Museo Afro Brasil, São Paulo Photo (detail): © Roberta Navas

Black Art in Brazil An Uncertain Future

Despite the toll from Brazil’s current political setbacks, several initiatives have been taking place within the Brazilian black art scene, states Alexandre Araujo Bispo.

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Alexandre Araujo Bispo

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In focus: Postcolonial art production

Decolonisation: Picture of the painter Mokodu Fall – his first big mural, the portrait of a young activist and field worker from Mali, Soumaila Sacko, who was shot dead aged 29 near the shantytown inhabited by African agricultural workers in Southern Italy Photo (detail): © Maik Reichert
Picture of the painter Mokodu Fall – the portrait of a young field worker from Mali, who was shot dead in Southern Italy

Art and activism The colour of humanity

Artist Mokodu Fall stands up against racism in the world with fashion and painting. Senegalese by birth, he has been living in Italy for over 20 years and his works are on show in galleries throughout the world – as well as in the streets and on the catwalks. A multimedia reportage by Sarah Wollberg and Maik Reichert.
 

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The artist Nicola Brandt on the postcolonial understanding of landscape Filmstill: © Goethe-Institut
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Nicola Brandt on the contribution or art to museum conversations

Colonial heritage in the performing arts Reversing the colonial gaze

There has been an ongoing conversation on post-colonialism and the racism associated with it. Anta Helena Recke’s production “Die Kränkungen der Menschheit” (The Mortifications of Humanity) at the Munich Kammerspiele is an example of how theatres can address this topic.

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“I think we've moved to a space now where there is an understanding that an artwork can have its intrinsic aesthetic value but also have something political and something important to say and respond to contemporary colonial issues.”

Molemo Moiloa on art and advocacy, more in the interview “Art cannot overthrow a government, but…”

The pervasive sense of exile

Composer Neo Muyanga speaks to Marc-André Schmachel about his radioplay: MAKEdbA is a sonic installation performing as a record of this pervasive sense of exile, concomitant with its phantasmagoria of horror – a threat that deep hopeless may soon triumph.
 

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FESTAC ‘77, a mixtape from Africa

FESTAC ‘77 is a mind blowing trip through the African music scene of the late 70s. Ntone Edjabe put together a collage of original sound recordings from the international festival of African Arts and Culture held in Lagos.
 

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