Enfin, La Sortie En Français Du Roman De Nnedi Okorafor "Who Fears Death"

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.”

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Religion and its reflective properties

Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry in 1959.

Credit: Lee Friedlander

Etrange scénario que celui des prochaines élections au Burkina Faso : comme au Sénégal il y a 2 ans, 1 Chef d'État tente de modifier via référendum l'article 37 de la Constitution pour pouvoir se représenter, sur fond de contestation sociale. La société civile s'organise, les rappeurs sénégalais Thiat et Kilifeu qui avaient initié la médiatisation du mouvement d'opposition qui devait aboutir au départ de l'ancien Président au Sénégal prêtent main forte au mouvement le Balai Citoyen qui en mixant rap et participation à la vie de la Cité, lui ressemble étrangement. A voir le reportage réalisé par Droit Libre TV sur cette rencontre et à suivre l'actualité du Burkina Faso. Elections présidentielles en 2015.

How do you know I’m real? I’m not real; I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society; if you did, your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real; if you were, you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we’re both myths. I do not come to you as the reality, I come to you as the myth because that’s what black people are, myths… I’m actually a present sent to you by your ancestors.

Sun Ra, Space is the Place (1974)  (via lordsofsoundandlesserthings)

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You deserve to take up space

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (via manufactoriel)

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Man Smoking/Malcolm X), from the Kitchen Table series, 1990

Interview with Ladypoints

#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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