections

In collaboration with Académie des Traces, seven emerging scholars and museum professionals explore the traces of colonial heritage.

(left) May Ayim, Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out, 1992. (right) Johnny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe, 2019.

C& Center of Unfinished Business

Thinkers and Titles: On Black German Literary Tradition

From eighteenth-century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo to Johny Pitts’ twenty-first-century perspective via May Ayim.

Ladji Diaby, No one has ever called their child hunger, Kunstverein Nürnberg, 2024. Photo: Lukas Pürmayr.

Material Culture

Ladji Diaby’s Sampling Sensibilities Are Material and Time-Bending

In a subversive reconfiguration of images and objects, the exhibition “No One Has Ever Called Their Child Hunger” conjures a cosmos.

Performance by Seyi Adelekun, Healing Forest - An Ecology of Spiritual Herbalism, KLA ART 2024 (Photo credit: Ethel Aanyu)

Artistic Communities

Kampala Calling: The African and Diaspora Artists Flocking to Uganda

Anna Adima reflects on the embrace of community and resourcefulness despite infrastructural challenges in Kampala’s rapidly expanding artistic scene.

Unidigrazz, Meia riba kalxa, 2020. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Chris Costa.

"Afterlives of History"

Unidigrazz: A Collective Practice and a Holding Place

The multifacted work of Unidigrazz invites us to revisit domestic scenes as a way to critically reclaim public space.

(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.

Year-in-Review

C& Highlights of 2024

It has been another year of expanding networks, fostering dynamic collaborations, and producing exceptional art writing.

Filipa Bossuet, MANKAKA KADI KONDA KO II, 2022. Act I, Performance at MAAT, Lisbon. Courtesy of Pedro Pina.

"Afterlives of History"

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

Having started as a vlogger, the artist uses her biography to create shared reference points beyond self-referentiality.

One of the young women's exhibitions previously held in Kigali. Photo: Andrew I.Kazibwe.

Impundu Arts Centre

Rwanda’s Creative Sector Holds Vast Potential Through Women Artists

Andrew I Kazibwe met with Jemima Kakizi, artist, curator, and organizer of arts mentoring programs, to speak about the potential for female artists.

Syncretical,

Artist Portrait

From the Collective Narrative to the Singularities of North African Identities: A Dive into the World of Syncretical

The artist creates dialog between his North African heritage and his native French culture, merging traditions, pop culture, and philosophical teachin


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