Tag: African Photography
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Amadou Diaw, Architect of MuPho, Makes Photography the Beating Heart of Saint-Louis, Senegal
Few cities in West Africa carry the weight of memory quite like Saint-Louis. Perched on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, this UNESCO World Heritage site was once the colonial capital of French West Africa, a cosmopolitan port where African, European, and American currents converged. Its arcaded houses, wrought-iron balconies, and ochre…
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How Agnes Essonti Luque Reclaims African Memory Through Photography and Ritual
To navigate between worlds — this might be the most fitting way to describe the practice of Agnes Essonti Luque, born to a Spanish mother and a Cameroonian father, whose work, both intimate and political, transcends disciplinary, geographic, and symbolic boundaries. At once a performer, photographer, curator, and cook, she draws on ancestral memory, diasporic…
Bridging Africa and The World Through Contemporary Art 