We were honored to welcome the Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist and acclaimed actress Fatoumata Diawara at M.Bassy for an unplugged concert ad well as intimate talk with Musa Okwonga about connection, receiving and sharing as well as following the path of an African feminists. She is hailed as the voice of young African womanhood – proud of her heritage but with a vision that looks confidently to the future and a message that is universal.
Nkhensani Mkhari & Luiza Prado about Art, Food, Language & Resistance
The Talk is moderated by Jumoke Olusanmi. The podcast is part of the accompanying program of the exhibition »Food, Art & Activism: Nourishing Ourselves & Each Other« at M.Bassy Hamburg.
On an uncharacteristically warm April day, we meet Bonaventure Ndikung at SAVVY Contemporary. Dressed in a two-piece suit with a colorful cravat, the erudite curator and biotechnologist certainly cuts an imposing figure — but conversation quickly reveals a generosity of perspective equal to that of his renowned intellect.
Showing at this year’s Lagos Photo, which begins this week, is Fortia: a breath-taking series of images in which a masked black woman, poses stunningly in a red dress. Keyezua, the artist, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, Netherlands and is returning to Lagos Photo for the second year running. She sees herself as a storyteller, currently reinventing herself to tell the day-to-day stories of women around the world that make her uncomfortable to remain silent.
On the occasion of our exhibition project »Beyond AI: Resistance & Coexistence« in spring 2024 we warmly welcomed the artists Nkhensani Mkhari, Jazmin Morris, Vanessa Amoah Opoku & Linda Dounia Rebeiz at M.Bassy for a public panel discussion. In a private prelude on the evening bevor the opening, we had the one-off chance to record an in-depth-conversation of these leading young artists engaging in new digital technologies from a decolonial and sociopolitical perspective.
Die Modeszene Kenias ist in den letzten Jahren erheblich gewachsen. Die neuen Modemacherinnen sind allesamt bemüht, Einflüsse aus ihre unmittelbaren Umgebung in ausgefallene, zeitlose Designs zu verwandeln. Allerdings wird ihnen oft vorgeworfen, dass ihre Mode nicht afrikanisch genug sei. Die Vorwürfe kommen meist von der globalen Modeindustrie, die einerseits sehnlichst nach „afrikanischer“ Inspiration für ihre Mode sucht, andererseits aber gerne den Prüfdienst für die „Authentizität“ afrikanischer Mode spielt.
Die in London geborene, ägyptische Künstlerin Hoda Tawakol lebt und arbeitet heute in Hamburg. Ihre künstlerische Praxis umfasst neben Arbeiten auf Papier auch handgefärbte und genähte Textilarbeiten, Mixed-Media-Skulpturen, Stoffcollagen und Installationen.
