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On Contiguous Narratives and Poetic Cosmologies

Kokende Liboso Eza Kokoma Te: On Contiguous Narratives and Poetic Cosmologies is a project by Laboratoire Kontempo, curated by Dzekashu MacViban. You can read the announcement in French here and in German here. The theorization of contemporary art and art history in Kinshasa is currently mainly formed by contemporary witnesses, oral traditions, discussions and collective

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Kokende Liboso Eza Kokoma Te: On Contiguous Narratives and Poetic Cosmologies

  So many are asleep under the ground,  When we dance at the festival Embracing the earth with our feet.  Maybe the place on which we stand  Is where they also stood with their dreams.  They dreamed until they were tired  And handed us the tail with which we shall dance.  Excerpt from “Cycle”, Mazisi

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What is Writivism in French?

  Renee Edwige Dro and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire  (Clockwise, from the top left): Mamadou Diallo, Dame Diop, Ibrahima Baldé, Mohamadou Fadel Diop, Valérie Bah, Djibril Drame, and Toussa Senerap. During the next months, Bakwa will publish stories (flash fiction) which are the product of Writivism workshops in Dakar, Kinshasa and Abidjan. This collaboration is the

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