Colonial Fabric - ZAM

76 Pages·2012·6.06 MB·English

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Summer 2012 - A milestone! AAF presents the 5th Annual National Art
Competition - In partnership with Nigerian Breweries, Plc (Book
launch to commemorate 5-year anniversary).
October 2012 - 3rd Annual LagosPhoto - The first and only
international photography festival in West Africa. In collaboration with
NOOR sponsored by Etisalat, Eko Hotel & Suites.
On-Going Artists’ Residency Program - Available within the AAF
providing artists the opportunity to work on personal projects and
lead workshops. Collaborations organized among leading & emerging
artists working in arts/culture including filmmakers and
photographers.
Various Other Exhibitions & Workshops
For Additional Details Visit:
www.africanartists.org
www.lagosandfound.wordpress.com
www.lagosphotofestival.com
Summer 2012 - A milestone! AAF presents the 5th Annual National Art
Competition - In partnership with Nigerian Breweries, Plc (Book
launch to commemorate 5-year anniversary).
October 2012 - 3rd Annual LagosPhoto - The first and only
international photography festival in West Africa. In collaboration with
NOOR sponsored by Etisalat, Eko Hotel & Suites.
On-Going Artists’ Residency Program - Available within the AAF
providing artists the opportunity to work on personal projects and
lead workshops. Collaborations organized among leading & emerging
artists working in arts/culture including filmmakers and
photographers.
Various Other Exhibitions & Workshops
For Additional Details Visit:
www.africanartists.org
www.lagosandfound.wordpress.com
www.lagosphotofestival.com
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building
a society

through arts and
media, we can
it together
The DOEN Foundation’s mission
is to help build a world in which
everyone can participate. With
support of the DOEN Foundation,
Bayima Cultural Foundation is
one of the first organizations
that helps to professionalise the
cultural sector in and outside
Kampala, Uganda. For example
by organizing international and
regional festivals which connect
different art disciplines and
stage upcoming artists. By doing
this Bayimba stimulates the
development of creativity and
freedom of speech in Uganda.
DOEN promotes cultural
frontrunners like Bayimba that
help build a society in which
individuals can develop and be
part of a broader social context.
If you are a frontrunner too, don’t
hesitate to visit our website
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www.doen.nl/internationalculture to
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contents
14 Each Alone 46 Leapfrog 68 Love in a time Also
Helon Habila on the power Meet artist and activist of protests 10 The Continent
of writing Ayana V. Jackson Chilling fiction by Elnathan John 32 Images
35 Opinions
20 A Coming Nightmare 52 Accelerate 74 ZAM Art 43 C olumn: Prudence Mbewu
Frantz Fanon’s legacy Music and politics in Senegal Anton Corbijn, Zanele Muholi 44 Snapshot: Kopano Matlwa
and more 56 Words & Sounds
22 Secret Artist 58 Egyptians 64 Reviews
Profile of Jane Alexander Portraits in Cairo 73 C olumn: Paula Akugizibwe

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editorial statement
We, ZAM
Imagine Africa!* 54 countries, a multitude of (wo)men
and mindsets.
A vibrant laboratory, a breeding ground of discovery and
change. Her patrons? Journalists, activists, photographers,
writers, academics, artists , visionaries and doers. Imagine
beyond. It’s happening. No matter convictions, religion,
sexuality or background. Open minds, open mouths,
open markets.
Imagine Africa! A continent no longer harassed by
platitudes and prejudice, and attitudes marinated in
woefulness and dependency. No romantics masking
realities. A continent on top. No more judgments biased
by narrow sightedness and a need to fortify. No limits.
No longing. It’s happening.
Enter the world of ZAM, follow and be part of it. Read
and move. Here is Africa worldwide.
The ZAM Team
* the phrase ‘imagine africa’ refers to a speech of south african writer Breyten Breytenbach, held in march 2007
on the island Goree (senegal) at the launch of ‘arterial’, a network of people from the african arts and culture scene.
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LINERS
‘ We are witnessing a new kind of literature
emerging in Africa’
Helon Habila, page 14
‘I’m not comfortable with speaking’
Jane Alexander, page 22
‘ Opening a window of dialogue may be the way
to laying Boko Haram to rest’
Kassim Mohamed, page 37
‘ You hate Plato and Marx and Martin Luther King
and J.F. Kennedy for the hazardous wisdom that
they made available’
Elnathan John, page 68
‘ I can’t sing to
save my own life’
Kopano Matlwa, page 45
‘ A thought is not a real thought until a western
mind has also thought it’
Kalundi Serumaga, page 35
‘ I think I don’t have Aids. But I am
still thin and the parents at school still
look at me funny’
Prudence Mbewu, page 43
‘ Good dictators go to New York,
bad dictators go to The Hague’
Paula Akugizibwe, page 73
‘ Will any fashionista worth her credentials want to
copy her grandmama’s style?’
M. Neelika Jayawardane, page 42
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Guerill[art] Zimbabwean Sindiso Nyoni is a self- Nyoni is working at an advertising agency in Johannesburg, but continues
made artist, activist, designer and illus- to do a lot of freestyle work – like this tribute to football legend Kaizer
trator. His subversive African street style has won him numerous awards Motaung. Find a short documentary on Nyoni on our Facebook page.
and made him a name as one of the world’s leading activist designers. More info at www.studioriot.com
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