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Ekombi dancers of Calabar. 1965 Vintage Nigeria

King Britt, A Sun Ra Tribute, Chicago

Woman with tekua hairstyle, Elmina, Ghana. Photo by Eliot Elisofon, 1970-71.

Vintage Album Artwork | Hailing from Benin, D’Almeida Blucky et Les Black Santiago.

Image courtesy of Radio Diffusion.

Black Arthur Blythe, Bush Baby, 1978

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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Fulani Boys, Jos, Nigeria in the early 90’s by Mike Blyth

[...] car je sais que la Cheffe attachait une plus grande valeur à l’honnêteté qu’à l’amour, il lui semblait qu’on pouvait se comporter très mal au nom de l’amour mais jamais au nom de l’honnêteté.

Marie NDiaye, La Cheffe. Roman d’une cuisinière. Gallimard, 275 p.

In Conversation With Sound Artist Emeka Ogboh on Lagos, and Listening To The World In a Musical Way

A lot of people would consider Lagos’ soundscape as being very noisy, and they’d call it noise. But I stopped calling it noise since I started listening to it. — Emeka Ogboh

Ilpo Jauhiainen | But when you first started did you have any doubts? Did you always know sound was going to be one of your main media?

Emeka Ogboh | It’s an interesting question; I didn’t actually set out to be a sound artist. Lagos made me a sound artist. I didn’t always know that sound would be one of my main media of artistic expression. I thought I would be a brief affair, but I completely got sucked into it and I didn’t see that coming. Of course I had doubts when I started, I wasn’t so sure what I was doing or where I was going with it. It felt like I was groping around a dark room, searching for the light switch. But then, persistence paid off.

Read the full in-depth interview with Lagos-based sound artist Emeka Ogboh in conversation with Ilpo Jauhianen.

Source | anotherafrica.net

Images courtesy of Emeka Ogboh. All rights reserved.

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