Dancers Celebrating The End Of Harvest || Ivory Coast || West Africa || 2005 || © Olivier Martel

Barkley L. Hendricks, Icon for My Man Superman (Superman never saved any black people - Bobby Seale), 1969

Mbari is a visual art form practiced by the Igbo people in southeast Nigeria consisting of a sacred house constructed as apropitiatory rite.  Mbari houses of the Owerri-Igbo, which are large opened-sided square planned shelters contain many life-sized, painted figures (sculpted in mud to appease the Alusi (deity) and Ala, the earth goddess, with other deities of thunder and water).Other sculptures are of officials, craftsmen, foreigners (mainly Europeans), animals, legendary creatures and ancestors. Mbari houses take years to build and building them is regarded as sacred. A ceremony is performed within the structure for a gathering of town leaders. After the ritual is complete, going in or even looking at the Mbari house is considered taboo. The building was not maintained and decayed in the elements.

Chinua Achebe, renowned Nigerian novelist and literary theorist said, in his essay on Mbari, “Mbari was a celebration through art of the world and of life lived in it. It was performed by the community on command by its presiding deity, usually the Earth goddess, Ala, who combined two formidable roles in the Igbo pantheon as fountain of creativity in the world and custodian of the moral order in human society.

Afrakans consist integration with the spirit of the land and heavens. Symbolism and Spirituality in all aspects of life.- Khepri Neteru

Il faut lire Stuart Hall

Parce que son œuvre et sa pensée on été peu commentées en France. Parce que leur pertinence au regard de l'actualité en font des outils précieux pour comprendre notre époque tourmentée : il faut lire et relire Stuart Hall.

"La question de la différence n'est pas simple, mais c'est une question sur laquelle nous allons tous devoir nous pencher, parce que, sinon, nous allons nous entretuer." Stuart Hall

in Stuart Hall, Éric Macé, Eric Maigret, Mark Alizart, Editions Amsterdam, mai 2007.

Les éditions Amsterdam ont fourni l'essentiel de la bibliographie en français de ce grand intellectuel disparu le 10 février 2014.

Identités et Cultures. Politiques des cultural studies.

Identités et Cultures 2. Politiques des différences.

Le Populisme autoritaire. Puissance de la droite et impuissance de la gauche au temps du thatchérisme et du blairisme.

LaToya Ruby Frazier, Grandma Ruby’s African Statue Heads from the project The Notion of Family, 2007

Lorna Simpson: Ebony Collages

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Stary Mwaba: Life on Mars

6–29 March 2015

Künstlerhaus Bethanien Kottbusser Strasse 10 10999 Berlin Germany www.bethanien.de

What is exactly is African Electronics?

What is exactly is African Electronics?

Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey views ‘African Electronics’ as a call for African empowerment, and a celebration of the innovation and energy which has been flowing through the continent for centuries. This film follows Serge in his studio and at Chale Wote street art festival as he explores how creative young Africans are taking charge of their future by embracing the cultural and natural richness…

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The moon belongs to the people

Exposition du travail de l'artiste américain Glenn Ligon, Call and Response cet automne au Camden Arts Centre 10 October 2014 - 11 January 2015