Editorial

Heiko-Thandeka Ncube. Photo by Göksu Baysal.

In Memoriam

Heiko-Thandeka Ncube (1991-2023)

Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, the artist, filmmaker, educator and activist has passed away in Berlin.

Musila/Soil Paint on Photopaper. Simonga, 2022 [analogue image: Victoria Chona, London 1971]. Courtesy the artist.

Ecologies

Banji Chona invoque le savoir ancestral

La relation symbiotique entre son lieu ancestral et les offrandes de ses œuvres nourrit sa pratique liée à la terre des forêts de mopane.

Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora

Installation View

Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora

The multi-chapter exhibition traces links between Asia and Africa, looking at their increased political, economic and cultural importance.

Margaret Abeshu, Installation view at 'Indoctrination: Multivalent Gestures', curated by Dahir Hussein, 18 March - 30 April 2023, Fotogalleriet, Oslo.

In Conversation

Dahir Hussein Explores the Plurivalent Nature of Indoctrination

After a fellowship at Fotogalleriet in Norway, Dahir Hussein was inspired to curate a group show on identity and indoctrination.

Velma Rosai, The Ways of My Serpent Mother are Strange (detail), 2022. Oil and acrylic on paper, 42 x 29.5 in / 45 x 33 in. Courtesy of Sarah Brook Gallery.

En Conversation

Velma Rosai-Makhandia : s’inspirer des espaces intérieurs

À la suite de sa première exposition personnelle, l’artiste discute de Blackness, du don de l’intuition et de la puissance de la spiritualité africain

1949 Library. Photo: Keren Lasme.

Dans la bibliothèque

1949, Abidjan

Keren Lasme a choisi cinq ouvrages chez 1949, l’unique bibliothèque dédiée aux femmes écrivaines à Abidjan.

Lorin Sookool, project on going, 2022. Image by Tanja Hall.

In Conversation

Khanyisile Mbongwa: Wind, Woundedness, and World-Making

The curator of the 12th Liverpool Biennial links emancipated artistic practices to Northern England, generating new questions about colonial histories

Mae-ling Lokko, Grounds for Return, 2021. Photo: Selma Gurbuz. Courtesy of the artist.

Ecologies

Changing Perspectives on Waste

Our writer Edna Bonhomme speaks to Mae-ling Lokko about agrowaste, fungi, and her evolution as an artist.

(Clockwise) Guest Artist Space Foundation in Lagos by Yinka Shonibare; Black Rock Senegal in Dakar by artist Kehinde Wiley; dot. Ateliers in Accra by Amoako Boafo; Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre by Victor Mutelekesha; Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute by Michael Armitage.

African Art Hubs

Des institutions développent des scènes artistiques qui répondent à des besoins artistiques communs

Comment les nouveaux centres artistiques d’Accra à Antananarivo interagissent avec les efforts collectifs actuels ?

Photo: Nappy/Pexels

Contemporary Black Discourses

Navigating Pain and Possibility

Afrofuturism and Afropessimism both seek to step outside of limiting narratives and invite self-awareness into the conversation around Black lives.

Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place, 2023. Homme Adams Park 72500 Thrush Road, Palm Desert at Desert X. Photography courtesy of Lance Gerber.

Ecologies

Situer la Blackness dans les écologies intimes

Ama Josephine Budge réfléchit à la manière de résister au colonialisme climatique.

Agnes Waruguru, Small Things to Consider, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, 2020. Courtesy the artist.

In Conversation

Agnes Waruguru : un temps dédié à la réflexion et à l’action

À l’occasion du lancement de notre nouvelle C& Artists’ Edition, nous revenons sur notre rencontre en 2020 avec Agnes Waruguru.

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Ecologies

C& et C&AL a invité de perspectives noires et autochtones à débattre, mettre en contexte et réfléchir au rapport qui existe entre les structures néocoloniales et la crise climatique dans leurs contextes locaux.

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