The 7th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) will be taking place at the University of Basel (Switzerland) from 29th June to 1 July 2017. The theme for this year is "Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban," and I am aware from the preliminary call for panels that there... Continue Reading →
“At Home with Vanley Burke”: an immersive installation at the Ikon Gallery
When curators of the recently opened exhibition at the Ikon Gallery invited audiences to feel "At Home with Vanley Burke" (22 July - 27 September 2015) I was quite cautious about whether a mainstream British art gallery could create a welcoming space that centralised black British social, political and cultural narratives. However, I immediately overcame my initial skepticism as soon... Continue Reading →
Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s-1990s (V and A Museum, London)
Room 38a at the V&A Museum currently features a series of photographic reflections on black British lived experiences over a period of five decades, captured by selected African and Caribbean diaspora artists and photo journalists who came to prominence between the early '50s and the 1990s. The photographs are a sample of relatively recent acquisitions for the V&A's growing collection... Continue Reading →