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Uzo Njoku Infuses Her Art with Pure Joy
Sometimes art just puts a smile on your face. That’s the case with the work from Uzo Njoku. The visual artist, who was born in Nigeria, creates portraits and tableaus of Black and African communities through a rich saturation of…
Read MoreAmoako Boafo on Showing the World How He Wants to Be Seen
In recent years, African art has become very popular in galleries and museums, and across the global art market. For his solo museum debut, Amoako Boafo wanted to interrogate the space African artists could — and should — occupy, so…
Read MoreHow Nigerian Artist Layo Bright Uses Glass to Explore Migration
Perhaps the most striking motif in Layo Bright’s artwork is the sculpted female heads. In their close-eyed profile, they harken back to the precolonial artistic practice in West Africa, the bronze and terracotta heads in Nigeria with royal trappings. In…
Read MoreReem Aljeally is Leading Sudan’s Burgeoning Art Scene
Sudan’s art scene is a hidden gem. The country’s capital, Khartoum, has been a budding attraction for creativity and expression, though inextricably linked to the uprisings that shook the country in 2018. Art was deployed as a tool to register…
Read MoreSungi Mlengeya Uses Her Art to Celebrate Tanzanian and Ugandan Women
Sungi Mlengeya has spent the better years of her artistic life refining her visual aesthetic. Opting for minimalism and monochromatic colors, the Dar es Salaam-born artist tries to celebrate the women in her life, exploring every lived moment she shared…
Read MoreBlack Activists Attempt to Remove Congolese Statue from Dutch Museum
A Black activist group, led by Congolese born Mwazulu Diyabanza, has been arrested after they livestreamed the removal of a Congolese funeral statue from Afrika Musuem in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Diyabanza spoke on behalf of the group which is reportedly part…
Read MoreThe Storm Stands As a Call to Remember Our Ancestors
Art saves us from drowning in a sea of frustrating questions about identity, justice, and most pressing, race. These last few months have shown us that people are outraged by this country’s responses to racism, segregation, discrimination, and hate for…
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