Africa in black and white in the 1970s

Preview (and more information in French) of images from the exhibition, “The Ritual of the pose–Africa in black and white in the 1970s,” consisting of studio photographs  by Malian photographer Malick Sidibe and his Senegalese counterpart Oumar Ly, now on show (till November 27th) at the Musée des Arts Derniers in Paris. The one above is by Sidibe.

Further Reading

Writing while black

The film adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel ‘Erasure’ leaves little room to explore Black middle-class complicity in commodifying the traumas of Black working-class lives.

The Mogadishu analogy

In Gaza and Haiti, the specter of another Mogadishu is being raised to alert on-lookers and policymakers of unfolding tragedies. But we have to be careful when making comparisons.

Kwame Nkrumah today

New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today.