Coastal and riverine erosion are not new phenomena on the Ghana coast. However, the pace of change has accelerated drastically in recent years, sweeping away homes and livelihoods and, according…
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Christian Caujolle: This is your second time serving as curator of the Bamako Biennial. What has changed since your first term? Krifa Michket : We are trying to develop something that…
This is a photographic essay on the aftermath of the thirty-year war in Angola. During the conflict over 1.5 million people lost their lives; 4 million were displaced from their…
Christian Caujolle: You are the curator of the Biennale de Bamako for the second time. What has changed ? Laura Serani: Many things have changed on many levels since 2009.…
My photos show children from the Malian town of Sikasso playing roles from traditional tales. They portray animals, moving through a fantasy world that is nevertheless an integral part of…
These lemons represent people caught in the stranglehold of dictatorship and war. At first, this lemon population was harshly repressed for having demanded the rule of law, peace, freedom and…
Fashion 2112 raises questions about criteria of beauty. What will “attractiveness” look like in the future? Once the predicted disappearance of certain commodities in our consumerist world actually occurs, what…
This is the story of a road known as Route GP1. It runs along the coast from Tunis to the Libyan border, its asphalt strip following the ancient Roman roads…
The hegemonic cultural power of modern-day capitalism comes through as a major theme in our early work. Halaal Art as a body of work deals with the role and place…
Bamako is hot. Very hot. 70° mornings seem almost cool compared to the scorching 95° days. All the more so because the sandstorms, light though they may be, pollute the…