“In Science Fiction Novels And Dramas, The Evil Or Oppression To Be Resisted Is Often Systemic, And

I am not exotic - I am exhausted

Yto Barrada (via manufactoriel)

King Britt, A Sun Ra Tribute, Chicago

Dakar le 26 mai 2014. Selly Raby Kane, fashion designer, envahit l'ancienne gare ferroviaire de Dakar avec ses créatures mi alien mi cartoon. Le photographe ivoirien Paul Sika, le collectif de Ouakam Les Petites Pierres, sont mis à contribution pour faire le show et remettre au centre l'énergie urbaine dakaroise !

Interview of Kenyan film writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, about “Africa and science fiction”, in reference to the sci-fi movie she wrote and directed: Pumzi, 2009 

This interview was part of the exhibition “Si ce monde vous déplaît” at the FRAC Lorraine, Metz (France), 2013.

Oulimata Gueye 

Brand: Ikiré Jones

Designer: Wale Oyejide

The Untold Renaissance - S/S 2014 Collection

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Selly Rabi Kane / Fashion / Senegal

'Seraka' is the name of a RTW label founded by 'the unconventional' Senegalese designer Selly Raby Kane whose good-humored personality is constantly fed by music, street art and cartoons in creating a free-spirited urban style. Pop and sophisticatedly Afro, her s/s 2013collection shows trends and influences from ethnic style and digital prints: Selly skillfully mixes tribal motifs with modern patterns in her dresses making explicit her natty approach.

Ignorance is ignorance, no matter where you find it.

Samuel R. Delany, “The Story of Old Venn” (via wordswilling)

NGUVA by WANGECHI MUTU (2014)

For her new exhibition Nguva na Nyoka (Sirens and Serpents)at London’s Victoria Miro gallery, Mutu looked to mythologies from Africa and the Arab world, exploring the troubling spirit of mermaids and the abyssal mystery of the sea, where sailors are seduced and annihilated. The accompanying film Nguva, previewed here, opens with an unsettling scream, moving to ghostly images of veiled women on a sandy shore. The artist appears as a hysterical beast whose menacing force slowly dissipates. Through this magical metamorphosis, Mutu creates a surreal landscape between life and death, reality and dreams, the female body transforming into site of geo-political and sexual violence.”

Watch the film in full 

#FilmmakerFriday | Frances Bodomo

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Tell us about a project you’re currently working.

I’m currently working on my first feature film, based on my short film Afronauts (which premiered at Sundance and the Berlinale in 2014). It’s about a group of Zambians who, in the 1960s, attempted to make it to the moon in spite of their lack of access to the cutting-edge technology of the time.

I’m really proud of the short film because it’s the film that taught me artistic perseverance. It was really hard on my collaborators and myself to create a hot summer desert on a cold beach in New Jersey! We walked away from the shoot with barely enough to stitch a film together. Editing took months & included a lot of pensive breaks. My editor, the uber-talented Sara Shaw, and I went down many crazy paths to come to the one we picture-locked on. We were so sure and so unsure. We sent it out into the world knowing we had stuck to our guns, but not knowing what it would be in the eyes of others. It’s been an exhilarating, surprising ride ever since.

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